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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  MDX 2003 - 2003 Acura MDX
  By habkarkfl - April 10 - 2:00 am

  great and pleasent SUV ride.Great accelaration.

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  Acura TL - a bat out of hell - 2006 Acura TL
  By bay diamonds - April 7 - 10:00 am

  The new Acura TL is a fun to drive, reliable, fast and good looking sport sedan at a resonable price. It appeals to young and old drivers with plenty of features and lives up to its name. Over-all I think its if not the top sports sedan, is one of the top 5 sports sedan in its class. But just remember, there is not a perfect sports car out there that appeals to everyone, but many different sports sedan to choose from.

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  Test drove them all, RDX is the winner ! - 2016 Acura RDX
  By Steve K. - April 6 - 5:38 pm

  My wife never had a SUV and wanted one to be our next one. She has been driving an 08 awd Acura RL and loved it. We put snow tires on it for the winter and it was a tank in the snow with the SH awd. So for us to trade it in was a big deal. I started doing some research on Edmunds and started to list the suvs we should consider. I test drove over 12 myself and reduced it down to 5 we should consider. We decided to stay in the mid size or smaller range since it is just the two of us. We picked one day to test drive all 5 for comparison. The Lexus NX and RX were the first she drove. Next she drove the Acura RDX then the Hyundai Tucson and Santa Fe. The RDX beat them all with the 6 cylinder engine, it was by far the most peppy of them all and drove more sporty than the RX. It seems like everyone has an RX these days so they are kinda of boring to us. The RDX is full of technology which has been greatly been improved upon since we had it in our RL. The biggest is the blind spot, auto braking, cross traffic and adaptive criuse control. I have using them and they help greatly with driving. We are happy with our decision and have found acuras hold their resale value as well as being reliable. By the way, the Hyundai Tucson was our second choice, which we may buy as a second car in the future. It is about $10000 less than the RDX and has alot of the same features.

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  Best kept secret amongst midsize sporty sedans - 2017 Acura TLX
  By RalphB - April 6 - 12:00 pm

  Incredible value , performance and luxury for the price.. nothing beats it ... Just drive the adv 3.5 sh-awd and you will see...superb comfort and quite interior..

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  Love My Car! - 2006 Acura TL
  By mom of 2 - April 5 - 5:36 am

  Great features for the $

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  Acura should address tire problem - 2004 Acura TL
  By JOHn G - April 2 - 6:56 pm

  Great car overall. Fun to drive, but Acura is hiding from the tire problem that have come up with these Bridgestone tires. Now that most have owned the Tl for a year, most are lucky to get 20k out of them. I also had many flats etc. The tires are awful. Just paid over $500 for a new set less than a year after prurchase. Acura standard line is they were High Performance tires and wont last. Acura should of taken care of this problem with the local dealers. Heard from National tire chains that Acura is having huge problems with thoses tires....

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  This Car is a 10 - 2005 Acura TSX
  By Paul - April 1 - 1:33 pm

  The car looks Great and is fun to drive. Well built and reliable. Fuel mileage is ok but the power makes up for the average fuel mileage. Overall its the best car Ive ever owned!

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  Great Car - 2006 Acura TSX
  By Mitch - March 31 - 8:03 pm

  I found the TSX to be a great car. The steering is percise. Coming from only 6 cyclinder engines, I was surprised how powerful the car is. It is faster, more responsive, better site lines than the Volvo S60 it replaced. I have not had it that long, but I am looking forward to a long and happy relationship.

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  My Dream Car - 2008 Acura TL
  By Meech - March 30 - 8:08 am

  I always wanted this car since high school. I made my dream come true found a 2008 with under 70 K.To most people this is a downgrade from my previous car but to me it was a upgrade. This is a car I will drive until the wheels fall off . I cannot wait until I put my supercharger inside of it.

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  The Best choice - 2003 Acura TL
  By Nice ride - March 25 - 10:00 am

  I test drove the bmw 3 series, the lexus es300, and the g35. This car hands down for the price is the best value. Its fun to drive and has a good amount of power. The interior good be a little more classly, but other than that this car is overall the best out of its class.