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Acura TSX Sportwagon Announced

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Honda hasn’t exactly been on a product rampage lately. Stylistically the recent cars from the Honda brand haven’t been hits, but even more lately than usual – the CrossTour Crossover in particular. The latest product from Acura, the ZDX crossover is good looking and seems to have the makings of a winning product inside and [...]

IIHS Tests Small Cars in Crash Tests

Friday, April 17, 2009

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If you’re averse to car crash test carnage, look away. Interesting findings and information has come out courtesy of International Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). They’ve detailed a more ”real” view on the safety of small cars in comparison to larger ones. Let’s see how they fare…. The IIHS took the Honda Fit, Toyota Yaris and the Smart cars, all vehicles that achieved the IIHS’s rating [...]

Editorial: What’s With The Horsepower Wars?

Thursday, April 2, 2009

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Editorial: What’s With The Horsepower Wars?

With each and every passing generation of the automobile, one thing (pretty much) remains constant: “More is more.” It seems to be what we all want, and so that’s what we get. More size, more weight, more features, more safety equipment, and more power. More more more, each and every time. Today’s Civic looks gigantic [...]

Chicago 2009: 2010 Acura TSX V6

Thursday, February 12, 2009

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We talked about it earlier, and now it’s here. The rumored six-cylinder version of Acura’s small TSX sedan (the American version of the Euro-market Accord) will be receiving a full-sized powerplant for 2010, addressing one of the main concerns of critics – a lack of power. As I said a few days ago, the TSX [...]

Acura TSX to get 3.5L V6?

Monday, February 9, 2009

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Rumors are beginning to swirl that Acura will debut a V6-powered version of their controversially-styled TSX small sedan next week at the Chicago Auto Show. A reader over at Honda Lunatic site Temple of VTec reports that Acura will be debuting a high-performance version of the euro-Accord based TSX sedan next week at the Chicago [...]