Overview & Reviews

Acura is an upscale automaker known for offering cars with impressive levels of luxury, features and performance. It's come a long way in a short time, however, as the history of Acura is relatively brief. Parent company Honda introduced the Acura brand to the U.S. market in 1986 in an effort to create a separate luxury division for its products. At first, it was just a two-car show: the Legend sedan, which was the first true Japanese luxury car sold in America, and the Integra sport coupe and sedan.

Though essentially a marketing creation for the North American market, the Acura brand was immediately successful. Consumers liked the features, performance and upscale image of Acura cars, along with the fact that Acuras were backed by Honda's reputation for reliability and low ownership costs. In 1991, Acura introduced its crown jewel: the all-aluminum NSX sports car, which offered performance close to that of other exotic cars while undercutting them in price.

As Acura's product line grew in the 1990s, however, the company struggled a bit. Some of its products were duds, and it risked alienating loyal customers when it replaced the Legend and Integra names with alphanumeric designations. The company jumped on the hot luxury SUV bandwagon in the mid-'90s with the SLX. Unfortunately, the SLX was just a rebadged version of an Isuzu SUV, and its quality did not match customers' expectations.

For the new millennium, Acura revamped its product range. An all-new SUV called the MDX debuted, sporting numerous family-friendly features, including a third-row seat. The Integra was replaced with the RSX sport coupe, and an all-new entry-level sport sedan called the TSX was introduced after that. A complete redesign of its most popular model, the midsize TL sedan, followed, as did a redesign of its flagship RL luxury sedan.

By mid-decade the NSX was gone, but Acura filled out its model lineup with the street-performance-oriented RDX compact crossover, the TSX wagon and the ZDX, a fastback-styled crossover that placed unique styling over practicality. Today Acura is still trying to find its ideal niche but there's no denying the quality of Acura's vehicles, nor their appealing mix of performance, technology and value.

User Reviews:

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  ford sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!! - 2004 Acura TSX
  By castrom420 - December 3 - 10:00 am

  ford is done.I will never buy another ford againg.There quailty is way down.Acura quailty is what i was looking for.

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  2005 TSX - 2005 Acura TSX
  By Joe - December 2 - 5:55 pm

  Fun, affordable small luxury sedan. Beats BMW and Lexus for much less price. Outstanding automobile, makes you feel youre driving something that should have cost you thousands more!

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  Acura Extrodinaire - 2007 Acura RL
  By K Thibodeau - December 2 - 3:41 pm

  The 2007 RL was everything I thought it should be. Fast, handles like a champ and close to zero maintenance issues.

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  Accura RDX is perfect car - 2016 Acura RDX
  By Hai - December 2 - 8:39 am

  Very nice comfortable ride

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  Great vehicle - 2005 Acura TL
  By Don - December 2 - 6:00 am

  Roomy, reliable, high performance four door sedan that comes standard with virtually every feature you could want on a modern vehicle. I achieved 30.5 mpg with an 05 TL traveling approx. 2000 on interstates two weeks ago. The A/C was on approx one third of the time and the cruise was set at 74 mph. Not bad considering 270 hp and a 11:1 compression ratio. Handles very well for a FWD vehicle.

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  Excellent Overall Sports Car - 2002 Acura NSX
  By Dyno Dave - December 2 - 3:19 am

  Great Looks, Great Performance, Fantastic Reliability, Ive had this car over 3 years and other than normal maintenance, not a cent of repairs. No squeaks or rattles. This car gets looks from everyone. Bumper to bumper traffic, mountain roads or high speed runs. Just a blast to drive.

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  RDX First in Colorado - 2007 Acura RDX
  By RDX - December 1 - 10:33 pm

  Just bought one of the first in Colorado. Its awesome! Fun to drive, decent gas mileage, looks great inside and out! TONS of power for a 4cyl. Deffinately recommend buying...

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  The best < $30K sedan - 2005 Acura TSX
  By sd_acura - December 1 - 9:06 pm

  I drove 4K miles within first 45 days of owning this car. The handling is very good and especially great on slick wet roads. VSA really works great for tight curves. IMHO the power is sufficient and makes more interesting to drive with the short throw 6MT. Engine and road noise is minimal though slightly higher than Toyota/Lexus.

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  A Japanese BMW - 2005 Acura RL
  By Philip - November 30 - 10:47 pm

  Acura has built a fine automobile with all the "bells and whistles", but unfortunately my car was delivered without the latest updates resulting in three dead batteries. Additionally, the upper information display is not visible in bright sunlight so a better design should be made so that feature can be useful.

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  Love my TL. - 2003 Acura TL
  By jimmym - November 30 - 2:00 am

  After two months and 4,000 miles I can say that Im very happy with my Acura TL - traded in my trusty Accord and have not regretted it for an instant. The acceleration is unbelievable. Gas mileage is much better than I thought it would be on the LA freeways (lots of stop and go traffic). One problem so far: power steering reservoir needed replacing after only 3,400 miles - cracked, leaked and the holding clip came apart and rubbed against the fan belt (loud buzzing noise is what drew my attention). Hmmmm.....hope this is not an omen of things to come.