IIHS Top Safety Picks Adds Four, Includes Scion FR-S

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The Insurance Institute of Highway Safety (IIHS) has announced four new inductees to the Top Safety pick list: the Subaru BRZ, Scion FR-S, Ford Escape and Acura ILX. Continue Reading...

Acura NSX Hybrid to Race in New ALMS-Grand Am Series Hints Honda

Acura NSX Hybrid to Race in New ALMS-Grand Am Series Hints Honda
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Fans of the American Le Mans Series and motorsports in general may be weary of Grand Am’s acquisition of ALMS, but if there’s any hope to be had that top quality motorsports will remain on the North American continent it’s that automakers are supporting the merger. Continue Reading...

Acura NSX Headed for GT Racing in 2014

Acura NSX Headed for GT Racing in 2014
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Undoubtedly, it would be surprising to hear news that Honda didn’t have any immediate plans to brings its newest Acura NSX to the GT racing ranks. In fact, Honda boss Takanobu Ito confirmed as much at the concept car’s debut at the Detroit Motor Show earlier this year. But now a timeline is starting to… Continue Reading...

2012 Acura TL Earns ‘Good’ Rating in IIHS Small Overlap Barrier Test

2012 Acura TL Earns ‘Good’ Rating in IIHS Small Overlap Barrier Test
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In the new Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) small overlap frontal barrier crash test, the 2012 Acura TL earned the highest ranking of “good”, making it only one of two recently tested luxury vehicles to earn the highest honors. Continue Reading...

Insane Acura NSX Pikes Peak Race Car Revealed by LoveFab – Videos

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Cody Loveland and LoveFab will be joining this year’s Pikes Peak International Hill Climb with their 1991 Acura NSX, looking to prove that you can teach an old car new tricks. Continue Reading...

Acura NSX Non-Hybrid Rumored

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Acura NSX Non-Hybrid Rumored
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Unveiled at the Detroit Auto Show earlier this year, the all-new Acura NSX isn’t just the flagship for the brand, it’s a technology showcase for new hybrid and all-wheel drive technologies. It comes as some surprise then to hear then that the Honda luxury division may be planning a non-hybrid version of the supercar. Continue Reading...

Acura ILX Could Go Racing in World Challenge, Grand Am Says PR Boss

Acura ILX Could Go Racing in World Challenge, Grand Am Says PR Boss
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Yesterday Acura announced it would field a two car effort at the 25 Hours of Thunderhill race later this year using its new ILX sports sedan. Now Acura has revealed that racing plans for the ILX might not stop there. Continue Reading...

Acura ILX Team to Compete at 25 Hours of Thunderhill

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Acura ILX Team to Compete at 25 Hours of Thunderhill
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Team Honda Research – West will be heading to this year’s 25 Hours of Thunderhill race with a pair of Acura ILX race cars, working in conjunction with Honda Performance Development and Solo Motorsports. Continue Reading...

11 Future Hybrids Heading to Dealers Soon

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11 Future Hybrids Heading to Dealers Soon
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Even though they’ve been around for well over a decade now, hybrids still have that ‘new technology’ feel. Consumers continue to be apprehensive to hybrid technology and there’s plenty of misinformation surrounding it. Continue Reading...

Acura Will Keep its Beak into the Future

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Acura Will Keep its Beak into the Future
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Sliding in new directions both mechanically and stylistically, Acura is taking steps to revitalize itself as a brand, but will keep its notoriously “beaky” front end look despite its questionable reception. Continue Reading...

Run Flat Tires: Why You Should, or Shouldn’t, Buy Them

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Run Flat Tires: Why You Should, or Shouldn’t, Buy Them
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Maybe you’ve been in this situation: stuck on the side of a road, a punctured tire needing to be changed out for the spare one in the trunk. You have a pair of options, do you choose to change the tire yourself, or do you call for roadside assistance. Both options can take a while… Continue Reading...

Red Acura NSX Concept – New Photos from Beijing Auto Show

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Red Acura NSX Concept – New Photos from Beijing Auto Show
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First unveiled at the Detroit Auto Show earlier this year, Acura then showcased its new NSX Concept at the Beijing Auto Show in a more dramatic shade of red. While the show is long over, we just stumbled across these live shots of the red NSX on the Honda press site (which oddly never made… Continue Reading...

Top 10 Progressive Sports Cars of the Future

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Top 10 Progressive Sports Cars of the Future
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Sports cars have often set the bar in new automotive technology and trends. Things like dual-clutch transmissions and forced induction engines were practically engineered for the sole purpose of taking a sports car to the absolute edge of excitement and danger. Continue Reading...

Acura NSX Concept Looks Stunning in Red

Acura NSX Concept Looks Stunning in Red
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The new Acura NSX concept has been shown off around the world at Auto Shows since its original debut last January in Detroit, but all of the examples we have seen so far have shown up in one of the most boring colors: grey. GALLERY: Red Acura NSX concept Continue Reading...

2013 Acura ILX Pricing Announced $25,900: Costs $3,315 more than Buick Verano

2013 Acura ILX Pricing Announced $25,900: Costs $3,315 more than Buick Verano
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Acura just announced pricing for its new ILX sedan, which will start at $25,900 and runs all the way to $34,400 for the highest-priced hybrid model.  Ranging from a 2.0-liter inline four cylinder engine in the base model to the 2.4-liter powerplant sourced from the Honda Civic Si and topped out cost-wise with the 1.5-liter… Continue Reading...

Acura NSX Roadster Drives the Red Carpet at Avengers Premiere

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Acura NSX Roadster Drives the Red Carpet at Avengers Premiere
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The upcoming Avengers movie based on the classic marvel comics will feature super heros, super villains, crazy explosions and of course hot cars. Acura supplied the automotive eye candy in the form of the TL, MDX and the new NSX, showing the cars off at the movie’s red carpet debut.  The Avengers hollywood premiere saw the… Continue Reading...