2014 Acura MDX Prototype

2014 Acura MDX Prototype has just published her first world title appearance at 2013 North American International Auto Show, a glimpse of the future design direction of the third-generation seven-passenger MDX luxury performance SUV. The car will be introduced in the middle of the year and all-wheel drive and front-wheel-drive layouts are expanded. The new Acura SUV model is equipped with a special "Aero Sculpture" styling was intelligent, compact and high-quality appearance with a low, wide and tight proportions.

In addition, the clean and efficient design of a series of premium detailing, such as the signature Acura Jewel Eye ™ LED headlights. And if you're wondering why it's called an "Aero Sculpture", the answer lies in the fact that the structure of the new car delivers significant gains in aerodynamic efficiency - an increase of 16 percent compared with the outgoing 2013 MDX. What's more, the roof line sparkles 1.5 inches lower. Besides this the SUV has a longer wheelbase ride quality increased second row legroom improved, and the third row of seats provided improved.

Only, for the first time Acura is also a model of a front-wheel drive version 2014 MDX. An entirely new, more rigid and lightweight chassis with new front and rear suspension designs that have to deliver an ambitious, confident and sporty drive more importantly, the SUV with direct injection 3.5-liter SOHC i-VTEC V-6 engine with Variable Cylinder Management (VCM) will be provided. The device provides improved torque and power, but will also increase fuel efficiency.

With respect to security technologies in the MDX Prototype Advanced Compatibility is Engineering presents-be ™ (ACE ™) body structure, Forward Collision Warning (FCW) and lane departure warning (LDW) system, multi-angle rearview camera, Blind Spot Information (BSI ), Lane Keeping Assist System (LKAS) and Active Cruise Control (ACC) with follow low-speed. Course series of advanced information technology will also be included: AcuraLink cloud-based connected car with Pandora ® connectivity, SiriusXM ™ radio, SMS, and cloud-based Aha ™ Harman connectivity and Acura / ELS ® audio system as an option.

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Acura NSX Concept

Automotive News reports that Acura has a great line-up change and to keep the brand a "second tier" luxury brand. In other words, holding on to with Acura, Audi, Buick, Lexus and Volvo instead of Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Lexus are competing. Until now called AT confirmed that reveal a new Acura flagship RL, if the update of the crossover MDX and TL sedan for 2013. Acura will also automatically keep a new seven-speed dual-clutch transmission will be equipped with time. To add to Mazda's SkyActiv marketing approach, Acura will begin their new "Earth Dreams" engine family in all future vehicles.

Starting with the ILX, found all the rumors about a possible ILX coupe, AN, that no limit coupe version. But because the current ILX is widely known for its underpowered, Acura may have a motor for the swap ILX renew the middle of the cycle, the "Earth Dreams" engine is a 2.4-liter four-banger good for 181hp means. In the absence of a V6 option in the ILX alternate may continue the Acura TSX V6 for sale online in the guise of limited production.

The new Acura TL 2013 is expected to debut in spring 2013, share a good amount of support with the all-new Honda Accord, a continuous tradition. Although Earl is planning on a shorter wheelbase and overall length than the current Acura TL and the TL TSX rather a replacement. The TL "Earth Dreams" engine is a 3.5L V6 good for 310 horsepower and 265 lb-ft of torque, 30 hp and 11 Nm more than the previous 3.5-liter TL. A hybrid version is expected to come into the line-up also pride around 45 mpg.

The RL is even a bigger piece of news like the new design debuts this fall, complete with an "Earth Dreams" directly injected 3.5L V6, 370 hp for the supposedly good. Expect to participate in Acura's new seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox for the rights to the RL, in combination with all-wheel of the new hybrid Honda Motorsport's drive system. The production ZDX will remain limited as the majority of the shares components with MDX ZDX, while all along made. Acura claims it is not a costly affair. He says the MDX for this fall and will be redesigned to get on top of incoming V6 continue.

