Green Car Reports

JUNE 17, 2014

Following the cancellation of the Honda Insight after the 2014 model year, Honda''s upmarket Acura brand has eliminated the hybrid model from its entry-luxury ILX compact sedan lineup for 2015. The 2015 Acura ILX will be offered with two of the previous three powertrains: a 150-horsepower 2.0-liter liter four-cylinder engine.'

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2015

Acura unveiled the production model of the next-generation NSX at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS). The theme was the original tagline for the Acura brand, a guiding force behind the development of the original NSX and a critical component of its launch. NSX at the reveal. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 25, 2014

A recall has been issued for 2013 and 2014 Acura ILX Hybrid sedans--along with their gasoline counterparts--to fix a problem with their headlamps. Under certain conditions, the headlamps may not provide enough heat dissipation, which can be compounded by engine heat and more-intense sunlight during summer driving.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2016

Acura will run an all-electric, NSX-inspired EV Concept in the Electric Modified Class at the 2016 Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. Acura will field two production NSX supercars in the event as well. Acura will field two production NSX supercars in the event as well.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2016

Acura unveiled the restyled and refreshed 2017 MDX luxury SUV at the New York International Auto Show, adding available Sport Hybrid Super Handling-All Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) powertrain technology as a model option. Acura expects the MDX Sport Hybrid will receive EPA fuel economy ratings of 25/26/26 mpg (city/highway/combined) (9.4/9.04/9.04

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 9, 2012

It's the revival of a legendary supercar, the mid-engined all-wheel drive aluminum Acura NSX, and it's said to be a hybrid. Announced today at the Detroit Auto Show to applause from the assembled press corps, the new Acura NSX Concept was presented by no less a personage than Takanobu Ito.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2016

Acura’s Performance Manufacturing Center (PMC) will begin series production of the next-generation Acura NSX hybrid supercar ( earlier post ) in late April, with customer deliveries to commence thereafter. The ablation cast nodes are produced at the company’s Anna, Ohio engine plant, where its V-6 engine is also assembled.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2018

The partners co-engineered the system for the 2019 Acura RDX. —,Joe Riggsby, Acura RDX body development leader, Honda R&D Americas. As a result of collaboration, ArcelorMittal and Honda introduced the industry’s first hot-stamped, laser-welded outer door ring in the 2014 Acura MDX.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 16, 2014

The Honda Vezel--a compact crossover based on the 2015 Fit--could spawn an Acura-badged sibling, Automotive News reports. During a test drive of the Vezel, the chief engineer for the crossover''s powertrain told Automotive News that the company is considering an Acura version. Honey, they''re shrinking the luxury crossover!

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2012

With two weeks to go until the opening of the Beijing International Auto Show, Hond Motor (China) Investment outlined its mid-term business strategy for China, covering both the Honda and Acura brands. Honda will also introduce in China the new Acura NSX, which uses the Sport Hybrid SH-AWD (Super Handling All Wheel Drive) hybrid system.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 1, 2012

New for 2013, the Acura ILX line gives Honda's upscale brand something it hasn't had for a while: a compact near-luxury sedan with an array of engines and performance options, including a hybrid version that's unique in the segment.

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 13, 2025

The All-New Smallest Acura SUV The all-new 2025 Acura ADX joins the Acura line-up as their smallest SUV. As Acura says, it now covers SUVs from A to Z with the ADX, MDX, RDX and ZDX. Acura’s new entry-level crossover One Engine. One Transmission. The turbocharged 1.5-liter

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Engineers at Honda Performance Development ( HPD ) and Auto Development Center (ADC), and designers from North America Auto Design Division of American Honda have conceived and constructed the Honda CR-V Hybrid Racer project vehicle—a track monster with some 800 electrified horsepower. Honda Performance Development, Inc.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 6, 2024

The 2024 Acura Integra Type S is, on paper, the commuting enthusiast's dream car. Pros Honda/Acura has really dialed in the handling here -- it's smooth yet sharp. Whether this is a pro or con depends on your perspective, but this engine is rev-happy and you really need to get the revs soaring to feel its full potential.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 2, 2024

The Fastest Acura SUV Ever Built The all-new 2024 ZDX is the first electric Acura and, as Quincy Tam, Acura product planner, says, it is “for their customers that are ready to take that next step into electrification.” GM underneath, but Acura throughout The ZDX comes in a base A-Spec and a performance model called Type S.

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Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

The last time we saw the Acura Integra was in 2001 as a coupe. Acura wants to rekindle that spirit with the all-new 2023 Integra, which was shown to the media at a Los Angeles event this week. Sharing a platform with the Honda Civic sedan, the Integra will replace the ILX sedan in the Acura line-up. Remember me? More swoop.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2015

Acura unveiled the production model of the next-generation NSX at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) this past January ( earlier post ), and now has provided more technical detail on the high-performance hybrid sports car and its new Sport Hybrid-AWD power unit. Twin-Turbocharged V6 Engine. With a displacement of 3.5

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 7, 2024

The sporty Acura RDX is getting an overhaul for 2025, which will bring updated exterior styling, new infotainment features, and better interior storage. Acura gave the RDX a new grille and gloss-black exterior trim. Acura left the powertrain alone, which includes a turbocharged 2.0-liter Images: Acura] Become a TTAC insider.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 28, 2024

Despite a few styling tweaks and some tech upgrades for 2025, the three-row Acura MDX continues to hover around the $50,000 price point. The jaunty A-Spec trim gets a more aggro nose shared with the Type S, though only the latter gets the 355-horsepower turbocharged V6 engine. Images: Acura] Become a& TTAC insider.

