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ArcelorMittal and partner Honda unveil first inner and outer door ring system; applied on 2019 Acura RDX

Green Car Congress

The partners co-engineered the system for the 2019 Acura RDX. —,Joe Riggsby, Acura RDX body development leader, Honda R&D Americas. The application isn’t just limited to SUVs and minivans, we are seeing it in pick-up trucks and small cars. The outer door ring replaced conventional multi-piece, spot-weld designs.

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Road Test: 2022 Acura RDX SH-AWD A-Spec Advance

Clean Fleet Report

Restyling a Best-Selling Premium Compact SUV. The Acura RDX has been one of the best-selling compact premium SUVs since 2006, and has sold more than 50,000 every year since 2015. A few tweaks for Acura’s best-seller. The “SH” stands for Super Handling, a big promise from a 4,059-pound compact SUV.

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Road Test: 2022 Genesis GV70 AWD 3.5T Sport Prestige

Clean Fleet Report

A Premium Small SUV with Handling Like a Sports Wagon. The all-new 2022 Genesis GV70 slots in just below the larger GV80 SUV, both of which will be joined soon by the all-electric GV60. Clean Fleet Report would not be surprised if Genesis has even more SUVs on the drawing board, with most of them being hybrids, plug-in hybrids or EVs.

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Honda Speaks About Near Future, EV Plans

The Truth About Cars

Of course, corporations are going to put their best foot forward in these types of media briefs, so you can take things with a grain of salt (or maybe Jimmy Buffett's lost shaker), but here are the highlights: As of the end of the 2023 fiscal year that ended on March 31, Honda has cut fixed costs by more than 10 percent since fiscal year 2019.

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Road Test: 2021 Buick Envision Avenir FWD

Clean Fleet Report

First introduced as a 2016 model, this Chinese-built compact crossover had a facelift in 2019 (when we last tested it ), and two short years later, is all-new for 2021. Road Test: 2020 Acura RDX. Road Test: 2019 Jaguar I-Pace EV. Flash Drive: 2019 Infiniti QX50. All-New Sleek Design with Premium Touches.

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Update: Top 10 Electric Cars

Clean Fleet Report

Tesla helped former shareholder Toyota to bring back the Toyota RAV4 EV , an electric SUV and also aided its other OEM shareholder, Daimler (which also has since divested its Tesla shares), with the Smart ED and B-Class Electric. Road Test: 2019 BMW i8 Roadster. X marks the spot of Tesla’s expansion. and has had some success.

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Road Test: 2021 Polestar 2

Clean Fleet Report

In a world obsessed with crossovers and SUVs, this is a car that looks like a tall sedan but actually provides hatchback practicality, including a fold-up panel for grocery bags that includes hooks and a strap. Lexus, Infiniti and Acura are all promising EVs, but most of those don’t even have target introduction dates.

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