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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.

“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?

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.

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!

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.

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.

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?

Friday afternoon found Torque News speaking with Acura’s Aerothermal Project Leader and Principal Engineer,Thomas Ramsay; We’re just a bit overwhelmed.

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.

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.

For 2016 Acura will present an improved 2 row premium SUV with a surprise or two.The RDX ownership, drive experience just got better.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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…

Initially we questioned why Acura opted for a 9-speed Sequential SportShift ™ automatic transmission with IDS for the best selling premium SUV in North America. A SportShift ™ transmission with electronic IDS drive mode selection for a truck-based SUV seemed to rest on the edge of “gadget overkill,” Then we drove it!

Acura Division has upped the stakes in the premium SUV segment by presenting an exceptional premium 3 row of lasting quality, exquisite finish and impressive color pallet. In steps the 2016 MDX, draped in high end leather and exquisite color pallet.

We watched PD Cunningham of Acura Motorsports, Real Time racing walk away from a high-speed rear-end collision in 2014; effectively ending his points run for the 2014 Pirelli. the premier edition 2015 TLX-GT race edition was damaged beyond repair.

Acura takes the best selling premium 3 row SUV in North America and drives its notable comfort and sport-like-performance to a level normally reserved for V8 powered suburban crawlers. Torque News takes a closer look at 2016 Acura MDX

O.K., we’ll take the bait. Wednesday found rumors of a 2016 Honda HR-V derived sub-compact crossover for Acura floating in Cyberspace. Could be!

With the introduction of a much refined and more powerful 2016 RDX SUV, Team Acura's perseverance in recapturing the U.S. manufactured mark's last century dominance is paying dividends in the resurgence of a great American made brand. We believe that Acura RDX represents the greatest value found in a compact entry level premium SUV today.

Acura continues its “E-Ticket” ride to near segment domination as Honda’s premier car and light truck division celebrates 2015 “The Year of Honda.” Now, “U.S. News and World Report” names 3 Acura marks to top "best Car" honors in their respective segments. Could Acura TLX truly be that good?

Acura has injected a bit of TLX performance DNA into its 2nd best selling premium gateway sports sedan. Showcasing a much improved engine and a proprietary state of the art dual clutch automated manual transmission, this Civic sized Acura ILX sets a new segment benchmark in attainable performance claiming the highest power to weight ratio in its class.

We witnessed Honda's not so minor refresh of CR-V, now Acura improves the best selling small premium SUV in North America. What's Acura up to? We look to the second generation 2015 Acura RDX for a clue or two.

Just when we thought Acura had hit the pinnacle of price-point meets exceptional value, they take the best selling 3 row SUV in North America to the next level of comfort-driven performance.

With TLX exceeding predicted sales in its first 90 days of production, Acura introduces a much improved 2016 ILX on the road to sports-sedan segment domination. Will the substantially refreshed ILX return Acura to market dominance as experienced last century?

What can we say? Without speaking to specific price, performance specifications(Acura won't let us yet,) and drive impressions, we can tell you that 2016 ILX carries the TLX “sportitude” forward through the line-up.