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:

• 

  GSR--->Type S= Perfection - 2003 Acura RSX
  By flyin_swo - April 22 - 2:00 am

  I was the proud owner of the original Acura pocket rocket- a 1996 Integra GSR. I was worried that Acura would mess this one up, but my hats off to them. WOW!!! The GSR is all grown up, but it is still fun as ever to drive. This is my third "Integra" to own, and I am so glad I bought this. The RSX has all the underpinnings of a sporty coupe, but is much refined over the previous DC2 platform. It is smoother, quieter, faster, and more comfortable to drive. Acura did their homework with this one.

• 

  New MDX - 2003 Acura MDX
  By MyMDX - April 22 - 2:00 am

  Just picked up my new MDX. What a fantastic car, comfortable seats and plenty of space. Trade in my 2000 TL w/nav, this car is even more comfortable on the highway!

• 

  Drive of rdx - 2017 Acura RDX
  By Dhan Persaud - April 21 - 4:03 am

  Car is great overall the only thing I didnt like were the lights in cargo area and trunk space could be a little bigger but besides that car is fun to drive and also changing the gas from 91 to either 93 or 89 octane because I dont see 91 everywhere I go car has great features and very comfortable to drive through and weather good car over all and I do love the way it drives

• 

  Acura RL - 2005 Acura RL
  By Rocker - April 19 - 4:43 am

  This car is awesome. It has all of the gadgets. It takes turns like a dream.

• 

  Not a minivan - 2007 Acura MDX
  By New to Acura - April 19 - 3:53 am

  I told my wife the MDX had seating for 7, and she said we bought a minivan. I dont think so. With the more aggressive styling, and exceptional handling, this absolutely will not be confused with a van. While not in the SUV class of my old 4Runner, Ive come to the conclusion my time spent off-roading is in the past. For the streets, you cant do better. The fit and finish is excellent, there is little road noise, and electronic capabilities (Nav, voice, and sound systems) of the car are outstanding.

• 

  Exceptional Quality - 2007 Acura RDX
  By Bob - April 18 - 1:26 pm

  This is my 5th Acura. The drivability wasnt as smooth as some other SUVs Ive driven but considering the "sports package" its understandable. Power galore for a 4 cylinder. Maybe a bit overpriced but you get what you pay for.

• 

  Noise - 2003 Acura RSX
  By P Bart - April 17 - 10:00 am

  Very happy with vehicle. One problem, at 140km/hr(85mph)a low frequency noise eminates from somewhere on the drivers side of vehicle. It is not a constant noise but intermitent. The dealer thinks its wind noise, but it sure doesnt sound like it because it is not high pitched. Has anyone had this problem. Thanks

• 

  amazine - 2003 Acura RSX
  By mike saasa - April 17 - 10:00 am

  this car is reliable and you will never get board of drining it its 200 hp engine is hella strong. and with full skirt pacage and high spoiler the car looks outstanding from the outside. not to mention a bose stereo system and subwoff.great leather and the 6 speed trany is fun to. this car is a 20 0n a scale of 1-10. for the money and its class the acura rsx type S is THE BEST ........GO PICK ONE UP YOU WONT BELIVE THE FUN YOU WILL HAVE...THE CHICKS LIKE IT TO.

• 

  Covers The Bases - 2003 Acura RSX
  By pdean - April 17 - 10:00 am

  I love the car. It combines the practicality of the hatchback, good gas milage and moderate price with the prestige of the Acura Name and a great ride to the office.

• 

  TL Review - 2005 Acura TL
  By JR - April 16 - 8:06 pm

  This is a beautiful car both inside and outside. It has excellent acceleration. It is very smooth and quiet at high speeds. However, the car does not feel stable in hard cornering. The workmanship on the headliner is very poor. Mine started to come apart after only 1500 miles. Was originally attached with double side sticky tape until the dealer installed screws to keep it from falling. Car wonders from left to right even on fairly level pavement. Dealer blames the problem on el42 tires. They changed to another set of el42 but the problem continued. The clutch took a little getting used to, initially. The top of the dash began to fade real bad. Originally, I thought it was dust but it isnt