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Flash Drive: 2024 Acura ZDX Type S

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The Fastest Acura SUV Ever Built The all-new 2024 ZDX is the first electric Acura and, as Quincy Tam, Acura product planner, says, it is “for their customers that are ready to take that next step into electrification.” GM underneath, but Acura throughout The ZDX comes in a base A-Spec and a performance model called Type S.

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NHTSA Expands Investigation Into Honda Steering Issue

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Reports indicate that 2023 Honda CR-Vs, 2023 Acura Integras, and 2022-2023 Honda Civics could be affected. But the investigation was expanded to the Honda CR-V and Acura Integra due to mechanical similarities between the vehicles. There also appears to be at least 13 crashes the agency believes might have been related to the issue.

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NHTSA announces follow-up recall of 2.12 million cars and SUVs over TRW airbag defects

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million Acura, Dodge, Jeep, Honda, Pontiac, and Toyota vehicles from model years 2002 to 2004 for a defect that may cause airbags to deploy inadvertently. That remedy significantly reduces the chance of an airbag deployment that presents a safety risk. US Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced today the recall of more than 2.12

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Abandoned History: Oldsmobile's Guidestar Navigation System and Other Cartography (Part VI)

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A daring aerodynamic shape, frameless windows, grandiose full-width heckblende, and in-dash Guidestar navigation were all present on the 1994 Oldsmobile Aurora show car. Information was presented to the driver via a four-inch color LCD screen, with seven different LCD keys used for inputs. No touch screen troubles here!&

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Honda discontinuing Civic Hybrid, Civic natural gas model, Accord plug-in hybrid; new BEV, PHEV models coming

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For the first five months of 2015, Honda’s total hybrid sales (including Acura models) were down 22.3% Production of the Civic Natural Gas model has been completed at our Indiana plant, but we will continue to provide a high level of service to our existing customers through CNG-certified Honda dealers.

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News: 2024 Mazda CX-90

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Mazda has been repositioning itself into the premium category, and the CX-90 will give it a larger SUV to compete with the Acura MDX , Buick Enclave , Kia Telluride , Hyundai Palisade , Subaru Ascent and Toyota Highlande r. Pricing and Availability The all-new CX-90 is scheduled to be in Mazda dealers in late March 2023.

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Road Test: 2022 Genesis GV70 AWD 3.5T Sport Prestige

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The GV70 competes against premium small SUVs including the Acura RDX , Audi Q3, BMW X3, Buick Envision , Lexus NX , Lincoln Corsair, Mercedes-Benz GLC, Tesla Model Y and the Volvo XC60. Building out a dealer network may be in the future, so they currently share showroom space with their sibling brand Hyundai. How does it compare?

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