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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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Honda opens new $124M wind tunnel in Ohio

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Honda opened its new $124-million wind tunnel facility in Ohio, ushering in a new era of development testing capabilities for Honda and Acura products, as well as the company’s race vehicles. The new Honda Automotive Laboratories of Ohio (HALO) facility, located at the independent Transportation Research Center Inc. mph (310 km/h).

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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. As part of these events we may be offered free transportation, lodging or meals.

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Green Motorsports: The Indy 500 Greens Up Its Act

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Green Motorsports: The Indy 500 Greens Up Its Act Marketing Renewable and Sustainable Energy At 200 MPH Environmental car racing: an oxymoron? Many of the team transporters will also be using biofuels. Not so much as you would think, especially with technology changing fast. Beginning in 2024 the cars will be powered by hybrid engines.

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Road Test: 2021 Ford Mustang EcoBoost Premium

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In 240 miles driving around Southern California we averaged 23 mpg, but in a 100-mile run with the adaptive cruise control set at 65 mph, we averaged 31.2 ZR is a speed rating, which in this case means the tire can handle speeds surpassing 150 mph. Zero-to-60 mph times were right around 5.0 The EPA has rated the EcoBoost 2.3L

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Event: WAJ Media Day: A Million Dollar Drive

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Acura TLX Type S. seconds to 60 mph. Acura TLX Type S. As part of these events we may be offered free transportation, lodging or meals. Make sure to sign-up for the Clean Fleet Report newsletter (upper right) to be alerted when longer reviews are posted on several of these cars. All are 2021 models, except where noted.

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Road Test: 2023 Volvo XC60 Recharge Ultimate

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With a fully charged battery, the XC60 Recharge can go 36 miles on pure electricity (speed-limited to about 80 mph) and has a 63 MPGe rating. Fast and composed In a few 0-60 mph runs, we consistently clocked around 4.6 As part of these events we may be offered free transportation, lodging or meals.