Honda Accords and their Nigerian pet names

While shopping for a new car recently, I was seriously considering a Honda Accord. What struck me however was the funny names Nigerians have given the different generations of Honda Accords.Third Generation Accord
Code Name: Honda Pure Water
Year of Manufature: 1986 – 1989

Fourth Generation Accord
Code Name: Honda Ala
Year of Manufacture: 1990 – 1993

Fifth Generation Accord
Code Name: Bulldog (European Version is called Bullet)

Year of Manufacture: 1994 – 1997

Sixth Generation Accord
Code Name: Baby Boy
Year of Manufature: 1998 – 2002

Seventh Generation Accord
Code Name: End of Discussion (EOD)
Year of Manufacture: 2003 – 2006

Author: Adedeji Olowe

Adédèjì is the founder of Lendsqr, the loan infrastructure fintech powering lenders at scale. Before this, he led Trium Limited, the corporate VC of the Coronation Group, which invested in Woven Finance, Sparkle Bank, Clane, and L1ght, amongst others. He has almost two decades of banking experience, including stints as the Divisional Head of Electronic Banking at Fidelity Bank Plc. He drove the turnaround of the bank’s digital business. He was previously responsible for United Bank for Africa Group’s payment card business across 19 countries. Alongside other industry veterans, he founded Open Banking Nigeria, the nonprofit driving the development and adoption of a common API standard for the Nigerian financial industry. Beyond open APIs, Adédèjì works deeply within the fintech ecosystem; he’s the board chairman at Paystack. Adédèjì is a renowned fintech pundit and has been blogging on technology and payments at dejiolowe.com since 2001.

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