• Accessible for simply two Accord generations, the Honda Accord wagon was a sensible Honda from the times earlier than the CR-V existed.
• This primary-gen Accord wagon has simply 42,000 miles and is being offered by the unique proudly owning household.
• Latest work contains the all-important timing belt alternative.

Within the early Nineties, Honda was flying excessive. The fifth-generation Civic was thrifty however zippy, the Acura NSX was a efficiency revelation because of the tasseled-loafer enter of Ayrton Senna, and the Accord was a dependable and good-looking selection for household hauling. Then the large H went one higher and turned that Accord right into a station wagon: final practicality from a time when a “crossover” was simply Run-D.M.C. collaborating with Aerosmith on a rap/rock model of Stroll This Means.

This 1993 Accord LX wagon, up for public sale on Carry a Trailer—which, like Automobile and Driver, is a part of Hearst Autos—is a well-preserved instance from the Golden Age of Honda. It has been in the identical household since new and has simply 42,000 miles on the odometer. Its clear and unfussy traces name again to an period when styling was all about much less, no more.

Within the U.S. market, the wagon variant solely existed for 2 generations of Accord, the fourth and fifth gen. All have been inbuilt Ohio at Honda’s Marysville, Ohio, plant, even these offered in Japan. In truth, Honda constructed a really sporty variant referred to as the Accord wagon SiR, with a 190-hp four-cylinder underneath the hood; it was inbuilt Ohio however offered in Japan solely.

This 1993 instance is far more subdued, with a 2.2-liter four-cylinder engine good for 125 horsepower and 137 pound-feet of torque. Paired with a four-speed computerized transmission, this explicit Honda is much less Brazilian F1 god and extra farmer’s-market shuttle.

Which isn’t to promote the enchantment brief. The elegant simplicity of the instrumentation, the well-thought-out cargo space, the properly bolstered seats, the wise ergonomics and controls—every thing about this Accord is sufficient to make you nostalgic for the times earlier than touchscreens and smartphone connectivity.

Because it’s an LX mannequin, the choices record is not overwhelming, however all of the requirements are there. It is acquired energy home windows, air con, and a manufacturing unit cassette stereo if you wish to dig out your ’90s mixtapes. Extra vital, maybe, this instance has had loads of service prior to now six years, together with the timing belt. It is cleaned up and able to go.

A nice driver with loads of life left on the odometer and easy serviceability, this Accord wagon will nonetheless be on the highway years after many a high-tech trendy automotive has bricked itself off to the scrapyard. That is the beauty of Golden Age Hondas: a part of their enchantment was that they have been an inverse of an unique. They have been pretty to drive, but in addition requested little or no in return.

The public sale ends on Monday, July 17.

Contributing Editor

Brendan McAleer is a contract author and photographer primarily based in North Vancouver, B.C., Canada. He grew up splitting his knuckles on British cars, got here of age within the golden period of Japanese sport-compact efficiency, and started writing about vehicles and other people in 2008. His explicit curiosity is the intersection between humanity and equipment, whether or not it’s the racing profession of Walter Cronkite or Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki’s half-century obsession with the Citroën 2CV. He has taught each of his younger daughters how you can shift a guide transmission and is grateful for the excuse they supply to be perpetually shopping for Sizzling Wheels.