The European Honda Accord received a facelifted version in 2005 along with the rest of the range and improved fuel-efficiency for specific versions.
The Accord Tourer was already famous thanks to its power-tailgate system, which was not so common back in 2005. Honda considered that it has to give some perks to the Accord’s station wagon version to compensate for the exterior look, which was far from winning any design contest.

The 2006 model featured a new front fascia, with a horizontal chromed slat across its grille. Honda designers reshaped the front bumper, adding outer side air-intakes, and moved the fog-lights moved toward the center. Depending on the trim level, the Accord Tourer sported extended rocker panels and a roof-spoiler on top of the tailgate. The roof-rails were also on the options list.

Inside, the carmaker made some changes on the center stack and inside the instrument cluster. It replaced the red lettering with white and blue ones to calm down the heavy-footed drivers. Like its predecessor, it offered the car in three trim levels: elegance, comfort, and executive. The only three options available were the sunroof, navigation system, and, depending on the engine, the automatic gearbox. Its trunk was still among the best in its class. With all the seats in place, could get up to 575 liters (20.3), while with the entire split-folding rear bench folded, space increased to 1,707 liters (60.3 cu-ft)

For the facelifted version, Honda introduced a six-speed manual gearbox for the 2.0-liter gasoline and for the 2.2-liter turbo-diesel engines. That brought better fuel efficiency on the highway.