Some consumers can justify spending a whole lot of their bucks to get that bang, but Kiplinger's Personal?

As you can probably tell, we are very excited about the 2013 Honda Accord. It's a fantastic addition to the Honda offerings for 2013, and a great new face for the Accord model we all know and love. ...

As consumers of automobiles, we want to ensure that we are buying ourselves the safest vehicle our money can buy.  One way to ensure the safety of a particular model is to read up on the results of the vehicle's safety and crash testing, as well as the model's history with mechanically related accidents before going to the dealership, such as our local Springfield Honda lot, Planet Honda, for a test drive.

However…