Acura ILX News

EDITOR WES RAYNAL: Are customers crying out for an entry-level luxury hybrid? Is there great demand? Time will tell I guess.

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Like many others, we were openly disappointed with Honda after driving its lackluster 2012 Civic , a model so ill-conceived that the Japanese automaker was forced to put together a far-reaching facelift after just one year on the market.

The Acura ILX was an all-new model for 2013, but that hasn't stopped the Japanese automaker from making changes after its first year on the market.

The 2014 Acura ILX sedan will cost $27,795 when it goes on sale on Tuesday, including an $895 destination charge.

Toyota's Lexus luxury brand had a good month in April, with sales overall up 13.6 per cent, and certain specific models really roared along.

It's easy to see why the Volkswagen GTI was our first two-time AOY winner . Everything about this car is almost perfect.

Five weeks after the new 2014 Acura MDX was unveiled at the 2013 New York auto show , Acura announced it built the first salable 2014 MDX yesterday at its plant in Alabama.

While most professionals celebrate Fridays, Honda and Acura celebrated Thursday this week, when the first 2014 Acura MDX has rolled off its production line in Lincoln, Alabama, ahead of a summer 2013 sale date.

Now we have the niche-within-the-niche premium sports compact cars, a segment set to explode with the likes of Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz moving downmarket.

Stoked by record April results for the Honda CR-V and Acura RDX compact crossovers, American Honda sales increased 7 percent to 130,999 units last month.

The experts at Chicagoland Acura Dealers have expressed their affection for the 2013 Acura ILX for some time, and there are few things more validating than having critics at one of the leading auto magazines agree.

Can a small car be a luxury car? It may sound like an oxymoron but high-end manufacturers don't think so.

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"I'm delighted to experience the ILX with a functional rear suspension," says senior editor Phil Floraday.

Acura just launched the redesigned MDX SUV at the 2013 New York Auto Show, but this SUV has an "X" in its name, so it must be something different.

Hybrid, hybrid, hybrids. We are awash in a sea of hybrids, with more coming to dealer showrooms soon.