Acura is Honda's North American branch of the company and specializes in the manufacture of sports and premium cars. Recently, however, car sales in the U.S. declined slightly. The three models that the manufacturer plans to present to the market much to revive the interest of buyers to the brand.
The compact premium sedan Acura ILX is a completely new model, which was based on the platform of the Civic. The car will be powered by one of three powertrains to choose from - 2-liter four-cylinder gasoline engine with direct fuel injection in conjunction with automatic transmission, 2.4-liter gasoline engine with six mechanics, or the first-ever North American brand gasoline-electric hybrid consisting of a 1.5-liter engine and electric motor.
Probably, the model will replace the most expensive ILX today Sedan Acura - TSX, which was built upon a well-known to Europeans car Honda Accord.
Acura ILX should be on the market next spring and become a relatively massive car with annual sales of about forty thousand pieces. Oriented machine, primarily to buyers in the age of 30 who wish to have the premium car class, but somewhat limited in financial terms. Price ILX sedan in the U.S. market should not exceed 30,000 dollars. Novelty will be produced at the company - Honda Manufacturing of Indiana LLC in Indiana.
Five-seat crossover Acura RDX will have a second-generation all-wheel drive transmission, SH-AWD. The current four-cylinder turbocharged 2.3-litorvy unit capacity of 240 horsepower replaced the more powerful and economical V-shaped six.
The main newcomer is a concept supercar Acura NSX. Sports car - one of the top models of the Japanese - is equipped with the latest hybrid system, which includes a 3.5-liter V-shaped six-cylinder gasoline engine with an integrated electric motor rated at 40 horsepower.
In addition, the torque to the rear wheels is transmitted by two independent electric motors rated at 27 horsepower each. As the battery using a set of lithium-ion batteries designed with the latest technology and having the ability to recharge on the go. The power plant is mounted with a seven-speed automatic gearbox with double clutch.
We also learned that in addition to the debut of three new Acura Auto Show Detroit 2012 Auto Show in April in New York, Honda plans to introduce a new version of its flagship Acura RL sedan 2012 model year. All wheel drive AWD luxury sedan includes a 3.5-liter engine with a V-shaped arrangement of the six cylinders to transfer torque front axle wheels and two electric motors for each wheel of the rear axle upgraded RL.
No comments:
Post a Comment