More lol: Acura V8 won't arrive until 2015
11-29-08, 08:27 AM
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More lol: Acura V8 won't arrive until 2015
Acura has made it clear it wants to be a top tier luxury brand but to do this it will need to change its lineup to suit the tastes of wealthy buyers, who are more likely to demand RWD cars with powerful engines.
The company’s CEO Takeo Fukui recently confirmed that a new V8 engine was in the works and that it could arrive within the next 18 months. However, an inside source at Acura has told Auto Observer that there is no V8 in the immediate product-development pipeline, and that the previous comments made by Fukui were very general and were more about the development of the engine rather than the actual launch.
According to the source, the new engine won’t be ready for the next-generation RL, due around 2010 or 2011, but will most likely appear in the generation after that, sometime around 2015. Acura has major plans for its future lineup, with a range of RWD models designed to target BMW’s 3, 5, and 7-Series.
While the current global economic climate has seen most manufacturers downsizing their engines and focusing on fuel efficiency, Acura is eager to build a top tier brand image. The bigger and more powerful V8 engine should give it the boost it needs in terms of marketability.
However, fuel efficiency has not been completely forgotten. Referring to the future V8, Fukui remarked that it will be "completely different from conventional, past-generation" engines and that it will "have excellent fuel efficiency".
Another senior Acura executive, vice president Koichi Kondo, also recently revealed that a V10 engine will appear in the NSX replacement due to arrive in 2010 and there’s a strong possibility the supercar will feature a V8 option as well.
http://www.motorauthority.com/acura-...-v8-power.html
1SICK says "By 2015, Hyundai and Kia will have V-8s b4 Acura"......wait a minute...
Last edited by LexFather; 11-29-08 at 09:17 AM.
11-29-08, 08:42 AM
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11-29-08, 08:56 AM
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Funny story...
While I was home with the family this week I went in my old closet and pulled out some my 98 and 99 Road and Tracks, C&Ds, and Motor Trends. I glanced through almost all of them because I had so much free time and I want everyone to know that in the 1999 "Future Cars" issue there was talk of an Acura V8 RL, an NSX, and RWD platforms in the pipeline.
Yes, in 1999
Almost TEN years ago and these rumors were just the same as they are today.
Funny, but sad at the same time.
While I was home with the family this week I went in my old closet and pulled out some my 98 and 99 Road and Tracks, C&Ds, and Motor Trends. I glanced through almost all of them because I had so much free time and I want everyone to know that in the 1999 "Future Cars" issue there was talk of an Acura V8 RL, an NSX, and RWD platforms in the pipeline.
Yes, in 1999
Almost TEN years ago and these rumors were just the same as they are today.
Funny, but sad at the same time.
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11-29-08, 01:05 PM
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We keep hearing, over and over again, that Acura needs (or will need) a V8 to stay in buisness. You're not the only one to say it, Mike......we hear it from others as well.
But I'm still not sold on that idea. History, up to now, has shown that Acura has done OK with large V6s (even the relatively slow-selling RL keeps on), although, granted, their marketing is not as well-defined than that of Lexus or, to a lesser extent, Infiniti. And, unlike GM/Ford, we don't see any Honda/Acura execs going to the Japanese or American governments for big handouts.
But I'm still not sold on that idea. History, up to now, has shown that Acura has done OK with large V6s (even the relatively slow-selling RL keeps on), although, granted, their marketing is not as well-defined than that of Lexus or, to a lesser extent, Infiniti. And, unlike GM/Ford, we don't see any Honda/Acura execs going to the Japanese or American governments for big handouts.
11-29-08, 05:29 PM
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11-29-08, 05:44 PM
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