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Acura TSX 2011 Sport Wagon will debut at NYIAS 2010
 Held in April, the 2010 NYIAS (New York International Auto Show) will debut the TSX Sport Wagon 2011, announced Acura today. Honda’s luxury vehicles department said that Sport Wagon will be joining the TSX lineup, that includes already the V6-powered and 4-cylinder sports sedan units. The vehicle is expected to come at Acura dealerships on the fall, having the cost due to be announced later, closer to the debut on market.The Sport Wagon TSX, based on the Honda Accord Tourer European spec, will be launched at the NYIAS on 31th of March, on Acura booth this year. The press conference is to be webcast ...
Tags: sales, tsx, 2010-nyias, acura, 2011, sport-wagon
Acura US sales for December
 Acura, luxury car division of Honda, the automaker from Japan has revealed recently the December sales numbers and year end great for the market in North America. The reports show the TL luxury performance sedan model led the sales in December with 3,167 cars sold, followed by sports sedan TSX, having 2,926 sales, up 17.9 %. The light trucks had strong sales, helping Acura reach 10,575 units - December sales, a 8.1 % decrease based on daily rate of selling. Acura seles (year-to-date) are 105,723, 26.8 % down if you compare it to 2008.Jeff Conrad, Acura sales' vice president said 'The TL performance luxury sedan ...
Tags: zdx, mdx, tl, sales, december, 2009, acura
Cadillac CTS in the CR book is excellent
 February 2010's CR (Consumer Reports) issue shows us Cadillac CTS being the best luxury sedan, after the U.S. made vehicle earn the test score on road of 84, meaning an 'excellent' rating. CTS beat rivals like Acura RL (being 'very good'), Lincoln MKS (with 'very good') and Mercedes-Benz E350 (as 'very good').David Champion, Consumer Reports' Auto Test Center senior director stated for the press 'With excellent driving dynamics, a smooth and punchy drivetrain and a well-furnished interior, the CTS outscores some of the best imported luxury sports sedans'. CR says that CTS, costing 50,995 Dollars, 'gives up virtually nothing to the premium European cars tested ...
Tags: cts, consumer-reports, cadillac, excellent, naias
Honda sales in America - up with 15.6 percent in 2009 December
 The Honda division in North America reported yesterday the monthly sales of December - 107,143, a 15.6 % raise on a daily rate of selling. U.S. Honda's 2009 yearly car sales: 1,150,784 models, meaning 19.5 % decline compared to last year results. John Mendel, American Honda's executive vice president said 'The good news is that the market appears to be stabilizing and we have more reasons for optimism in 2010. There seems to be light at the end of the tunnel; let's hope it's not another train coming, but rather, brighter days ahead'.Honda Division' sold 96,568 cars in December, which is a 18.9 % increase ...
Tags: record-sales, u.s., december, civic, accord, acura, 2009, crv, honda
The agreement between Honda and de Ferran Motorsports ends
 Honda Performance Development just made the announcement of the contract conclusion with de Ferran Motorsports – testing, develop Acura's sports-vehicle program. After 2 motorsports testing seasons, developing the ARX-01b, ARX-02a from Acura for American Le Mans races, the partnership ends now.Erik Berkman, Honda Performance Development's president, American Honda's racing arm explained why this decision was made: 'Economic pressures have required us to change our plans, so we must regretfully conclude our testing and development agreement with the de Ferran Motorsports team'.'Since beginning competition in the fifth round of the 2008 ALMS championship, de Ferran Motorsports has contended regularly for race victories, and waged a spirited ...
Tags: american-le-mans, de-ferran, agreement, contract, ferran-motorsports, honda, acura, alms, lmp1
Honda is topping in America the Residual Value Awards
 Honda enjoyed a great year indeed, topping the ALG Residual Value Awards 2009 in America. The Accord model won the Best Midsize Car award, Jazz (Fit in America) won the Best Compact Car, Odyssey Minivan, having a unique, special body style in the North American territory, got the Best Minivan award. Honda knows quite well the ALG Residual Value Awards. Because since 2001 it won twenty unit awards.Mr. John Mendel, American Honda Motor Co's executive vice president said 'In a challenging economy, residual value moves up on the list of buyer considerations. These ALG awards once again recognise Honda’s commitment to offer high-quality products with ...
Tags: accord, alg-residual-value-awards, united-states, jazz, odyssey , honda
Honda NSX Racer to debut at Britcar Championship`s last round
 John Danby Racing has developed a Honda NSX racer. For those of you who do not know, John Danby Racing participates in the Britcar Championship. The Honda NSX racer was built to comply with the Britcar Production regulations and it has already completed a successful series of tests at Snetterton in Norfolk some time ago. These tests were taken because the Honda NSX racing car has to be ready for its debut at the final round of the Britcar Championship that will take place this weekend at Brands Hatch. The Honda NSX was finished in matte black. According to John Danby ...
Tags: nsx, racer, debut, britcar, championship, last, round, honda, acura
GM is revealing the C6.R Chevrolet Corvette in GT2 Class inspired from Corvette ZR1; people opinions about it
 Corvette Racing was present at the American Le Mans Series GT1, and now enters on the GT2 Class zone with a new, amazing Corvette C6.R. This weekend it will have its competition launch at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.So, Corvette C6.R and Corvette Racing will compete with Porsche, Ferrari, BMW, Ford, Jaguar, Aston Martin, Viper and Panoz. 'We’re not running for a championship this year, so we’re looking at the upcoming races as preparation for 2010' affirmed Gary Pratt - team manager. 'Certainly we hope to achieve the same level of success that we did in GT1, but the caliber of the competition we will face ...
Tags: c6.r, corvette, gt2, class, gm, zr1, chevrolet
Honda is extending airbag recall on 440,000 autos
 Honda expands a recall made earlier of Accord, Acura TL and Civic cars on a airbag inflator (damaged) which could be sending shrapnel via an inflated airbag. So, this recall is affecting now 440,000 autos. The recall includes a few 2001-2002 Accords, Civics from 2001 and Acura TL sedans 2002-2003. Honda supposedly just recalled around 300,000 later unit Accords but... that was incorrect; the only Accord models affected are the ones between 2001 – 2002.Some injuries and one fatality occurred because of the faulty airbag inflator, said a representative of Honda, nothing new here, the problem existed but it's an expansion of late past year ...
Tags: honda, airbag, recall, tl, civic, accord
Acura launched the 2010 RDX model on their website
 In the last couple of months a lot of rumors have surfaced on the internet showing some photos of the restyled 2010 Acura RDX . Still, in all this time Acura has not made any official statement on this subject. Now, the Japanese automaker went on and uploaded an entire gallery of photos along with prices and details of the 2010 RDX model on their official website. Acura`s controversial corporate grille is present on the outside of the 2010 RDX as well as a new front bumper and a new trim for the lower part of the rear bumper that features new ...
Tags: acura, rdx, launched, officially, website, front, wheel, drive, awd
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