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Acura

Acura is the luxury brand for Honda in America. Acura's MDX and RDX luxury crossovers are known for their handling prowess. The RL, TL and other sedans in the Acura line are among the quality leaders in their segment.

By Parks McCants on August 31, 2015 - 5:26PM
Electrifying!
To impress greatly; thrill.
"an electrifying performance"
Synonyms: excite, thrill, stimulate, arouse, rouse, inspire, stir (up), exhilarate, intoxicate, galvanize, move, fire (with enthusiasm), fire someone's imagination, invigorate, animate. When weighing RLX Sport Hybrid against the competition, forget everything you think you know when it comes to hybrid performance.
By Parks McCants on August 20, 2015 - 11:29AM
2016 Acura RDX earns National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) overall 5 tar safety rating, This gives Acura a 5 star safety rating across the entire lineup; the only luxury nameplate in 2015 to do so.
By Parks McCants on August 15, 2015 - 7:20PM
Unfortunately, NSX is quickly becoming the “Boy that cried wolf” story of the supercar world. What’s going on with NSX now?
By Parks McCants on August 14, 2015 - 4:23PM
2016 Acura NSX takes Monterey Car Week by storm with 3 NSX color and trim variants on display for all to view.
By Parks McCants on August 6, 2015 - 9:15PM
Thanks to Acura-Torque News reader Tommy Wadden, we have our first confirmed Southern California sighting of the production 2016 Acura NSX, and what a beautiful performance hybrid she is.
By Parks McCants on July 21, 2015 - 5:54PM
In this day of recall-driven heightened consumer concern for automotive safety, Acura’s entire lineup has earned the highest overall safety score in the industry. Note the word entire!
By Parks McCants on July 20, 2015 - 2:34PM
Last week Torque News reported on the national confirmation-drive (sake down) of 2016 Acura NSX, where a team of engineers from Honda’s Performance Center put NSX through its paces under variable, elevation, road, heat and speed conditions.
By Parks McCants on July 15, 2015 - 4:32PM
Amidst rumors circulating the automotive journalism world of yet another NSX release delay, we receive an update from Acura
By Parks McCants on July 1, 2015 - 4:39PM
As they say: “The market has spoken,” taking American Honda Motors built SUV and crossovers to a record June with a surprise or two.
By Parks McCants on June 28, 2015 - 7:30PM
When was the last time you drove an SUV that was effortless, intuitive to driver command and fun to drive?
By Parks McCants on June 25, 2015 - 1:02PM
Once again Honda is co-sponsoring the Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. For 2015, Acura’s pulling out all stops and releasing something highly anticipated by fans worldwide.
By Parks McCants on June 12, 2015 - 2:06PM
I was introduced to Acura’s flagship sedan back in August of 2014, and was immediately hooked. However, the RLX Sport Hybrid failed to materialize in the U.S. for 2015. Acura’s shipping 2016s, but where are they?
By Parks McCants on May 27, 2015 - 12:04AM
For the Acura loyal, NSX represents more than the rolling sum of its glorious parts. It’s an automotive ideal that embodies ‘low key’ precision good looks, relative financial attainability and above all else, near intuitive driver-car inter-connectivity and Sci-Fi-like active safety features.
By Parks McCants on May 15, 2015 - 8:26PM
“Old School”, “New School,” it doesn't matter. Want it or not, autonomous-like active safety technology has become a marketing tool for many if not all automotive manufacturers. What lessons do we learn from Acura’s latest MDX. RLX recall?
By Parks McCants on May 14, 2015 - 6:03PM
The first time Torque News drove a pre-production direct injected V6 powered Acura, we wondered if something wasn’t faulty with our test mule. The cars engine idle note didn’t seem quite right.
By Parks McCants on May 12, 2015 - 8:53PM
Despite mixed critical automotive review of Acura’s latest major refresh of ILX, Torque News-Acura finds this Honda Civic platform performer to be a bit more car than initial anticipated. 2016 Acura ILX-A-SPEC compact performance sport sedan surprises!
By Parks McCants on May 11, 2015 - 10:23PM
In a recent night-driving road test of 2015 TLX, Torque News-Acura was astounded by the near-day-light illumination of Acura's latest Jewel Eye LED 5 projector beam headlamp technology. We believe Jewel Eye is the white-brightest and safest night-driving illumination, day-time running light assesory in the automotive world today.
By Parks McCants on May 8, 2015 - 7:02PM
Drive review's an interesting pursuit, and Honda, Acura Division is second to none in providing us with the opportunity to review and report on their latest offerings in an ever-evolving, mostly manufactured in North America line up. Acura MDX is one of our favorite subjects.
By Parks McCants on May 5, 2015 - 11:34PM
Acura’s premium RLX Sports Hybrid sedan is scheduled for a U.S. market return in June 2015.
Will consumers pay upwards of $70,000 for Acura’s high-tech premium performance flagship?
By Parks McCants on April 24, 2015 - 6:56PM
Friday afternoon found Torque News speaking with Acura’s Aerothermal Project Leader and Principal Engineer,Thomas Ramsay; We’re just a bit overwhelmed.
By Parks McCants on April 23, 2015 - 9:53PM
2016 Acura NSX, Honda Motor’s greatest rolling innovation to date, driving space-frame, engine, motor torque transference and effective air-flow technologies into the future. Acura NSX takes supercar performance and safety to the highest level.
By Parks McCants on April 19, 2015 - 4:07PM
For MDX drivers that prefer the less aggressive shift pattern of earlier offerings, the ZF 9 speed may take a bit of getting used to. We believe it’s worth the effort.
By Parks McCants on April 16, 2015 - 1:12AM
For 2016 Acura will present an improved 2 row premium SUV with a surprise or two.The RDX ownership, drive experience just got better.
By Parks McCants on April 7, 2015 - 10:18PM
Sticking our virtual driver’s shoe in mouth, Torque News invited Acura TLX drivers to write in and share with us their TLX story. It's mostly positive.
By Parks McCants on March 30, 2015 - 1:21AM
7 days driving Acura’s newest sports-sedan underlined our first impression of 2016 Acura ILX. The latest rendition of ILX gives Audi, BMW and Mercedes a run for the money. ILX pushes attainable premium performance to the edge.
By Parks McCants on March 28, 2015 - 1:56PM
Taking advantage of Acura TLX-GT all-wheel-drive traction and handling capabilities on a wet St. Petersburg Florida 1.8 mile street course, Real Time Racing’s Ryan Eversley takes the Pole Position for Pirelli World Cup G.T. class in this weekends two race event.
By Parks McCants on March 26, 2015 - 12:02AM
For 2016 Acura took the under-appreciated ILX and gave it a much needed injection of hard-edged-handling and TLX i-4 derived engine and transmission. Has Acura gone too far with ILX street performance?
By Parks McCants on March 24, 2015 - 5:30PM
Automotive journalist generally spend very little to no time outside of the confines of the driver’s seat. For this article, Torque News reports from “Row 2,” possibly the most comfortable long-road-trip seat found in a midsize SUV today.
By Parks McCants on March 22, 2015 - 8:22PM
Driving 2016 Acura MDX SH-AWD with advanced drivetrain and safety features is much akin to running on train-tracks, even in the rain! MDX may be the safest SUV offered in North America today, here’s why…