Posts Tagged ‘land of giants’
Acura has announced at the Detroit Grand Prix that they will enter the LMP1 class in the American Le Mans Series in 2009, adding to its existing LMP2 effort. Honda's premium brand entered ALMS in the lighter LMP2 class at the beginning of 2007 with the Highcroft, Fernandez and Andretti-Green teams a......
Spoon to recreate NSX Type-R in LHD trim for U.S.
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Honda NSX-R.Honda's decision to only offer one Type-R model in the U.S. – the DC2 Integra – is still considered a crime among Hondaphiles. And of all the models that could have benefited from a serious performance injection later in life, the NSX was a p......
Ford to officially announce Lincoln MKT today
Friday, August 15th, 2008
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Lincoln MKT concept.We've been waiting for an official production announcement of the Lincoln MKT since the concept was unveiled at the Detroit Auto Show in January, and according to Automotive News and the Wall Street Journal, that confirmation comes today.......
SEMA ‘08 Preview: RONN Scorpion hydrogen-injected supercar to debut in Vegas
Thursday, August 14th, 2008
Click above for high-res gallery of the ScorpionWe've already alerted you to the existence of Ronn Motor Company's new supercar, the Scorpion. Aside from its exotic looks, the Scorpion makes headlines for its innovative engine: a mid-mounted twin-turbo 3.5L VTEC V6 from Acura that's augmented by a h......
2009 Acura TL fully revealed
Saturday, August 9th, 2008
Click above for more photos of the 2009 Acura TL
The floodgates will open on the '09 Acura TL soon enough, but in the meantime, Inside Line has posted a set of press photos and confirmed the car's final specs. As has been previously reported, there are two versions: a base 3.5L car with 285 horses a......
Lexus leads J.D. Power dependability for 14th straight year
Thursday, August 7th, 2008
Click above for results 2008 J.D. Power Dependability StudyJ.D. Power and Associates has just released its 2008 Vehicle Dependability Study that attempts to measure vehicle quality throughout the first three years of owning a vehicle, and for the 14th year in a row Lexus leads all manufacturers with......
Spy Shots: Acura’s new sport crossover caught under cover of night
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
Click above for high-res gallery of spy shotsHonda/Acura engineers were recently caught testing a new sport crossover in the dead of night around the deserts of California, and while they came wielding flashlights to blind our spy photographer's lens, we got these pictures of what the luxury brand i......
Acura line to grow, new model to bow before 2010
Monday, August 4th, 2008
Image: Photoshopped Acura TL coupe courtesy of Acurazine.Acura's aim of becoming a "Tier 1" luxury brand has been thwarted by a lineup that some view as nothing more than decked-out Hondas. Dan Bonawitz, Honda's vice president of corporate planning and logistics believes that broadening Acura's lin......
By the Numbers July 2008: Everybody Hurts Edition
Friday, August 1st, 2008
NOTE: There were 26 selling days in July 2008 versus 24 selling days in July 2007. All percentages are the change in the average number of vehicles sold per day or Daily Sales Rate (DSR), not the difference in actual number of vehicles sold for each month.This is an easy month of sales to report. Ev......
Inside Line does its thing on the $160k Acura NSX
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
The new Acura/Honda NSX may still be a couple of years away, but when talking about the sequel to such a dynamically legendary supercar, time won't stop speculation from ramping up and details from leaking. True to its name, Inside Line has put together what it believes is an accurate depiction – ......