Posts Tagged ‘Acura’

2013 Acura RDX Revealed

Wednesday, February 8, 2012 12:56 by Arman Barari 1 Comment

The American branch of Honda also revealed the production version of the Acura RDX at the 2012 Chicago Autoshow. Read More… The car has a refreshed design which makes it look nicer and improve aerodynamics. But on the whole it’s an old and dreary look that desperately needs a major makeover. The 4WD crossover gets [...]

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2013 Acura ILX Revealed

Wednesday, February 8, 2012 12:44 by Arman Barari No Comments

Acura revealed the production version of the new ILX sedan at the 2012 Chicago Autoshow. Read More… They say it’s a luxury saloon for young buyers, but it doesn’t look like it. We would call it luxurious if it was 1997. But by today’s standards, it’s more of a fairly uninteresting mid-size sedan for retired [...]

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Acura Super Bowl Ad with Jay Leno and Jerry Seinfeld

Tuesday, January 31, 2012 7:47 by Arman Barari 1 Comment

This is Acura’s first ever Super Bowl commercial, and they’ve done really well. It is about the new NSX — what else could it be about — and how Jerry Seinfeld, apparently bored with his Porsches, do anything to get the first one. But he loses to Jay Leno, who looks kinda funny in his [...]

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Acura NSX Concept Featured In Gran Turismo 5

Wednesday, January 11, 2012 17:42 by Arman Barari No Comments

If you just can’t wait three years for the new Honda/Acura NSX to arrive – or you can wait but won’t be able to afford it anyway – you can still experience the car, virtually. For that you have to get yourself a Playstation and the latest version of Gran Turismo 5. As shown in [...]

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Acura NSX Concept Detroit Unveiling Video

Tuesday, January 10, 2012 17:52 by Arman Barari No Comments

The NSX Concept, at least for us, is the best  car of 2012 Detroit Motor Show. Everything about it is ten or twenty per cent better than what we were expecting all these years for a NSX replacement. It looks fantastic, it’s mid-engined, it’s powered by a no-fuss hybrid V6, it’s got clever electronics to [...]

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Acura Expands Into New Markets

Tuesday, January 10, 2012 13:22 by Arman Barari 1 Comment

During his Detroit Motor Show press conference, Takanobu Ito, President and CEO of Honda Motor Co., confirmed Acura is going global. Read More… Acura, as you know, is Honda’s luxury brand. They are what Lexus is to Toyota, only Acura is only for the American market, and that makes it more like Infiniti, the luxury [...]

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2012 NAIAS: Acura RDX

Monday, January 9, 2012 21:27 by Arman Barari No Comments

Acura’s other major debut at the Detroit Motor Show, besides the NSX and ILX, is the 2013 version of the RDX crossover shown as a prototype. Read More… Although it’s a product of 2012 for 2013 launch, it looks more like a car from 1993.  Acura says in its press release that it’s a timeless, [...]

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