On sale from $29,605 excluding the $835 destination charge, the 2017 Honda Accord Hybrid is a tough cookie to crack in its segment. Better still, the new model boasts 16 HP on top of the 2016 model year.

For $300 more than the old Accord Hybrid, the new kid on the block also gets best-in-segment fuel economy ratings of 49 mpg city, 47 mpg highway, and 48 mpg combined (4.8, 5.0, 4.9 l/100 km). In the mid-size sedan realm, no other hybrid c…