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Stand back, ladies and gents. Here comes the remade Honda Accord, and the fight for alpha-status in midsize sedans is about to get bloody. Once a perennial contender for best-selling car in the U.S., Accord hasn't taken the gold in more than a decade — slapped down by Toyota's Camry. Tired of that, Honda did a full makeover for the 2013 on sale Sept. 19. Major changes include slimming the exterior, boosting mileage by as much as 4 miles per gallon to 36 mpg on the highway, adding more, and updated, technology, and raising prices for various trim levels up to $300. The new starting price with automatic transmission, the way most Americans will buy it, is up $200 to $22,470, including shipping. Girding for battle, Honda has revamped Accord production in the U.S. so that, combined with some imports from Japan, it could build enough new Accords to pass Camry, though Honda won't specifically say that's the goal. "There's no doubt they want to outsell Camry," says Rebecca Lindland of...