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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  This car is awesome - 2004 Acura RSX
  By rsxman - September 20 - 2:00 am

  This car is a sporty great looking car. It has great standard features and drives like a dream. It has all these wonderful aspects at a very resonable price and it has the reliability of a honda. I LOVE IT.

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  go and get it - 2004 Acura RSX
  By jgirl5366 - September 20 - 2:00 am

  I got my 2004 RSX 2 months ago and I LOVE IT. It was a great choice, it has great handling and is so comfortable. The leather seats were a good choice. It gets great gas milage ,thats a big plus for me.Its a fun car to drive and the sport-shift system is great if you really want to play around and see what your car can do.

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  A great car - 2004 Acura RSX
  By MsSassyPants - September 20 - 2:00 am

  I love my RSX!!! It is cute and has a lot of get up and go. The only thing I would change is the 125mph cut off...not that I would know = )

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  rsx - 2004 Acura RSX
  By xeen - September 20 - 2:00 am

  its good at about 65 in the snow nad ice, nice top speed, good acceloration..the red lights for dash are annoying, would suggest a button that changes the dash lighting from blue to green and such otherwise nice ride.

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  My RSeXy - 2004 Acura RSX
  By Rich 1 - September 20 - 2:00 am

  When I first saw the concept version I fell in love with the RSX. I was able to get 1 in december of 2002 and my driving experiences have been amazing. Every day its performance surprises me. I cant believe that this littl car and little engine can have that much power. In my area the RSX is very rare and everyone always asks me what it is. Its always a pleasure to tell them that a I drive an Acura RSX Type S.

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  The Most Fun Car for 20K - 2004 Acura RSX
  By Fredrickson bloomsey - September 20 - 2:00 am

  This car is great buy and an even better value. It performs well and is extremly fun to drive.

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  awesome! - 2004 Acura MDX
  By rizwan malik - September 20 - 2:00 am

  i bought it few weeks ago and this is an awesome SUV, much beter than the Lexus GX470,volvo XC90,BMW X5 or mercedes ML500. well built and an excelent ride quality. very smooth and powerful

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  nice SUV with bland style - 2004 Acura MDX
  By my - September 20 - 2:00 am

  very good SUV overall in terms of reliability, but style is bland and not exciting.

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  FLAWLESS - 2004 Acura TL
  By NewTLOwner - September 20 - 2:00 am

  This car is Flawless.

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  No Brainer - 2004 Acura TL
  By Tl Cruiser - September 20 - 2:00 am

  Its a no brainer! This car has more to offer with standard equipment that "others" try to charge you for. It is powerful, stylish, COMFORTABLE, and handles better than the others. Trust me, its a no brainer, PAY LESS GET MORE!!! Im so happy.......