Automobile Makes and Models Acura

Honda’s premium marque Acura is recalling 273,000 TLs from the 2004 to 2008 model year due to a faulty power steering hose. According to the Japanese carmaker, prolonged high under-hood temperatures may cause the hose to deteriorate prematurely thus leading to a power steering fluid leakage onto the hot catalytic converter. If this happens, it will generate smoke and possibly lead to an under-hood fire. Acura dealers will install a new heat resistant power steering hose free of charge... Read Full Story

By Chris Haak 02.21.2008 In spite of being the original Japanese luxury brand, getting its start in the US way back in 1986 (years before Lexus or Infiniti launched), Acura has been the least successful Japanese luxury brand in the US for the past several years. Part of Acura's problem is that it has never offered a rear wheel drive-based vehicle for sale (other than the limited production NSX Read Full Story

By Chris Haak 02.06.2008 Acura's flagship RL sedan has had a rough couple of years. Since the most recent version hit dealers for the 2005 model year, sales have been abysmal. The problems with the car were numerous: it was expensive compared to the TL in the same showroom, it only offered V6 power when its competitors offered V8s, it was built on a derivative of the front-wheel drive Honda Read Full Story

Often dismissed, yet little is known of its history and impact on the automotive world. By Bruce McCulloch 06.03.2007 The Honda NSX (or as North Americans know it as, the “Acura” NSX) will always be one of those vehicles which was truly groundbreaking, but never received the credit it honestly deserved. Production of the Japanese supercar ceased a few years ago - with a little over ten thousand units produced in total. All of which was achieved within a fifteen-year life span and it all... Read Full Story

In 1990, four years after the debut of the Legend and Integra, Acura introduced the NSX, a midship V6 powered, rear-wheel-drive sports car. The NSX, an acronym for "New Sports eXperimental", was billed as the first Japanese car capable of competing with Ferrari and Porsche. This vehicle served as a halo car for the Acura brand. The NSX was the world's first all-aluminum production car.[1] Despite a strong start for the Acura brand (in terms of market acceptance), sales suffered in the mid- to... Read Full Story