Acura’s latest product, the “four door sports coupe” ZDX, is set to go on sale December 15th of next month. With the on-sale date fast approaching, the company has released pricing information and fuel mileage estimates on the ZDX. This follows BMW’s release of pricing information for the 5-Series Gran Turismo. Acura has chosen to price [...]
Continue reading...Friday, November 13, 2009
Last month, the ZDX made its first appearance as a production model at the Orange County Auto Show. The release included some of the details that have been missing from past announcements. A new “category” is emerging in the United States for vehicles that just refused to be categorized (if that makes sense). BMW arguably [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 17, 2009
I’ll be the first to admit that I simply don’t understand the direction “crossovers” are traveling in. It seems like they’re becoming less and less useful, and more and more like rolling fashion statements – for fashion victims. Or the fashionably ignorant. Anyway, while it’s fun to revel in shock at the fact that this [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 20, 2009
The on sale date for the Acura ZDX crossover (find and put exact) is drawing near, and Acura has decided to unveil the production vehicle to us all. Since it’s the initial announcement, it’s without the full gamut of press shots, pricing information and the like. Acura will want to drag out that stuff until [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Acura first showed it’s ZDX Concept at the New York International Auto Show only about 2 months ago. I’ve always seen the vehicle as a step forward for the brand in styling and design. Much better then the recent designs we’ve seen coming out from the company. However, while Acura made it clear that it was just [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Thanks, BMW! With the X6 (and 5-Series GT, for that matter) you’ve helped start a whole new generation of vehicles that are utterly confused as to what they are. It’s not a crossover, or a wagon. It’s a “provocative luxury four-door sports coupe – plus”. Got that? Umm, OK. Acura says it’s a “segment-bending”vehicle, and [...]
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