I'm wondering if that could only be the case with touring trim...afaik accord touring doesn't offer paddles, but the sport does...Also noticed something about the pictures.... no more paddle shifters???? I can see the "S" on the CVT shifter still, but i can't see any paddles poking up on any of the pictures. Maybe the feature wasn't that popular? Can't say i'll miss that feature, really they didn't improve anything over the normal S mode automatic driving.
Or maybe instead of paddles the S mode has a manual shift with the actual shift lever?