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Automotive News & Views Where is Honda taking Acura?
1045 messages, Last post on Nov 06, 2009 at 7:12 AM
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Replying to: cwalti (Jul 03, 2009 6:58 pm) I talked to a woman a couple of weeks back here who just got a new Element for her vending business (she's hauling lightweight junk around, not the machines). She loves it. I think when the automakers get bold, the bean counters think Aztek. Now, if Honda came out with another roadster, but priced like the Miata, or even less .... |
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Replying to: hpmctorque (Jul 02, 2009 9:27 pm) Those of us who have last gen TLs (04-08), we may just do that waiting to see if Acura fixes up the current gen or has another model coming out. Who knows that they might be secretly developing a rwd competitior to BMW or Infiniti. Could get tempted into rwd Acura sedan in spite of having 3-4 months winter in my area. On driving forever, there is a guy in New York who has just recently completed three million miles in his 1965 Volvo P1800.
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Replying to: xrunner2 (Jul 04, 2009 11:48 am) This kinda stuff is often a bit misleading. How many head jobs, transmission, engine bottom ends...? There was a diesel MBZ 180, early 60s with 1,000,000 miles on the original driveline! Now that is an accomplishment! |
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Acura has lost me. I favor relatively light and simple, well engineering entry and mid-level luxury cars, but this isn't the direction Acura has taken recently. The new TL is too big and heavy, and handles like a large luxury barge. The TSX looks better than the TL, but the entry and exit space for rear seat passengers is severely compromised. The upshot of Acura's efforts to become a serious contender against the German luxury brands is falling short. I used to be optimistic about Acura, but now I'm not. I'll just hold on to my excellent '99 TL until something more to my liking comes along. |
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Replying to: hpmctorque (Sep 01, 2009 8:31 pm)
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Replying to: nippononly (Sep 02, 2009 6:42 am)
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Replying to: fintail (Sep 02, 2009 6:44 am) What's sad is that Honda seems to have the best engineering talent of all the Japanese auto companies. Nissan/Infiniti has the right business model, FWD for Nissan and RWD for Infiniti, but Infiniti doesn't seem to be able to beat it's target German competitor, BMW. I think Infinitis are good cars, but "close" isn't good enough in this highly competitive marketplace. Also, I think Infinitis fall short on styling. While their styling isn't bad or offensive, it's bland and kind of sterile. It's not aspirational, as styling in the luxury category should be. Back to Acura, I think that if management made the right strategic decisions, such as converting the brand to RWD, their engineers could execute on the direction required to compete effectively with the German luxury brands. It goes without saying that styling would also have to be totally rethought. |
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as the TV has so thoughtfully drilled into my brain in the last 4 weeks, they do have the safest cars in the world.  You want safe and boring, you buy the Lexus, no?
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Replying to: nippononly (Sep 02, 2009 5:29 pm)
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Replying to: anythngbutgm (Sep 03, 2009 5:50 am)
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