By Brendan Moore 01.23.2008 Honda has announced that their new clean diesel engine will make its Noth American debut in the redesigned 2009 Acura TSX sedan. According to Automotive News (paid subscription required), Honda will put its new diesel in the TSX, although Honda officials would not confirm this. More from the Automotive News article, in italics: "All along, we've said there would be a diesel in Acura," said Dick Colliver, executive vice president of American Honda Motor Co... Read Full Story
Acura's history is but a brief one. Built to offer Honda an upscale tier in North America, Acura's incarnation occurred around the time as Lexus and Infiniti hit the USofA. Infiniti swelled, lulled, and is swelling again. Lexus took off and never look back. Acura has been steady, but at the lower end of the luxury spectrum. Cars like the Integra (see GCBC Memorial here) and TSX made Acura one of the default choices for young, well-off professionals. Read other instances where The... Read Full Story
By Ian Grasso
03.19.2008
The first press event Wednesday at the New York International Auto Show was the unveiling of the 2009 Acura TSX, one of three new models that Acura is introducing this year. Of course, if you followed the Geneva Auto Show, you saw this vehicle in a Honda negligee as the European Honda Accord. The presentation was delivered by Acura Executive Vice President John Mendel,
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