I watch him, too, but he's not from the Houston area. lol. And 99% of the cars he drives are not going to be cars I'm going to be buying anytime soon. They're just two different kinds of car shows. One is a mechanic who talks about the common man's car and the industry while ripping into poor workmanship by the big car manufacturers and the other is a YouTube dude who drives some really cool cars and tells you how really weird or fast they are.
lol. Yeah, he's popular in the Acura community, but the video doesn't mention that Acura fixed that car up for him just a few years ago after a wreck.
With Toyota, Mazda and Nissan all now having 30-40 grand rear wheel drive sports cars, it's frustrating that Honda hasn't even tried to reintroduce the S2000. But knowing Honda and what the did with the NSX, if they did make a new S2k it would be a hybrid automatic.
Eh. At least Lexus has entirely different rwd drivetrains for their Lexus line up while Acura is just reskined Hondas. Is rhere even a rwd Acura? Even the NSX isn't rwd.
They need to bring back all the old Acura names The legend is great name If you keep naming your cars X might as well have DMX
True. But you never know...it took a need/demand for Honda to use turbocharged engines in their cars and now we have that option (albeit for the sake of fuel economy over performance) in the Civics and Accords. Maybe we'll get a RWD integra? In all honesty all Honda has to do is just take the s2000 blueprint and make it into a coupe. Even in 2021 that would still be a very good performance car.
Acura imo fell off. Japanese brand luxury vehicles such as Lexus, Acura, and Infiniti are getting their butts kicked by Koreans and Tesla.
Acura and Infiniti fell off from quality but Lexus is still the standard for the upmost quality. I will agree that Korean carmakers are making a move into the luxury segment but its really Tesla dominating atm.
Tesla has somehow convinced people that they're "luxury" and that's almost more incredible than their technology. Infiniti/Nissan fell off when they tried to be like GM and shove out 50 new models with new tech all at once several years ago. They actually used to be reliabile vehicles, too, but ... meh. But unlike Acura, they actually try to wedge actual performance into their vehicles here and there. I think I said it in this thread, but Hyundai/Kia has been poaching a lot of BMW/Audi guys and their cars are actually viable vehicles now as opposed to the garbage they used to put out a couple of decades ago. The G 70/80 and GV 80 are sweet bang-for-the-buck cars. I actually like Hyundai's Genesis line and what they offer for the money. My only issue with them is how their cars do after 4 or 5 years since I hold onto my cars for a while. I agree about Lexus. If you want reliability year after year, in general, you just go buy a Lexus. They're always a top-2 choice and rarely fall off. My problem with them is that their cars are kind of wonky-looking or bland, and they take forever to update tech sometimes. Acura fell off when they stopped being on the cutting edge and really only cater to the masses. The masses aren't interested in necessarily having stopwatch performance. There's nothing really wrong with that, and I honestly don't care about high-horsepower and slalom or 1/4-mile times all that much when 99.9% of the time I'm sitting in stop-and-go traffic. I just want something I can punch with some faux luxury. But when they started falling in reliability, they became "just another car company" to me. The crazy thing about these vehicles nowadays is that it's about to get to the point you don't know wth you're really driving with all this platform/parts sharing among BMW, Toyota, GM, Honda, etc. One thing is for sure - it's tough to buy a first-year model of any vehicle and feel safe nowadays and with everybody going electric, yikes.
Have you researched Volvos? Swedish carmaker, with a Swedish motor that has a bunch of tech, but assembled in China. Its the Ultimate vessel of shared parts. If BMW could inject some reliability in their DNA, they would be unmatched, tied in with their performance.
Yeah, Volvos seem to have crappy reliability, too. I've never been a huge fan of them. I also like how they look from the front, but it all falls apart when viewed from the rear. They've always been family-friendly by hyping up the "great safety ratings" angle. I've tried to warm up to them, but nah. I think until recently, China's Geely owned a large percentage of Volvo's manufacturing in China. I think it was part of the usual exchange of knowledge that most car manufacturers have to enter into when going there. I think Volvo bought that ownership back a couple of months ago, but I'm not sure how all that is mixed up now. I agree on BMW, but I'm still not going to be buying a German make unless I plan on dumping the car within 4 years. Great tech and performance, but I wouldn't want to deal with the repair issues/costs down the road (or even sooner).
They lost some of their magic when they merged with Renault imo. And that reliability went out the door when they started to exclusively use that CVT transmission.
I really don't know about Hyundai/ Kia. Their GDI engines that are used in a lot of there lineups are rated as one of the most unreliable engines. Also, remember when everywhere you looked back in like 2013 or so you would see either a Kia Optima or Hyundai Sonata? (Blake Griffin comercials?) When's the last time you saw one on the road from that time period. You can still easily find a 2013 Toyota Camry or Honda Accord. Same can be said about Nissan Altimas. Nissan transmissions are the worst
https://www.motortrend.com/news/2023-acura-integra-first-look-review/ With its classic five-door shape (it was available on early models), the 2023 Acura Integra will launch with a six-speed manual transmission and a standard 1.5-liter turbo engine that should attract enthusiasts. Acura will reveal the interior later, but we expect it will look similar to the Civic's. If the Integra's overall shape looks like a Civic hatchback to you, that's because it shares a lot of parts with its Honda sibling. The Integra is based on a revised version of the Civic platform and will most likely offer a similar level of performance. Though Acura didn't spill the beans on the Integra's numbers, we expect to see somewhere around 200 hp to start. Trademark filings also indicate there will be a Type S model, which we expect will be the more powerful version that could share its bones and powertrain with the upcoming Civic Type R. Still, a standard turbo engine and six-speed manual may be enough to convince enthusiasts to take a hard look at the base Integra. Pricing will start around $30,000, which should put it in a competitive place within the segment. https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a38226240/2023-acura-integra-prototype-revealed The 2023 Integra rides on the same platform found under the Civic Si, and shares its 1.5-liter turbocharged four along with its limited-slip differential. No power output was given, but we’re guessing it’ll make at least 200 hp. Also making a comeback is an available six-speed manual transmission—the first Acura to feature a stick since the 2015 ILX. There’s also the Civic Type R’s rev-matching feature on tap. An automatic transmission will also be offered, further differentiating it from the stick-only Civic Si. Acura is mum on further details, though they did reveal that the 2023 Integra will launch sometime next year with a starting price of roughly $30,000. While it’s several grand more expensive than the Civic Si and departing ILX, Acura is banking on the performance angle to woo the hearts of younger drivers.
