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  • Honda CEO: Acura Will Get V8 Engine

    Speaking to Automotive News, Honda Motor Co. CEO Takeo Fukui confirmed the company is planning to add a V8 engine to the Acura line, presumably to bolster its flagship Acura RL. Fukui confirmed concerns expressed by enthusiasts and the motoring...

    1:40 PM on Mon Oct 20 2008, by Andrew Stoy, 2,628 views, Comment

  • Chicago Auto Show: 2009 Acura RL Revealed, Gets Bigger Engine

    We told you a couple of weeks back Acura would be revealing the 2009 model of Acura's lovely top-of-the-line sedan, the RL, here at the Chicago Auto Show. Just as we predicted, so was it revealed, in all its mid-cycle refreshment glory. The new...

    11:15 AM on Wed Feb 6 2008, by Ray Wert, 10,236 views, Comment

  • Acura NSX V10 May Get Cylinder Deactivation, Acura RL May Get V10

    According to 7Tune, Honda is concerned about their environmental image with the new 5.5-liter V10 they plan on dropping between the rails of the new 2010 Acura NSX. We're now told Honda plans to employ "Variable Cylinder Management" to deactivate...

    11:20 AM on Mon Jul 14 2008, by Ben Wojdyla, 4,207 views, Comment

  • Acura RL: Endurance Racer

    The Acura RL isn't exactly, whatchucall, a natural-born racer. The only 24-hour run we'd imagine the RL on is if grandpa went off his meds and made for Oklahoma thinking he was Cherokee Bill. But Spoon, a Honda motorsports tuner in Japan, saw...

    9:35 AM on Thu Jan 12 2006, by Mike Spinelli, 167 views, Comment

  • 2009 Acura RL to Debut at Chicago Auto Show

    The Acura RL never found much love in the mainstream luxury market, due partially to the lack of a V8 and FWD/AWD setup. Though the car offers a lot of technology and good power, it's not something often mentioned in the same breath as the...

    1:45 PM on Mon Jan 28 2008, by Matt Hardigree, 5,820 views, Comment

  • Where Did Acura's Dynamic Power Plenum Grille Come From?

    When we saw the 2009 Acura RL and it's less than spectacular "Dynamic Power Plenum" grille at this past Chicago Auto Show, not only did we think it was a photoshopping joke (we swear we saw pixels), we wondered where the hell it had come from....

    12:45 PM on Mon Feb 25 2008, by Ben Wojdyla, 3,049 views, Comment

  • Honda to Sell Acura Brand in China

    Honda is taking its Acura brand to China, in an attempt to attract status-seekers to its luxurious self. China, the world's fourth largest car market, will be the first outside North America in which the Acura brand is sold — following...

    1:18 PM on Mon Jul 25 2005, by Mike Spinelli, 54 views

  • Cool Feature of the Day: Acura RL SH-AWD

    Acura's new Super-Handling All Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system may be the best gift to regular guys since that crazy little pill called love. The system can give Mr. Commuter the same thrills the boys of Le Mans enjoy, without the skill set. Here's...

    11:53 AM on Tue Sep 21 2004, by Mike Spinelli, 110 views

  • 2009 Acura TSX Revealed, To Debut At New York Auto Show

    Rather than deal with the usual issues of a long-lead press drive engendering spy shot after spy shot of the new 2009 Acura TSX, the boys and girls from Honda's luxe brand have decided to just drop a single shot of the new TSX out the day before...

    12:01 AM on Mon Feb 11 2008, by Wes Siler, 27,818 views, Comment

  • Acura to Get a V8?

    By continuing not to offer a V8 in its luxury rides, Acura's the holdout among Japanese carbuilders. These days, its V6-FWD construct is starting to look a bit quaint amid the V8-powered, RWD bruisers its competitors — German and Japanese...

    10:30 AM on Mon Dec 11 2006, by Mike Spinelli, 807 views, Comment