2005 Acura RL Preview Michigan

NEW YORK, NY - Front-wheel-drive cars are so last year, so gauche, so passe.

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Suburban Acura
(248) 471-9200
25000 Haggerty Rd
Farmington Hills, MI
Ann Arbor Acura
(734) 786-9115
540 Auto Mall Dr
Ann Arbor, MI
Acura of Troy
(800) 731-8356
1828 Maplelawn Dr
Troy, MI
Jeffrey Acura
(586) 296-1300
30760 Beaconsfield St
Roseville, MI
Fox Acura
(616) 942-8040
4330 29th St Se
Kentwood, MI
Halbinsel Suzuki
(906) 789-9650
200 N 30th St
Escanaba, MI
Bell-Wasik Pontiac-Buick & GMC Inc
(989) 673-6126
1014 E Dayton Rd
Caro, MI
J Mb Sales
(517) 372-0996
221 N Washington Sq
Lansing, MI
Liberty Chevrolet Inc
(248) 486-1900
30400 Lyon Center Dr E
New Hudson, MI
Wieland Truck Center of Clare
(989) 386-0776
820 Industrial Dr
Clare, MI

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Introduction

NEW YORK, NY - Front-wheel-drive cars are so last year, so gauche, so passe. It's the automotive equivalent of celebrities dabbling in kabbalah. Everyone is doing rear- or all-wheel-drive, so jump on the bandwagon or be left behind in Evan Marriott-ville. Well, no, not really. For those who live in areas with iced-over roadways, there are plenty of FWD sedan choices that keep better traction in the slippery stuff than RWD and that weigh and cost less than AWD. But there is an unfounded consumer perception, perpetuated by enthusiast publications, that luxury vehicles and front-drive are diametrically opposed. True, it's a matter of physics that rear-drive and all-wheel-drive vehicles handle curves better than nose-heavy front-drive cars, but not all luxury cars must be sporting machines. Nevertheless, consumers often choose more favorably reviewed rear- or all-wheel-drive luxury vehicles, and if you're not playing on that field you're in danger of losing sales.

What It Is

As such, that stalwart of front-drive, Honda, is giving its luxury division, Acura, a new 2005 RL sedan with standard all-wheel-drive. Showcased at the 2004 New York Auto Show in what Acura billed prototype format, the 2005 Acura RL's Super-Handling All-Wheel-Drive System (SH-AWD) distributes torque not only between the front and rear wheels, but also to the right and left wheels. Acura claims to be the first one to offer this system. "Wait a second," you say indignantly, "Hasn't the ATTESA E-TS on the Nissan Skyline GT-R been doing this for years?" Well, yes, but that system can only take away torque from the wheel with the least amount of traction; it can't add power to the wheel with more traction as on the SH-AWD system. Score one for Acura.

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Suburban Acura

(248) 471-9200
25000 Haggerty Rd
Farmington Hills, MI

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