When a new model of car or truck is launched, manufacturers work hard to generate excitement.
WHEN a new model of car or truck is launched, manufacturers work hard to generate excitement.
Ordinarily, the dollars and cents equation comes a little later in any car review, but no pussy-footing around it, this little trucklet from Ford is one expensive ride.
Most people don't remember that Acura, not Lexus, was first to offer a compelling Japanese alternative to the German luxury automakers.
Most people don't remember that Acura, not Lexus, was first to offer a compelling Japanese alternative to the German luxury automakers. Two debut models were offered in 1986: the Legend, which was a proper luxury car, and the Integra, which wasn't.
Most people don't remember that Acura, not Lexus, was first to offer a compelling Japanese alternative to the German luxury automakers. Two debut models were offered in 1986: the Legend, which was a proper luxury car, and the Integra, which wasn't.
As I glanced over my shoulder to change lanes, a shiny red BMW M3 zoomed by me as if it was being swept by a tornado. The car appeared to be in a perfect condition, but then I quickly noticed the missing blue-and-white emblems from not only the hood and the trunk, but from all four cross-laced aluminum wheels as well.
MOST people don't remember that Acura, not Lexus, was first to offer a compelling Japanese alternative to the German luxury automakers.
As I glanced over my shoulder to change lanes, a shiny red BMW M3 zoomed by as if it was being swept by a tornado. The car appeared to be in a perfect condition, but then I quickly noticed the missing blue-and-white emblems from not only the hood and the trunk, but from all four cross-laced aluminum wheels as well.
AT this year's Los Angeles Auto Show, Lincoln pulled quite the clever PR coup: they stacked their display with a smattering of historical greats, from a 1929 L Dietrich Convertible Coupe to a breathtakingly blue '56 Continental Mark II coupe once owned by Elizabeth Taylor.
I n the future, your car will drive itself. And thank goodness for that. Forget electric vehicles, forget hydrogen fuel-cell experiments, forget about F1-style Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems adapted from spidery racecars and affixed to the ol' family crossover.
The Acura RDX was always a different "kind" of a car. Designed to pro-vide great performance and superb handling, the previous generation RDX was perhaps a bit too aggressive in its approach to maximize performance while some-what compromising comfort and luxury.
IN the future, your car will drive itself. And thank goodness for that.
T Designed to provide great performance and superb handling, the previous generation RDX was perhaps a bit too aggressive in its approach to maximize performance while somewhat compromising comfort and luxury.
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