Sport seats with perforated leather trim interior. Driver's 8-way power seat with adjustable lumbar support. Front passenger's 4-way power seat. Heated front seats. Leather-wrapped steering wheel. Leather-wrapped gearshift knob aluminum for manual.
Theft-deterrent system with electronic immobilizer. Cruise control. Remote and driver's door-lock operated windows-open function. LED backlit gauges with progressive illumination. Titanium-finished console and door trim Ebony and Quartz interiors. Simulated wood-grained console and door trim Parchment interior. Tilt and telescopic steering column. Steering wheel-mounted controls cruise control, audio and Voice Recognition.
Front door storage compartments. Dual beverage holders front and rear. Driver's and passenger's seatback pockets. Aluminum threshold garnish. Dual trip meters. Exterior temperature indicator. Driver's and front passenger's illuminated vanity mirrors and driver's side card holder. Front center console with adjustable armrest, storage compartments and coin holders. Rear-seat center armrest. Carpeted floor mats. Remote trunk release.
Remote fuel-filler door release. Lockable glove compartment with light. Illuminated ignition, power window switches and steering wheel controls. Cargo area light. Dual overhead map lights. Ambient cabin lighting. Sunglass holder. Digital quartz clock. Maintenance interval reminder. Exterior Features 5 Speed Automatic. Heated outside mirrors with integrated directional signals. Power moonroof with tilt and key-off operation. Integrated glass antenna. Remote entry system. Auto-off headlights. Body-colored door handles with chrome trim.
Heat-rejecting green-tinted glass. Galvanized body panels. Body-colored front and rear bumpers. Speed-sensing, variable intermittent windshield wipers. Integrated dual-outlet exhaust. Safety Features 5 Speed Automatic. Dual-stage, dual-threshold front airbags SRS. Equipped with a 3. No longer in production, much to the disappointment of Acura lovers, the car provided its users with a top speed of mph. The 2. RLX has a recorded top speed of mph.
What gives this car, fitted with a 3. Production of Legend was stopped in , however, it still ranks highly among all the Acura models. The recorded top speed is mph. Not that all premium Hondas aren't "choice" automobiles—it's just that none but the NSX delivers the prestige and performance comparable to a Ferrari's. But today, when so many cars are well beyond good trust us—narrowing down a 10Best ballot is painful , the term "choice" seems appropriate not just for exotics but also for those select cars that deliver something special, something intangible.
Take Acura's new sports sedan, the TSX. It's a car that distances itself from its rivals not by performance numbers although they're generally as good but rather by how it performs. The TSX goes about its business so smoothly and so silkily that precision could be its middle name. And it is targeted squarely at those Gen Xers who so fondly remember the words of the wise Ferris. At that price, Acura's demographic prediction makes sense.
Acura TSX buyers won't be the same guys dropping 30 large on Mitsubishi Evos or Subaru STis —what wife would allow her husband to buy a car with a wing the size of an ironing board? We all know who makes those calls.
Rather, the 15, TSXs allotted for the U. But only the Mazda can match the Acura's equipment level at a similar price. That means perforated leather seats heated up front , dual-zone automatic climate control, a power sunroof, a watt stereo with an in-dash six-CD changer, high-intensity-discharge headlights, and inch wheels.
Tack those features onto an Audi or BMW , and you'll understand the meaning of base price. Sit behind the TSX's leather-wrapped, three-spoke steering wheel, and it appears as if all the money went into the materials and the fluidity of the parts. The sumptuous leather, the tasteful metallic accents, the LED gauges, and the top-grade plastics are befitting a car costing twice as much.
The dash covering is made sans PVC, a material that can wreak havoc on quality control, and instead is manufactured using a high-caliber spray-formed urethane skin technology. All the materials scream luxury, and all the parts whisper smooth. Every knob, switch, and moving part seems to be glazed with Teflon.
In fact, the moving parts of the tilting and telescoping steering wheel are coated with a resin for ease of operation.
Put the TSX in motion, and it quickly becomes evident that Acura allocated plenty of money elsewhere. An epitome of refinement, the 2. Similar to other high-revving Honda four-bangers, the TSX mill doesn't deliver much grunt below rpm, but as the tachometer creeps toward peak torque, the engine pulls strongly to rpm, at which point the cam profiles go long for the rpm sprint to the redline.
Never does the engine feel as if it's working hard. Even when i-VTEC kicks in at six grand, the engine spins like an athlete "in the zone. The engine wouldn't be nearly as satisfying if not for the gem of a gearbox.
Housed in a magnesium case for weight reduction, the six-speed manual features multicone synchronizers on all gears and millimeter about 1. Consequently, the powertrain harmony makes for brisk acceleration: zero to 60 mph takes 7.
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