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Acura is the luxury brand for Honda in America. Acura's MDX and RDX luxury crossovers are known for their handling prowess. The RL, TL and other sedans in the Acura line are among the quality leaders in their segment.

By Parks McCants on October 15, 2015 - 11:12AM
Next weekend, NFL fans will watch the most emotionally driven thought provoking video produced in Acura history. The message is clear and thought provoking.
By Parks McCants on October 13, 2015 - 4:42PM
2016 Acura MDX may in-fact be the safest premium SUV on the road today.
By Parks McCants on October 12, 2015 - 2:06PM
With a tweak or two as to rim design, ground effects, and a stunning body color application, Galpin Auto Sports in partnership with Acura, will smack BMW and Lexus fans with a thought provoking custom 2016 ILX A-SPEC
By Parks McCants on October 11, 2015 - 5:47PM
In a recent article, our friends at Detroit News wrote as to how 2016 Civic may soon take the momentum out of 2016 ILX sales. Will the all new Accord Touring do the same to Acura TLX?
By Parks McCants on September 26, 2015 - 10:58PM
With only 2 recalls noted in Acura TLX history, 2016 is shaping up to be a recall-free year for Acura’s best selling, financially attainable, and award winning mechanically reliable premium sport sedan.
By Parks McCants on September 24, 2015 - 10:49PM
Without the arrival of our weekly news bulletin from our friends at Acura, we wouldn’t have known of the arrival of the 2016 TLX to select dealers Thursday September 24.
By Patrick Rall on September 16, 2015 - 5:12PM
I recently had a chance to spend a week behind the wheel of the Acura ILX and while driving this compact luxury sedan, it occurred to me that there is really no competition for the ILX – exposing a pretty substantial gap in the American luxury car segment.
By Parks McCants on August 31, 2015 - 5:26PM
Electrifying!
To impress greatly; thrill.
"an electrifying performance"
Synonyms: excite, thrill, stimulate, arouse, rouse, inspire, stir (up), exhilarate, intoxicate, galvanize, move, fire (with enthusiasm), fire someone's imagination, invigorate, animate. When weighing RLX Sport Hybrid against the competition, forget everything you think you know when it comes to hybrid performance.
By Parks McCants on August 20, 2015 - 11:29AM
2016 Acura RDX earns National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) overall 5 tar safety rating, This gives Acura a 5 star safety rating across the entire lineup; the only luxury nameplate in 2015 to do so.
By Parks McCants on August 15, 2015 - 7:20PM
Unfortunately, NSX is quickly becoming the “Boy that cried wolf” story of the supercar world. What’s going on with NSX now?
By Parks McCants on August 14, 2015 - 4:23PM
2016 Acura NSX takes Monterey Car Week by storm with 3 NSX color and trim variants on display for all to view.
By Parks McCants on August 6, 2015 - 9:15PM
Thanks to Acura-Torque News reader Tommy Wadden, we have our first confirmed Southern California sighting of the production 2016 Acura NSX, and what a beautiful performance hybrid she is.
By Parks McCants on July 21, 2015 - 5:54PM
In this day of recall-driven heightened consumer concern for automotive safety, Acura’s entire lineup has earned the highest overall safety score in the industry. Note the word entire!
By Parks McCants on July 20, 2015 - 2:34PM
Last week Torque News reported on the national confirmation-drive (sake down) of 2016 Acura NSX, where a team of engineers from Honda’s Performance Center put NSX through its paces under variable, elevation, road, heat and speed conditions.
By Parks McCants on July 15, 2015 - 4:32PM
Amidst rumors circulating the automotive journalism world of yet another NSX release delay, we receive an update from Acura
By Parks McCants on July 1, 2015 - 4:39PM
As they say: “The market has spoken,” taking American Honda Motors built SUV and crossovers to a record June with a surprise or two.
By Parks McCants on June 28, 2015 - 7:30PM
When was the last time you drove an SUV that was effortless, intuitive to driver command and fun to drive?
By Parks McCants on June 25, 2015 - 1:02PM
Once again Honda is co-sponsoring the Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. For 2015, Acura’s pulling out all stops and releasing something highly anticipated by fans worldwide.
By Parks McCants on June 12, 2015 - 2:06PM
I was introduced to Acura’s flagship sedan back in August of 2014, and was immediately hooked. However, the RLX Sport Hybrid failed to materialize in the U.S. for 2015. Acura’s shipping 2016s, but where are they?
By Parks McCants on May 27, 2015 - 12:04AM
For the Acura loyal, NSX represents more than the rolling sum of its glorious parts. It’s an automotive ideal that embodies ‘low key’ precision good looks, relative financial attainability and above all else, near intuitive driver-car inter-connectivity and Sci-Fi-like active safety features.
By Parks McCants on May 15, 2015 - 8:26PM
“Old School”, “New School,” it doesn't matter. Want it or not, autonomous-like active safety technology has become a marketing tool for many if not all automotive manufacturers. What lessons do we learn from Acura’s latest MDX. RLX recall?
By Parks McCants on May 14, 2015 - 6:03PM
The first time Torque News drove a pre-production direct injected V6 powered Acura, we wondered if something wasn’t faulty with our test mule. The cars engine idle note didn’t seem quite right.
By Parks McCants on May 12, 2015 - 8:53PM
Despite mixed critical automotive review of Acura’s latest major refresh of ILX, Torque News-Acura finds this Honda Civic platform performer to be a bit more car than initial anticipated. 2016 Acura ILX-A-SPEC compact performance sport sedan surprises!
By Parks McCants on May 11, 2015 - 10:23PM
In a recent night-driving road test of 2015 TLX, Torque News-Acura was astounded by the near-day-light illumination of Acura's latest Jewel Eye LED 5 projector beam headlamp technology. We believe Jewel Eye is the white-brightest and safest night-driving illumination, day-time running light assesory in the automotive world today.
By Parks McCants on May 8, 2015 - 7:02PM
Drive review's an interesting pursuit, and Honda, Acura Division is second to none in providing us with the opportunity to review and report on their latest offerings in an ever-evolving, mostly manufactured in North America line up. Acura MDX is one of our favorite subjects.
By Parks McCants on May 5, 2015 - 11:34PM
Acura’s premium RLX Sports Hybrid sedan is scheduled for a U.S. market return in June 2015.
Will consumers pay upwards of $70,000 for Acura’s high-tech premium performance flagship?
By Parks McCants on April 24, 2015 - 6:56PM
Friday afternoon found Torque News speaking with Acura’s Aerothermal Project Leader and Principal Engineer,Thomas Ramsay; We’re just a bit overwhelmed.
By Parks McCants on April 23, 2015 - 9:53PM
2016 Acura NSX, Honda Motor’s greatest rolling innovation to date, driving space-frame, engine, motor torque transference and effective air-flow technologies into the future. Acura NSX takes supercar performance and safety to the highest level.
By Parks McCants on April 19, 2015 - 4:07PM
For MDX drivers that prefer the less aggressive shift pattern of earlier offerings, the ZF 9 speed may take a bit of getting used to. We believe it’s worth the effort.