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2013 Acura RDX

What you see here is the redesigned 2013 Acura RDX, show, although the company is technically called the car of the 2012 Detroit auto show a prototype. "The second generation of the crossover goes on sale this spring, and is expected to clear by his predecessor, who was small, playful, sporty, and attributes that made it fun, but also came at the expense of ride quality and comfort. If the 2013 RDX relationship looks familiar, that's because they have the same basic platform as the new Honda CR-V (the latter with the RDX many previous CR-V located) is used. The RDX is still recognizable as an Acura, but the styling is more mature than before. It now looks like a shrunken version of the MDX. The mechanical eagle-beak grille has been shut down, so look at this very moment, apply to the rest of the Acura line up to see weakened.

The RDX the new maturity extends below the plate. Compared with the previous model, the wheelbase is 1.4 inches wider and stretched Acura the way for more space for passengers and luggage, while the door openings for better ingress and egress are extended. The prototype is also about 1 cm deep and 0.1 inches wider and longer than the current RDX. (There is a large 5.2 inches longer and 2.1 inches wider and has 2.6 inches more between the wheels, but the latest Honda CR-V.) To tame the noise up to the cabin, there will be more sound-deadening material and Active Sound Control noise abatement technology from the RL sedan copied.

Whilst we believe the slight bump size graves RDX, we're a bit worried what Acura did to the mechanics of the crossover. Everything that made the last one to drive RDX is so much fun, the turbocharged four-cylinder engine, torque-vectoring "Super Handling" all-wheel drive and excellent control, whether it be tweaked or replaced. For 2013, the SH-AWD and the turbo four are gone, from a non-torque-vectoring all-wheel-drive system and replace V-6. Acura says the not-so-super all-wheel drive is easier to make the car more efficient overall, the change makes the RDX is the only AWD model line-up of the brand, without SH-AWD. The control is changed to an electrically amplified design with fuel consumption opinion.

The 3.5-liter V-6 delivers 33 hp more than last year, which is four-banger for a total of 273 and bolted a six-speed automatic transmission instead of five-cog unit last year. For those who do not need four-wheel drive remains the RDX is equipped with front-wheel drive. According to Acura, the RDX will return better fuel economy than the current model with a disk configuration. The company expects the front-drive RDX at 20 mpg in the city and 28 can be designed on the highway, but offers no provisional figures for the four-wheel-drive model. The 2012 RDX fuel consumption figures are significantly worse in 19/24 mpg for the FWD version and 17/22 with SH-AWD. Previous gene could boogie from 0 to 60 mph in the low six-second RDXs series, and we expect that the performance in 2013 in a straight line do not change much.

Like all current Acura’s, the 2013 RDX will be available with a range of comfort and technology features, including a power lift gate, Pandora radio, keyless entry and start, and a tri-view rear camera. A technology package is offered and includes Acura's voice-activated navigation system with real-time traffic information and weather, the NAV system with a 60-gigabyte hard drive can be upgraded up to 15 gigs of music files. Acura has not released any prices, but we should not be too long to wait for the information or the rest of the details of the production model.

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Acura RLX Concept

If you are looking for a phrase to capture the excitement of a new flagship sedan, "patent application" is not likely. On the other hand, the 2014 Acura RLX is the replacement for the Acura RL, the least interesting of existing luxury sedan. (And yes, we belong to Lincoln in this assessment.)

Car and Driver says that these images are drawn from a European patent database, claiming that in fact the new RLX, which will go on sale next year. The car shown in these pictures adheres very closely with the RLX-concept shown at New York Auto Show this year with only minor changes in the front and rear bumpers and wheels more generic. The line side of the top of the mudguard, there is again rearwardly extending, than the rest of the mold.

Between bashing Acura for its dull design, C & D speculated that the Honda luxury brand RLX production may show at the Los Angeles Auto Show in November.

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