The Honda Accord is rumored to be seeing a bit of a face lift for next year's model. This, we find out, thanks to the release of the Honda Inspire upgrade in Japan. See, overseas Accord is well-known as Inspire.

The Accord is still a global name. Honda created an Accord for each major type of market: Japan, Europe and North America. Japan and Europe started sharing a more compact version of the Accord since the seventh generation, while the US Accord joined the size race. And since bigger is better we get the North American body.

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A recent survey to gauge the most reliable pickup trucks in the US, the company which surpassed all others isn't even an American automaker. The Honda Ridgeline ranked number one, taking another honor for the Japanese automaker.

The Ridgeline first appeared in 2005 and the staying power of a Japanese large truck was doubted by skeptics. Five years later those doubts have turned into accolades.

Consumer Report's gave the vehicle a "better than average" rating in several judged categories: including style, performance and comfort. Reviews stated the ease of which this fairly long truck (17 feet bumper-to-bumper) handles…