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Height of Honda

Some say Honda’s peak was its six-year dominance of the Formula 1 World Championship from 1986. Others the Ferrari-beating NSX that followed. Still others the fantastic S2000, a car with the highest specific output-per-litre of any naturally-aspirated engine for a decade. But we say it’s this, the mid-’00s ‘CL7’ euro-spec Honda Accord.

Launched in 2003 with Honda’s famous VTEC engines, imperious build quality, superb exterior design, and later the option of the brand’s first ever (and instantly world-beating) diesel engine, the seventh-generation accord was a huge success, with its big sales in TLCB’s home market no doubt helped by the best car commercial ever made.

Honda have never since recaptured that mid-’00s success (and neither have increasingly unimaginative car ads), so we’re heading back to the height of Honda courtesy of Mihail Rakovskiy and his incredible Lego Honda Accord Type-R.

Replicating the sharp exterior, interior, engine bay, and even chassis and drivetrain of the seventh-generation Accord beautifully in brick form, Mihail’s model features an opening hood, trunk and four opening doors, and is presented as perfectly as it’s been constructed.

There’s much more to see at Mihail’s ‘Honda Accord Euro-R (CL7)’ album and you can head back to when Honda were on top of the world via the link in the text above.

Tiny Turbo

This is a Honda’s B-Series engine, as used in numerous Civics, Preludes and Accords in the late-’80s to late-’90s, and the genesis of VTEC. Available from 1.6 to 2.0 litres in capacity, the B-Series could rev to over 8,000rpm, and became one of Honda’s defining accomplishments.

An engineering masterpiece, Honda’s B-Series has featured in quite a few Lego Hondas over the years. Except of course, it hasn’t. Not really. But today we really do have a Lego Honda B-Series, because this amazing creation is a fully working replica of the B16.

Complete with brick-built pistons, crank, manifold, wastegate and ancillaries, this remarkable build captures every aspect of the real Honda engine inside and out, and – purely because it’s cool – in the version we’ve pictured above builder Delton Adams has added a motorised turbocharger for added ‘phish – whuudududu!’ noise imaginings.

As wonderful as it is unusual, there’s a whole lot more of Delton’s incredible Honda B16 to see – both in original and turbo-modded forms – at his Flickr album of the same name. Reliably rev your way to 8,400rpm* via the link in the text above.

*Unless you’ve added turbocharger for ‘phish – whuudududu!’ noises of course.

In Accordance

In accordance with the current rule that says all cars must be dreary crossovers, we don’t get the Honda Accord in TLCB’s home nation any more, instead having the choice of four equally bland SUVs. Sigh.

Back in the 2000s we did though, and this writer rather liked it, what with it being considerably more interesting than the U.S version. What the U.S did get that we didn’t however, was the V6 engine. And the Coupe. And this one is the unicorn combination of both.

Constructed by previous bloggee Mihail Rakovskiy, this fantastic Technic replica of the 8th generation Accord Coupe recreates the builder’s own 2008 example, and includes a V6 engine, manual gearbox, front-wheel-drive, working steering, all-wheel independent suspension, opening doors, hood and trunk, and adjustable seats.

It’s also, as you can see here, a rather neat looking model, accurately recreating the mid-’00s Accord Coupe’s handsome-if-anonymous exterior. Kinda like an automotive news reader.

There’s lots more of the model to see Mihail’s ‘Lego Honda Accord Coupe’ album on Flickr, and you can take a closer look at all the images via the link above. And if you’re European and wondering why the U.S gets the fun Hondas, the V6 engine and Coupe body-style have since been dropped there too. Still, at least there are half-a-dozen tedious automatic SUVs to choose from…