Ramblings of Accords in a 5-series review. *sigh*
This would probably be near the top of cars I'd choose for a cross country drive.
When we did the midsize car comparo last spring, nearly all testers wrote comments like "feels like a luxury car", "looks more expensive than it is", etc, in the Accord Touring's logbook. Heck, I wrote "this is the 5-Series of the bunch".
I lived with that Touring for a week, and except for the CVT (not a bad one), for my commuting and needs it would be pretty hard to beat.
Black on black Sport, 6-speed manual, I'd be happy.