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Acura Automotive manufacturer

Tokyo, Japan from 1986 on

 Acura Automotive manufacturer Tokyo, Japan from 1986 on

Acura is a brand name used by Japanese automaker Honda in North America and Hong Kong for premium and sporty models since 1986 . 

History

The brand was established in Mexico in 2004, in the People's Republic of China in 2006 and in Russia in 2008 , although it was abolished there in 2014. Original plans to introduce it in the home country of Japan were ultimately not implemented.

The vehicle range consists of Honda models that are modified by badge engineering and technical and visual enhancement, as well as vehicle series that are specially developed for the Acura brand and marketed exclusively under this label.

Similar to its Japanese competitors Toyota and Nissan (with their luxury offshoots Lexus and Infiniti ), Honda is trying in this way to participate in the high-yield market for premium vehicles. The aim of this strategy is to use the technical resources of the parent brand inexpensively, but at the same time to give the customer the impression that it is an independent brand that has no relation to the low-cost models of the parent brand. For this reason, the sales areas are often spatially separated.

Model Timeline

1980s

1985–2001 Integra (sports coupe and sedan)
1985–1995 Legend (luxury sedan and coupe)

1990s
1992- Acura-NSX
1992–1994 Vigor (mid-sized sedan)
1996–1999 SLX (SUV, re-badged Isuzu Trooper)
1996–2014 TL (mid-size sports sedan)
1996–2012 RL (full-size sedan)
1997–2005 EL (compact sedan)
1997–1999, 2001–2003 CL (luxury coupe)

2000s
2000–present MDX mid-size (crossover SUV)
2002–2006 RSX (sports coupe)
2003–2014 TSX (compact sports sedan)
2005–2011 CSX (compact sedan)
2006–present RDX compact (crossover SUV)
2009–2013 ZDX (crossover SUV)

2010s
2013–2020 RLX (Mid-size luxury executive sedan)
2013–present ILX (Subcompact executive sedan)
2014–present TLX (Compact executive sedan)
2017–present NSX (Exotic sports car)
2017–present CDX sub-compact (Luxury)

Acura Automotive manufacturer Tokyo, Japan from 1986 on

Technical

  • Acura Timeline 

    Acura models timeline ( Honda brand since 1986)

    Type

    Body
    versions

    80s

    90s

    2000s

    2010s

    2020s

    5

    6th

    7th

    8th

    9

    0

    1

    2

    3

    4th

    5

    6th

    7th

    8th

    9

    0

    1

    2

    3

    4th

    5

    6th

    7th

    8th

    9

    0

    1

    2

    3

    4th

    5

    6th

    7th

    8th

    9

    0

    1

    Compact class

    Notchback

     

     

    Tbsp

    Tbsp

    CSX

    ILX

    Lower middle class

    Coupe

     

    Integra (DA1, DA3)

    Integra (DA5, DA9, DB1, DB2)

    Integra (DC1, DC2, DC4)

    RSX

     

     

     

    Notchback

     

     

     

     

    TSX (CL9)

    TSX (CU2)

     

     

    Middle class

    Coupe

     

     

    CL (YA1)

     

    CL (YA4)

     

     

     

    Notchback

     

     

    Vigor (CC2, CC3)

    TL (UA1 - UA3)

    TL (UA5)

    TL (UA6, UA7)

    TL (UA8, UA9)

    TLX

    upper middle class

    Notchback

     

    Legend (KA1 - KA6)

    Legend (KA7, KA8)

    RL (KA9)

    RL (KB1)

     

    RLX

     

    Sports car

    Coupe

     

     

    NSX

     

     

    NSX

    SUV

    Hatchback

     

     

     

     

    CDX

     

     

     

    RDX (TB1)

    RDX (TB3, TB4)

    RDX (TC1, TC2)

     

     

     

    MDX [H]

    MDX [H]

    MDX [H]

    Hatchback

     

     

     

    ZDX

     

     

    Off-road vehicle

    Hatchback

     

     

    SLX

     

     

     

    •  Rebadged Isuzu
    •  Rebadged Honda, possibly with better equipment
    •  In-house development based on Honda

    [H] Marketed as the Honda MDX in Japan and Australia


    Motorsport 

    Le Mans prototypes 

    • ARX-01
    • ARX-02

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