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| Acura TL Type S – Luxury Sport That Can Deafen You could call the 2008 Acura TL Type-S "a TL with more a-PL". Or you could just say this "near luxury" sports sedan ups the ante over the garden variety TL by adding more power and some chassis upgrades to an already compelling package. more.... What's even better than a garden variety Honda Civic? How about a souped up, luxurious version? It's the Canadian-spec Acura CSX Type S, a little rocket that's mostly analogous to the Civic Si sedan, but with different logos, grille, tail light treatment and other goodies thrown in to send the up market Civic a little bit more up market. more.... ACURA RDX A FINE, REAL WORLD PERFORMER Acura's RDX is surely one of the best combinations of luxury, performance, technology and value you can get in a mainstream sport ute. I first had the opportunity to drive Acura's "entry premium" SUV at a media introduction in San Francisco, and I liked it a lot. But a couple of hours behind the wheel doesn't give much "real world" experience; I wanted to try it for a longer period, on the roads near my home. I must have been nice, not naughty, because shortly before Christmas the stocking in front of my house (a.k.a. a cul-de-sac) was filled by a lovely gray RDX I could keep for a week and a bit. And since the roads were snowy and slippery and the temperatures were cold, it was the perfect time to check out the SUV's capabilities. more.... Acura's new MDX is bigger, more plush and more technologically advanced than its predecessor. It's also a comfortable and rewarding vehicle to drive. The company says the 2007 MDX competes in the "Mid Premium" Sport Utility Vehicle segment, a niche they expect will grow by some 16 per cent over the next half decade. There are reasons for SUVs' popularity, including hauling space, a higher view of the traffic around you and, perhaps, a more robust package in case you get slammed into by someone in a Yugo. Such vehicles are getting increasingly efficient, too, which will hopefully help lead those busybodies who think they know what you should be driving to find something else to protest. I understand Wal-Mart's a pretty popular target these days…. more.... ACURA TSX Totally Seductive Xperience Acura's TSX is a classic example of the whole being greater than the sum of its parts. Like a football team that doesn't have the best quarterback or the strongest defense but which manages to fight its way to the championship anyway, the TSX won't win any "Automotive Superbowls" for its horsepower, torque, and the like, yet it's a delight to drive and would undoubtedly be an easy car to live with. The TSX comes across as a lively little thoroughbred that's athletic and quick, and as happy to please as a puppy. more... ACURA
RDX San Francisco, CA – Acura's new "entry premium" SUV, the RDX, not only introduces the company's first turbocharger and intercooler to the western hemisphere, it also ups the occupant enjoyment ante via a comfortable cabin featuring a newly designed surround sound audio system that's a joy for the ears. Acura introduced the RDX to North American media-types in a manner befitting a luxury vehicle, with a deluxe tour of the San Francisco area that let the writers put the vehicle through its paces on a selection of bloody marvelous California roads that gave us the perfect opportunity to check out the RDX's driving feel and comfort quotient. And check them out we did. This is a very nice vehicle, indeed, and Acura will undoubedly sell truckloads of them. more... ACURA
CSX It isn't as racy as the TSX or RSX, but Acura's new CSX is a fitting successor to the now-defunct EL as its Canadian market entry level sedan. The EL began life as basically an up market Honda Civic, and there's certainly nothing wrong with that. Through two generations, the EL carried Acura's compact luxury sedan banner very well, but now the company has decided to break with that tradition and give the new version a new name. And that's okay. The CSX is a fine little car and I suspect Acura Canada will sell truckloads of them. more... ACURA RSX Type S Talk about Shock and Awe. When the Acura RSX debuted as a replacement for the popular Integra, there was a certain amount of shock generated as people wondered why the company had chosen to introduce an all new model rather than just upgrade the Integra to a new generation. That shock has now passed as the RSX has proved itself over the past few years, replaced by a sense of awe. As in awe over Acura's skill in taking what had been a nice "entry level" sporty car and turning it into a really nice “entry level” sporting car. And of course for 2005, Acura has upped the ante even more. more... ACURA RL Acura’s top-of-the-line sedan is all new, offering a handsome new suit of clothes inside and out, more power, and enough technological goodies to please the gadget geek in all of us. It also comes with a nifty new all wheel drive system that strikes a balance between Acura’s penchant for front wheel drive with the market segment’s penchant for rear wheel drive vehicles. more... ACURA TL Once again Acura has left me in awe – and I wasn’t even able to drive the car properly! The Acura TL Type S may be gone, but performance aficionados need not mourn. Its replacement gives you everything that was great about that car, and a lot more. more... ACURA TSX A home run? Acura's new TSX sports sedan is more like a grand slam. And oh, she's a seductive beast. Spend more than a couple of minutes behind the wheel and you're lost – obsessed with this wonderful car and willing to do whatever it takes to keep it. more... ACURA MDX If there are “cute” utes, and “brute” utes, Acura may have created a new category called “beaut” utes. The Acura MDX may not be the most off-road-ready of sport utility vehicles, but it could be the most perfect compromise between the various facets sport, utility, and luxury. MDX is mid-sized, though it seems BIG when you first get in. It still fits nicely into a parking spot, however, and the more you drive it the more it seems to fit like the proverbial glove. In the end, it feels just right. more... ACURA 1.7 EL Acura’s 2001 1.7 EL is a marvelous bargain that makes luxury and performance almost as affordable as a garden variety Honda Civic or Toyota Corolla. That’s the good news. The bad news is that, unless you’re a Canadian, you can’t get this snazzy set of wheels. more... ACURA 3.2 TL TYPE S If you're looking for a comfortable four door sedan with guts, check out Acura's 3.2 TL Type S. This is the "souped up" TL, featuring more horsepower (260 @ 6100 rpm for the Type S as opposed to the basic TL's 225 @ 5600 rpm) and torque (232 lb.-ft. @ 3500 rpm versus 216 lb.-ft. @ 4700 rpm) as well as a few other goodies that separate it from its more "sedate" sibling. Things like a thicker and more robust dual muffler exhaust system, 17 inch wheels with V-rated performance tires, and a few other touches here and there. more... ACURA 3.2 CL Type S Acura's 2001 3.2 CL Type S is such a missile you may want to purchase a radar detector to go with it. Its 260 horsepower and 232 pound feet of torque launch it almost as if it had solid rocket boosters, which makes it an easy target for officers looking to shoot a few motoring fish in a barrel. The bright, fire engine red color of the 2002 model I drove for about a week didn't help: I might as well have had a "ticket me!" sign. Needless to say, driving the CL Type S is an "accelerating" experience. more...
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