After a six-year hiatus, Honda revived the Inspire nameplate in 2018 for China only — built by Dongfeng Honda purely to replace the Spirior, with no return to Japan.
Median 213 hp across 270 similar cars
Lead trim: 1.5 L15B7 turbo · up to 212 hp
Honda Inspire CV4 / CV62018–2023
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FactAfter a six-year hiatus, Honda revived the Inspire nameplate in 2018 for China only — built by Dongfeng Honda purely to replace the Spirior, with no return to Japan.
The sixth-generation Inspire was released in 2018 as a sedan designed exclusively for the Chinese market, based on the North American tenth-generation Honda Accord with a redesigned front and rear. It is made by Dongfeng Honda to replace the Spirior, and is available with either the 1.5-litre L15B7 turbocharged inline-four or the 2-litre inline-four hybrid with two electric motors, with a CVT.
Collectors Spotted in the Honda Inspire Lineage
No member has published a public street spot of the Honda Inspire yet — the First · Worldwide stamp is wide open.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.5 L15B7 turbo | 2018–2023 | 1.5 L Inline-4 | 192 hp | 192 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| 2.0 LFA1/LFB1 hybrid | 2018–2023 | 2.0 L Inline-4 | 212 hp | — | — | — | — | — |
Owning one
An estimate, for the 1.5 L15B7 turbo trim: fuel on its EPA figure and a dated national price, upkeep on a per-mile average for the kind of car it is.
Owners’ builds
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Photographs
This Inspire’s face earned a Star Wars nickname — Carscoops dubbed it "A Stormtrooper-Faced Accord For China" when it launched in 2023.
After a six-year hiatus, Honda revived the Inspire nameplate in 2018 for China only — built by Dongfeng Honda purely to replace the Spirior, with no return to Japan.
Most cars were ditching hydraulics for electric power steering by the 2000s — this Inspire generation went the other way, switching back to hydraulic.
The Japan-only UC1 Inspire wasn't just another sedan — it's the car Honda chose to debut Variable Cylinder Management on, the cylinder-deactivation tech that later spread across its whole lineup.
This Inspire flipped the usual script: it was designed and built in the United States, then shipped the other way across the Pacific to be sold in Japan — a first for Honda.
This Japanese-market Inspire wasn't built in Japan — starting with this generation, every Inspire and Saber came from Honda's Marysville, Ohio plant.
Honda farmed the first Inspire's cabin out to a furniture maker: Tendo Mokko supplied the leather trim and the real wood inserts on the dash and console, not an in-house design team.
Rivals
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