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

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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. With this success you had better bet folks at Acura were careful when doing a light restyle for the 2022 RDX, with a refresh of the exterior, interior and suspension plus added standard technology.

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Green Motorsports: The Indy 500 Greens Up Its Act

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At the heart of the Capstone process are microturbines that burn liquid or compressed natural gas, a hydrogen blend with natural gas or 100% hydrogen, all of which can be produced from renewable sources. Renewable natural gas made from organic waste is not a fossil fuel and does not involve drilling, making it appealing.

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TTAC's Best Cars of 2023

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An executive express with hips like Sharika and devastatingly powerful electric motors is the simpleton’s choice for a list like this, especially when one deploys all of its 637 horses for a 3.0 Tim Healey 2024 Acura Integra Type S: I drove one for just a few minutes at an event this fall and it was love at first drive.

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Acura provides more technical detail on NSX sports hybrid AWD powertrain, body

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Acura unveiled the production model of the next-generation NSX at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) this past January ( earlier post ), and now has provided more technical detail on the high-performance hybrid sports car and its new Sport Hybrid-AWD power unit. With the newly designed twin-turbocharged 3.5-liter

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Road Test: 2021 Cadillac XT5 Premium Luxury FWD

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Competing in the premium midsize SUV category, the 2021 Cadillac XT5 is right in the middle of stiff competition, including models from Acura, Audi, BMW, Genesis, Infiniti, Land Rover, Lexus, Lincoln, Maserati, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Tesla and Volvo. Some of these come as hybrids, plug-in hybrids or full electrics, upping the ante even more.

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Road Test: 2021 Ford Mustang EcoBoost Premium

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The electric power-assisted rack-and-pinion steering delivered confident road feel, aided by the Pirelli PZero Corsa4 ZR rated 265/40 summer tires on 19-inch, luster nickel-painted aluminum wheels. came to life with a throaty note that would grumble and pop from the active valve performance exhaust system. to go to a car show.

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Road Test: 2023 Volvo XC60 Recharge Ultimate

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Volvo has flipped its usual script with the 2023 XC60 Recharge plug-in hybrid, but it hasn’t sacrificed any of the benefits of owning a plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHEV), which is the perfect bridge between a gasoline and electric power. kilowatt electric motor good for 143 hp, producing a total of 455 hp and 523 pound-feet of torque.