Autoweek points out the competition: The ninth-generation Honda Accord debuts just in time to take on an onslaught of new competition for the 2013 model year, including the Chevrolet Malibu, Ford Fusion and Nissan Altima.

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The latter are reminiscent in scale to the putative nuclear-fusion reactors, said to mimic processes in stars, e.g. the sun, of which a working model is not expected for at least another 60 years.

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