Unlike its Accord cousin and nearly every other front-drive Honda, this Ascot mounted its engine longitudinally, front-to-back, to balance weight between the axles instead of side-to-side.
Lead trim: 2.0 G20A1 five-cylinder · up to 188 hp
Honda Ascot CE4/CE5CE4/CE5 · 1993–1997
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FactUnlike its Accord cousin and nearly every other front-drive Honda, this Ascot mounted its engine longitudinally, front-to-back, to balance weight between the axles instead of side-to-side.
When the CD Accord grew too wide for Japan's favourable tax class, Honda gave the new Ascot its own platform (a development of the previous generation) rather than basing it on the Accord. Like the Inspire, Vigor and Legend, the CE has its engine mounted longitudinally, with the gearbox behind it, in Honda's five-cylinder G engine in 2.0 and 2.5 L sizes (the 2.0 on regular fuel, the 2.5 on premium in Japan). The coupé-like body is shorter and taller than the Accord, Innova and Inspire, on a wheelbase 35 mm shorter than the Inspire and Vigor, which left little rear-seat room and hurt sales. Its sister car, the Rafaga, was sold at Verno stores. Both were replaced by the Accord-based Torneo in 1997.
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Trims & Figures
2 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.0 G20A1 five-cylinder | 1993–1997 | 2.0 L Inline-5 | 158 hp | 137 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| 2.5 G25A1 five-cylinder | 1993–1997 | 2.5 L Inline-5 | 188 hp | 175 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
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Photographs
Unlike its Accord cousin and nearly every other front-drive Honda, this Ascot mounted its engine longitudinally, front-to-back, to balance weight between the axles instead of side-to-side.
Honda flew in Hollywood star Geena Davis to front the commercial for this Japan-only sedan — its 'Hard Top Innovation' slogan is literally where the Innova name came from.
The Ascot CB exists because of a sales-channel puzzle: Honda's Primo dealerships needed their own Accord-based sedan to sell.
Rivals
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