Well, you’re probably all too drunk to be reading this, but maybe you’ll catch it in the morning. As you and your liver know, it’s St. Patrick’s Day today! St. Partick’s Day started when…huh? Yeah, pass over another Guinness! Enough talking – check out the gallery below and let us know what green supercar is [...]
Serving as a Christmas after Christmas for me, the 2013 Canadian International AutoShow in Toronto is my first chance to gain a firsthand view of the most recent products. While many have made global debuts at many prior auto shows, I will attest there is no replacement to setting your own eyes on the presence [...]
Competing in the luxury segment is no easy task. When you’re up against established competitors like Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz, it can be hard to establish a foothold. Particularly BMW and Mercedes-Benz have had years to build up cachet and prestige. The manufacturers who have succeeded in some regard, like Infiniti, have done so with [...]
When producing our everyday items, patriotism no Longer has a consistent place in corporate manufacturing in the 21st century; that may not be a bad thing. Decades ago, vehicle branding would easily define the geography of a car. An American branded car would be assembled in the United States along with the vast majority of [...]
One of the most unsuccessful product duos of the past five years has undoubtedly been the Acura ZDX and Honda Crosstour (originally Accord Crosstour). The two models were Honda’s attempt to break into the mid-size crossover segment with a mainstream and luxury offering. It hasn’t worked out so well – they’ve tried everything with the [...]
Generally when a certain formula isn’t working, you either throw it out all together or tweak with it until it works. For Acura, they are opting for the former. The company recently came around to the realization that they took their styling language “too far.” While determined to stay the course with things like the [...]
The first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem. You can’t go about fixing something you don’t recognize. At Acura, that has been the case for a while. The manufacturer pushed its edgy, unattractive designs while customers and the media gave a collective thumbs down. Everyone recognized it, but they didn’t. Today, Automotive [...]
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Why I hope the NSX saves Honda
At the 2012 Detroit Auto Show, Honda/Acura unveiled the new NSX, which has a target launch of spring 2014. Like the original NSX this new iteration will feature a two seat design with a mid-mounted V6, but the similarities stop there. The new design incorporates a V6 hybrid powertrain, the latest version of SH-AWD (super [...]