There a few Honda models that might make good Acuras, one being the wonderfully agile S2000 roadster, that at least in North
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| Honda sells an Accord wagon in Japan, that might make sense as an Acura TSX "Sport Tourer". (Photo: Honda) |
America has suffered sales due to its relatively high sticker price and disassociated entry-level Honda nameplate. It will be interesting to see if Honda brands this model differently when the next-generation S2000 arrives.
Honda sells an Accord wagon in Japan, and being that Audi, BMW, Lexus, Saab and Volvo sell compact wagons with upscale features it might make sense for Acura to offer a TSX "Sport Tourer", or whatever they'd call it to avoid the stodgy wagon stigma, in both markets.
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| Acura might consider offering a slightly reworked Honda Airwave, a cool crossover along the lines of Mercedes-Benz's R-Class. (Photo: Honda) |
the Elysion would most likely be perceived as weird looking to North American tastes, Acura might consider offering a slightly reworked Airwave, a cool crossover along the lines of Mercedes-Benz's R-Class, or possibly an Acura version of Honda's home-market Edix, to go up against that same German automaker's overpriced and underpowered B200 and B200 Turbo compact five-seat CUV. There's also another Honda crossover model that looks intriguing, dubbed HR-V, but whether or not it would qualify for premium Acura status is another question. Acura, if you hadn't heard, will soon be coming to market with a new compact crossover, expected to carry forward the same name as its RD-X concept prototype, but reconfigured by dropping the hyphen to read RDX.
