Compare the2024 Honda AccordVS 2023 Toyota Crown

Both the Accord and the Crown have standard driver and passenger frontal airbags, front side-impact airbags, driver and front passenger knee airbags, side-impact head airbags, front and rear seatbelt pretensioners, height adjustable front shoulder belts, four-wheel antilock brakes, traction control, electronic stability systems to prevent skidding, crash mitigating brakes, daytime running lights, lane departure warning systems, rearview cameras, driver alert monitors, available blind spot warning systems, rear parking sensors and rear cross-path warning.

For its performance in IIHS driver-side and passenger-side small overlap frontal, moderate overlap frontal, updated side impact, headlight, daytime pedestrian crash prevention, and nighttime pedestrian crash prevention testing, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety grants the Accord its highest rating: “Top Safety Pick Plus” for 2023, a rating granted to only 36 vehicles tested by the IIHS. The Crown has not been tested, yet.

J.D. Power and Associates’ 2023 Initial Quality Study of new car owners surveyed provide the statistics that show that Honda vehicles are better in initial quality than Toyota vehicles. J.D. Power ranks Honda above average in initial quality. With 4 more problems per 100 vehicles, Toyota is rated below average.

The Accord’s standard 1.5 turbo 4-cylinder produces 192 lbs.-ft. more torque (192 vs. ) than the Crown’s standard 2.5 DOHC 4-cylinder hybrid.

As tested in Car and Driver the Accord Hybrid 2.0 DOHC 4-cylinder hybrid is faster than the Toyota Crown 2.5 DOHC 4-cylinder hybrid:

On the EPA test cycle the Accord gets better mileage than the Crown:

To lower fuel costs and make buying fuel easier, the Honda Accord uses regular unleaded gasoline. The Crown Platinum requires premium, which can cost on average about 82.8 cents more per gallon.

The Accord has a standard cap-less fueling system. The fuel filler is automatically opened when the fuel nozzle is inserted and automatically closed when it’s removed. This eliminates the need to unscrew and replace the cap and it reduces fuel evaporation, which causes pollution. The Crown doesn’t offer a cap-less fueling system.

The Accord stops much shorter than the Crown:

For better traction, the Accord Sport/Touring’s tires are larger than the largest tires available on the Crown (235/40R19 vs. 225/55R19).

The Accord LX/EX/EX-L’s standard tires provide better handling because they have a lower 50 series profile (height to width ratio) that provides a stiffer sidewall than the Crown’s standard 55 series tires. The Accord Sport/Touring’s tires have a lower 40 series profile than the Crown’s optional 45 series tires.

The Accord Touring Hybrid handles at .88 G’s, while the Crown Limited pulls only .82 G’s of cornering force in a Car and Driver skidpad test.

The Honda Accord may be more efficient, handle and accelerate better because it weighs about 750 to 1000 pounds less than the Toyota Crown.

The front grille of the Accord uses electronically controlled shutters to close off airflow and reduce drag when less engine cooling is needed. This helps improve highway fuel economy. The Crown doesn’t offer active grille shutters.

The Accord uses computer-generated active noise cancellation to help remove annoying noise and vibration from the passenger compartment, especially at low frequencies. The Crown doesn’t offer active noise cancellation.

As tested by Car and Driver, the interior of the Accord Touring Hybrid is quieter than the Crown Limited:

Because it has more passenger and cargo room, the EPA rates the Accord a Large car, while the Crown is rated a Mid-size.

The Accord has 7.7 cubic feet more passenger volume than the Crown (105.7 vs. 98).

The Accord has 1.3 inches more front headroom, .2 inches more front legroom, .2 inches more front hip room, .8 inches more front shoulder room, 1.9 inches more rear legroom, 2.3 inches more rear hip room and 1.4 inches more rear shoulder room than the Crown.

The Accord has a much larger trunk than the Crown (16.7 vs. 15.2 cubic feet).

The Accord uses gas struts to support the hood for easier service access. The Crown uses a prop rod to support its heavy hood. It takes two hands to open the hood and set the prop rod, the prop rod gets in the way during maintenance and service, and the prop rod could be knocked out, causing the heavy hood to fall on the person maintaining or servicing the car.

The Accord Touring has a standard heads-up display that projects speed, navigation instruction and driver assistance information readouts in front of the driver’s line of sight, allowing drivers to view information without diverting their eyes from the road. The Crown doesn’t offer a heads-up display.

Consumer Reports® recommends both the Honda Accord and the Toyota Crown, based on reliability, safety and performance.