Acura Seeks a Soultion to Its Identity Crisis The Honda brand, seen as upscale but not luxury, is pinning its hopes for a revival on its new flagship RLX sedan. It will make its debut at the L.A. Auto Show. When Honda's Acura brand shows off its new flagship RLX sedan at the Los Angles Auto...

Acura, BMW & Cadillac Eye Brazil's Luxury Car Market Japan's Honda Motor Co. said on Monday it plans to sell its Acura brand in Brazil beginning in 2015, making it the latest carmaker to aim its luxury vehicle lineup at the country's buoyant high-end consumer market. Honda CEO Takanobu Ito...

Has Acura Lost Its Edge? Sales Up but Image Muddled When Acura pulled the cover off its NSX super car concept at the Detroit auto show in January, the design raised pulses, but the timing raised eyebrows. Then Honda's luxury brand then spent a fortune in February to feature the car -- which...

Living w/ the 2011 Acura RDX for a Week In a world where “downsizing” seems to be the concept du jour, the 2011 Acura RDX compact luxury SUV makes a whole lot of sense. Not only can its handy 27.8 cargo area fulfill all of your cargo carrying needs but its gloriously rev-hungry turbocharged...

Acura Flagship Performs Well but Doesn't Inspire Lust Acura’s top-of-the-line RL sedan is a good case for why cars need to be more than just transportation. Especially when they cost $55,000. The fully loaded RL I test-drove recently had all of the features and gadgets a luxury car buyer...

Acura MDX Tops Consumer Reports Test of 3 Row Luxury SUVs MDX bests Audi Q7, Land Rover LR4, and Lincoln MKT 01COVERusnews062K10(2) YONKERS, NY — The freshened Acura MDX posted an “Excellent” overall score topping Consumer Reports tests’ of four luxury SUVs for the June 2010 issue. The Acura...

Week-Long Test Drive: 2010 Acura RL Brings Divine Comfort to Affordable Super-Luxury Sometimes after a long, hard and invariably stressful day at the office you just want to get into a car that will cosset and calm you on your drive home. Divinely smooth ride comfort is the order of the day...

Acura Making Waves in Luxury Segment This is a watershed year for Acura in Canada. With the introduction of the 2010 ZDX and the upcoming addition of a TSX wagon, Honda's luxury division will have its broadest lineup ever. And because the other models in the lineup have been given additional...

Best Luxury Midsize SUVs 1. 2010 Acura MDX 2. 2010 Lexus RX350 3t. 2010 Cadillac SRX 3t. 2010 Lexus RX450h 5t. 2010 Infiniti FX 5t. 2009 Lexus GX 7. 2010 Mercedes M Class 8t. 2010 Audi Q7 8t. 2010 Porsche Cayenne 8t. 2010 VW Touareg 11t. 2010 Acura ZDX 11t. 2010 Mercedes R Class 13. 2010...

Rumor @ Acura: Tier 1 Out, Smart Luxury In Date: December 07, 2009 15:05 Submitted by: Jeff Source: Anonymous Credibility Rating: 6 According to sources, Acura dealers are being told that going forward, Acura will be abandoning the "Tier 1" initiative. The new focus is said to be "Smart...

Acura No Longer Gunning for Tier 1 Luxury; Will Offer Sensible Luxury Vehicles After dropping plans to produce an Acura NSX along with the cancellation of a V8 engine and a rear-wheel-drive program, Acura is reversing its direction in North America. There is “a certain level of confusion”...

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2010 Acura Lineup 2010 Acura MDX Since the MDX is the best-selling 7-passenger luxury SUV, you might ask, “Why fix it if it ain’t broke?” Well, Acura decided the MDX needed super freshening as well as the addition of some neat technology features, so it was time for the first redo since 2007...