For quite some time now, Acura has taken a back seat in the luxury game. In particular, Infiniti has surged strongly with new rear-wheel drive products and V-8 engines in upmarket models. Lexus, which has held the title of top-selling luxury brand in the United States, is making a fresh push starting with the GS [...]
Acura’s styling language has taken lot of flak in the automotive press – and there have been studies out that point to sales being negatively affected. While the mid-size TL has traditionally been a hot seller for Acura , in recent years it has fallen behind. 2005 marked the sales high water mark for the [...]
European hatchbacks, wagons, stick shifts – they are things that are often on wish lists of enthusiasts. Wagons with better driving dynamics are preferred over crossovers and SUVs. Generally though the marketplace has other ideas – wagons usually don’t fare well here and as such manufacturers tend to leave them to sell in international markets. [...]
Having existed for almost 25 years as a premium luxury brand for Honda, Acura is beginning to graciously mature from its infancy where the V-TEC Intregra and NSX were creatures of a raw, rebellious influence to posher motoring. Premiering at the 2010 New York Auto Show, the company’s entry-level TSX model receives the ultimate staple [...]
Acura has a new commercial out for the RDX SUV, and it’s pretty cool. For the stop animation ad, the RDX was placed in front of a 100×50 ft wall that was painted, then repainted for each frame. The 30 second commercial is below, then the ad agency that created the promo did a 2-minute [...]
Sometime last year, a few Photoshop gurus got together and made some very funny “mini” versions of their favorite cars. The trend caught on, and soon lots of people were taking their favorite cars, and through the process of image manipulation, made them mini versions of themselves. Below, you will find a photo gallery full [...]
Ever since man began making cars for more than just getting from A to B, two-door coupes have been a sign of automotive enthusiasm and overall sportiness that a four-door sedan simply could not fulfill. A recent wave of sport sedans and four-door coupes have been introduced to the market, but for us sports car [...]
Uh-oh! … and why do I get the feeling I’m going to be saying that a lot more? News breaks today that Honda has decided to ax the upcoming re-do of the much loved NSX, Honda’s uber-car. During a speech outlining the carmaker’s revised economic forecast, Honda CEO Takeo Fukui said that his company has [...]