Henio Arcangeli Jr., senior vice president of automotive operations for Honda of America, poses with the North American Car of the Year award for the 2018 Honda Accord at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit on Monday.

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The Accord, among three finalists that included the latest Toyota Camry and all-new Kia Stinger, was selected by a jury of 60 American and Canadian automotive journalists -- including Automotive News Reporter Richard Truett and Senior Editor Sharon Silke Carty. The selection of the Accord marks the third consecutive year that a Honda nameplate has received top honors from the North American jury of journalists, with the Honda Civic selected in 2016 and the Honda Ridgeline picked in 2017.