Awesome news for us AWD fans, it looks like Acura is considering going with an all-AWD lineup in the future, likely headlined by the NSX and the SH RLX :thumbsup:
Acura Mulls Going All-Wheel Drive 24/7 in Bid to Cull "Acurists" ? News ? Car and Driver | Car and Driver Blog
As a long-time Subaru owner as well (have had 5 over the last 20 yrs, including the beautiful SVX), I am a true believer in the many benefits of AWD. As a performance oriented guy, SH-AWD is very effective, and the new electric SH in the SH RLX is even better, with both on and off throttle torque vectoring.
And here's an important point to remember: CAFE - Acura is going to have to meet the stringent 2017 and 2021 goals with its fleet, which means efficiency needs to jump, and fast. One way of doing that is to go AWD and increasingly ensure that the most of the sales are for models with the Hybrid drive trains like that in the SH RLX.
Matter of fact, I'd predict that with the low volume of the RLX, they might all be SH models for 2016, leaving the TLX with the mechanical SH-AWD and possibly a 2017 variant of an SH TLX as the 'performance' sedan.
Exiting stuff indeed, what do you think of this move?
Acura Mulls Going All-Wheel Drive 24/7 in Bid to Cull "Acurists" ? News ? Car and Driver | Car and Driver Blog
As a long-time Subaru owner as well (have had 5 over the last 20 yrs, including the beautiful SVX), I am a true believer in the many benefits of AWD. As a performance oriented guy, SH-AWD is very effective, and the new electric SH in the SH RLX is even better, with both on and off throttle torque vectoring.
And here's an important point to remember: CAFE - Acura is going to have to meet the stringent 2017 and 2021 goals with its fleet, which means efficiency needs to jump, and fast. One way of doing that is to go AWD and increasingly ensure that the most of the sales are for models with the Hybrid drive trains like that in the SH RLX.
Matter of fact, I'd predict that with the low volume of the RLX, they might all be SH models for 2016, leaving the TLX with the mechanical SH-AWD and possibly a 2017 variant of an SH TLX as the 'performance' sedan.
Exiting stuff indeed, what do you think of this move?
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