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The Acura TLX – and the RLX before it – has long been a competent premium sedan with somewhat of an identity crisis. Acura gave the car a much-needed mid-cycle refresh for 2024 as it enters the fourth year of its second generation. Acura included a load of tech updates with the refresh, giving the TLX a larger 12.3-inch

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2013

Honda will showcase the upcoming Acura RLX Sport Hybrid SH-AWD at the LA Auto Show later this month. liter SOHC direct-injected i-VTEC V-6 engine with a 7-speed dual clutch transmission and three high-output electric motors. (A The RLX Sport Hybrid SH-AWD combines a 3.5-liter

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 15, 2022

The Acura RDX has been one of the best-selling compact premium SUVs since 2006, and has sold more than 50,000 every year since 2015. With this success you had better bet folks at Acura were careful when doing a light restyle for the 2022 RDX, with a refresh of the exterior, interior and suspension plus added standard technology.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 16, 2012

Last week we brought you live photos of Acura's ILX compact luxury sedan from the 2012 Detroit Auto Show. As Acura's first compact sedan since the Integra, it's tasked with bringing new buyers to the brand. With sharp styling and some economical engines from the Honda Civic, it may just do that.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

This past week I've been behind the wheel of a 2024 Acura TLX Type-S. Changes for 2024 include the addition of a 360-degree camera and head-up display, a new 20-inch wheel design, and what Acura says is improved throttle response when the Sport+ drive mode is engaged. The turbocharged V6 displaces 3.0 Pros This is luxury with a kick.

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

I remember the vitriol spewed towards the newest Acura Integra when the wraps came off. Yet it all melted away when I finally had the chance to pilot a 2023 Acura Integra A-Spec. Were I shopping in this class, I’d probably fork over the extra 10 G’s for the Acura, and not just because of the luxury dealer experience.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 4, 2023

Acura has finally announced pricing for the new 2024 Integra Type S and it has predictably come out as more expensive than the Honda Civic Type R with a starting MSRP of $51,995. The Acura offers additional standard equipment, however, and produces a smidgen more power from the 2.0-liter So why would you buy the Acura?

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Today we bring you a 1995 Acura Integra Turbo. This Pennsylvania-based car has 185K miles on the chassis but just 5K on the engine. It's also modified up the wazoo.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2012

turbocharged engine with direct injection and continuously variable valve timing that produces an SAE-certified 250 horsepower (187 kW) at 5300 rpm and 260 lb-ft (353 Nm) of torque at 2000 rpm. Its closest competitor, the 2013 Acura ILX 2.4L, offers a peak of 170 lb-ft of torque, according to GM. Verano’s standard Ecotec 2.4L

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 29, 2025

This follows customer reports that select Honda and Acura vehicles were suffering from power losses and stalled engines. The relevant documents identify the 2022-2025 Acura MDX Type-S, 2021-2025 Acura TLX Type-S, and 2023-2025 Honda Pilot as the impacted models. Honda has had a bad run of run with U.S. regulators of late.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

liter 4-cylinder Atkinson-cycle gasoline engine producing 137 hp (102 kW) at 6200 rpm, teamed with a 124 kW electric motor. This technology will be applied to the new NSX, Acura RLX Sport Hybrid model and the successor model of Legend which will be introduced in Japan in 2014. Electric driving is supported by a 6.7 Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2022

Honda opened its new $124-million wind tunnel facility in Ohio, ushering in a new era of development testing capabilities for Honda and Acura products, as well as the company’s race vehicles. Absent engine and exhaust sounds, wind noise will be more noticeable inside the cabin of an electric vehicle.

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Charged EVs

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Honda is often known as the world’s largest maker of internal combustion engines—more than 14 million of them a year. It sells those engines in a variety of containers, from home generators and lawn mowers to ATVs and automobiles. The Honda Prologue and Acura ZDX are presentable, competent and competitive.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

The new Regal, drawing on work on the award-winning Opel Insignia, will offer two gasoline direct-injection engines and is directly targeted at competitors such as the Acura TSX and Volvo S60. Ecotec direct injected engine rated at an estimated 182 horsepower (136 kW). turbo engine. engine and the available 2.0L

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2018

By combining different steels, or using different thicknesses, engineers can finely tune the performance of the part to meet different load case criteria. Together, ArcelorMittal and Honda co-engineered the industry’s first hot-stamped, laser-welded door ring found in the 2014 Acura MDX.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Honda plans to apply the next generation of its advanced suite of safety and driver-assistive technologies—Honda Sensing 360—to all new Honda and Acura models in the US by 2030. The Acura version of Honda Sensing 360 will use the AcuraWatch system name in North America. that will begin in China in 2022.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2014

By contrast, Honda sold about 23,000 hybrids across the Honda and Acura brands in the US in 2013, representing about 1.5% In 2013, Toyota’s hybrid sales (12 models between the Toyota and Lexus brands), sold almost 345,000 units, representing about 15% of total Toyota sales in the US. of total Honda sales in the US for that year. Earlier post.)

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Open Source Civic EV Kit

JULY 1, 2008

My buddy Andrew came out this morning to help get the engine out. Here's Drew, happy to use an engine hoist for the first time. To get enough clearance to lift out the engine, you need to open the hood as far as it can go. I've doubled the engine hoist hook back on itself to allow for more lifting space. Wait a minute!

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