Archive for the ‘Acura’ Category

“The Acura RL is a car I hadn’t driven or thought much about in years, and judging by its sales numbers, I have plenty of company.

Maybe the RL simply hasn’t sold because of Acura’s compressed model selection. Besides the RL there’s also the TL and TSX, which are priced much, much lower, which is the real reason buyers don’t step up to the RL.

TORRANCE, Calif. – Never content resting on its laurels, Acura brings to market the 2010 RDX with a fresh new exterior look, a more luxurious interior, and a host of new technology features. For 2010, the RDX is now available with a two-wheel drive option which offers improved fuel economy and a lower price point over its SH-AWD™ counterpart.

“The RDX has always offered a unique mix of great performance, good utility, lots customer relevant technology and sharp looks- but for 2010 these attributes get even better,” said Jeff Conrad, vice president of Acura sales. “The availability of a new 2WD model with improved fuel economy and a lower price make the 2010 RDX a smart choice.” Read the rest of this entry »

After three years on the market, the Acura RDX is getting its first comprehensive makeover for the 2010 model year. Unlike the automaker’s new TSX V6, where the changes were largely restricted to the bits you don’t see, the opposite is true of the RDX. Acura’s cute ‘ute gets a mid-cycle facelift to bring it in-line with the rest of the Acura line-up – meaning if you haven’t warmed up to Acura’s shield grille you might want to look elsewhere. Read the rest of this entry »

Acura RDX comes common which has a 7-speaker Acura High quality Sound audio system having a multi-format 6-disc changer. This kind of 360-watt product is made to offer RDX proprietors exceptional audio quality available from a variety of sound feedback platforms.Your Acura RDX was designed to get one of many sportiest in the segment, and with the exception of a few problems, the particular generating connection with your 2011 design can be interesting as with our 07 RDX long-termer. Understanding that long-termer don’t enjoy the alterations Acura generated for this years design year.Your Acura RDX provides a few available safety features which will help help keep you safe and save a little money upon auto insurance. Your most significant protection feature of the auto, nevertheless, is definitely an in a position and mindful motorist.The actual Acura RDX is really a tiny high-class cross-over Truck. It comes normal using a turbocharged 2.3-liter four-cylinder engine that produces a robust 240 hp as well as Two hundred and sixty pound-feet of torque. Any five-speed computerized indication (together with exercise shifters) is standard, and the RDX is available with either front-wheel drive or perhaps Acura’s innovative Super-Handling All-Wheel-Drive technique. Your SH-AWD technique instantaneously transfers twisting one of the tires (back and front, as well as side-to-side) to be able to improve proper grip and handling in every traveling predicament. Read the rest of this entry »

Almost a decade ago, Acura introduced the world’s first all-aluminum, mid-engine sports car, the Acura NSX to the public. For 1999, Acura is taking the exotic NSX up a notch with the ultra-exclusive Alex Zanardi Edition.

Named after two-time CART open-wheel racing championship driver Alex Zanardi, Acura will hand-build only 50 models at its Takanazawa facility in Tochigi, Japan. Cars numbered two through 49 of these yet-to-be-priced models will go on sale in March, while Alex Zanardi himself will take delivery of vehicle number one in the series. Read the rest of this entry »

Belize City, Belize: Although it’s been designed for America’s urban jungles, Acura took its all-new MDX to the steaming Savannah’s and rain forest of Belize for a comparative shakedown. Pitting its performance and power against the Mercedes ML320, the Lexus RX300 and BMW’s X-5, Honda’s luxury division claims its first light-duty truck offers “best in class” acceleration and braking, aerodynamics, cargo-carrying ability and fuel economy. Tailored for more performance and prestige, the MDX replaces the SLX, a re-badged Isuzu. Read the rest of this entry »

As we wound our way through the Los Padres National Forest toward Pine Mountain Summit, the ominous gray clouds spit water down on the windshield. Although the sky had yet to clear, it seemed the heavy rains of the night before had passed through the mountains and were likely wreaking havoc in communities to the east. It would be many days before the effects of the winter storm that had battered Southern California would be cleared from this roadway, however. Fist-sized rocks were mounded neatly at the road’s edge, pushed there with giant, orange snowplows, which worked continuously to keep the pavement clear of rock slides. Read the rest of this entry »

A blacktop back route, barely wide enough for two passing cars, rolled across lesser bumps of California’s Santa Rosa Mountains in rugged outlands stretched between San Diego and Palm Springs. With scant traffic and an array of corkscrew curves, the course gave an assertive driver the excuse to play with a new kind of sports coupe. Read the rest of this entry »

Providing cushy perks of an ultimate imported luxury sedan but for sticker figures that approach the realm of affordability becomes the apparent concept behind a new sedan by Acura, Honda’s upscale brand.

This 1996 model, bearing an alphanumeric designation as harbinger for a switch in name styles for all Acura labels, goes by the initials of TL, which stands for Touring Luxury. A base edition, dubbed 2.5TL, draws from a 2.5-liter in-line 5-cylinder engine, while the more powerful 3.2TL stocks a 3.2-liter V6. Read the rest of this entry »

The guy who showed me to my room at the Biltmore was right in the zone for the preferred Acura coupe customer . . . late 20s, in an upwardly mobile job . . . but he already had an Acura coupe. He had inherited his parent’s Legend coupe, and while he wasn’t ready to run to the dealer, his family’s excellent experience and the sexier styling of the CL sharpened his interest. The combination of track record and appealing styling may keep him out of the ranks of European car buyers, and that is the main objective of Acura. Read the rest of this entry »