Archive for the ‘Acura’ Category

Mugen NSX RR: Tokyo Auto salon 2009

Friday, May 22nd, 2009
Mugen NSX RR: Tokyo Auto salon 2009

With the NSX successor officially cancelled, Honda tapped long-time motorsports partner Mugen to create a one-off coupe to commemorate the everyday supercar that ended production in 2005. The Mugen NSX RR is stretched to 177.95 inches (almost four inches more than the ‘94-05 model), and widened by 5.5 inches and features a combination of carbon [...]

First appearance of Acura LMP1 car at ALMS winter test

Thursday, May 21st, 2009

Acura’s new ARX-02a race car made its first public appearance this morning at the American Le Mans series winter test at Sebring in Florida. Acura announced its move up to the LMP1 class in the American Le Mans Series at last year’s Detroit Grand Prix, but hasn’t yet provided any details on the car. More [...]

Acura steals pole position from Audi, Peugeot at 12 Hours of Sebring qualifying!

Wednesday, May 20th, 2009
Acura steals pole position from Audi, Peugeot at 12 Hours of Sebring qualifying!

Tuesday’s first official day of testing for the 12 Hours of Sebring endurance race saw the new Audi R15 dominate its long-time foes from Peugeot and two new entries from Acura in the fastest LMP1 class. Peugeot bounced back in Wednesday’s testing session, however, with the quickest lap times of the day. We fully expected [...]

Honda gives Acura its own financial arm

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
Honda gives Acura its own financial arm

The late eighties is when it all happened for Japanese luxury vehicles in North America. But by the time Lexus and Infiniti launched in 1989, Acura was already on the market for three years. Since then, Acura customers in the U.S. looking to finance new cars went through the same American Honda Finance Corporation that [...]

New York: Acura ZDX aimed squarely at BMW X6

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009
New York: Acura ZDX aimed squarely at BMW X6

After a few weeks of teasing, Acura has finally revealed the ZDX, its new four-door, luxury crossover “coupe” that is clearly aimed at the similarly proportioned BMW X6. The ZDX wears the now familiar shield grille and sharp styling that has spread across the entire Acura lineup. To further emphasize the crossover’s coupiness, Acura designers [...]

Acura becomes first brand to achieve top marks from NHTSA and IIHS for whole lineup

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
Acura becomes first brand to achieve top marks from NHTSA and IIHS for whole lineup

Acura buyers can rest assured that their fancy Hondas have their backsides not only well cosseted, but well covered. No matter what direction you smash a current Acura, any of them, you’re protected by a straight-A student. In front, side, and rear impacts, every car that Acura sells carries top ratings from both the IIHS [...]

Acura X6-fighter officially named ZDX

Monday, March 30th, 2009
Acura X6-fighter officially named ZDX

After a series of spy shots and a handful of teasers, Acura has finally given a name to its BMW X6-fighting crossover: the ZDX. Due to arrive in concept form at next week’s New York Auto Show, the all-new ZDX is described by Acura as a luxury four-door sports coupe “with the added benefit of [...]

Acura RDX “Wall Art” commercial and how it was made

Thursday, March 26th, 2009
Acura RDX “Wall Art” commercial and how it was made

Perhaps along with the daring it has shown in its styling as of late, Acura has decided to flirt with bold commercial production, albeit arguably with more appealing results.
Not content with another dark, slick, lifestyle-rich spot for its RDX turbo, Acura has gone all Honda on us and created a spot that took 240 hours [...]