As they call it in Europe, the Accord Tourer (rebranded at TSX in North America) will have a 4 cylinder that produces somewhere in the range of 40 MPG combined. Good for touring the kids around in style. Like we mentioned above, TSX Sport Wagon is sporty looking, may not live up to that name under the hood, but you can fit grandma and three dogs in the rear compartment.

For now other details are sketchy, aside from that 2.4-liter gasoline engine and an approximately $30k price tag. At least we have a few real pictures now.

The Source: Jalopnik

As for pricing, Jalopnik hypothesizes: “the Honda Accord Crosstour starts at $29,670, just higher than the Acura TSX starting price of $29,310. It’s big brother the ZDX starts at $45,495 so we’re hoping the TSX slots somewhere in between.”

Other details (outside of a pretty obvious V6 matted to a 4-cylinder) like styling, transmission and extra features will have wait until the show’s March 31st opening…or til someone leaks details online.

The Source: Jalopnik

Acura usually borrows many of their vehicle styling from Honda and their Japanese / European design studios. When Acura realized they were in desperate needs of a Coupe Concept, they strayed away from the Japanese auto maker, which probably left some hurt feelings. Instead, they went over and asked Mercedes E-Class scribes Lorinser to give them a two-door roadster, so far the result is this front-grill mash-up “Acura” E-Class.

Lorinser is best known for the tuning kits and body re-styling of Mercedes vehicles, such as the new E-Coupe and the M5. No news on how serious this supposed Acura Coupe really is, but it is time for the once great Integra makers to have a fast two-door again.

With rumors that Honda will bring back the NSX in the form of HSV next year, MORE rumors pop up that Acura’s NSX will be resurrected. That’s right sports fans – Acura’s NSX supercar may rise from the dead. Why? Well Acura needs to run something in the Super GT racing series. This race requires production vehicles to be entered – so Acura will have to work on bringing back the NSX. Honda/Acura’s resurrected sportster will be the perfect ride for such an event.

According to sources at Inside Line & World Car Fans: While details are limited, the race car is expected to be virtually identical to the production NSX that was killed off late last year. However, the NSX racer will reportedly use a 3.4-liter V8 instead of a 5.0-liter V10 which was expected in the production model.

The Source: WCF

Originally cast under the Honda name, NSX was conceptualized in the late 1980′s and came to life as an Acura in 1990. NSX sports a mid-engine, rear-wheel drive layout and was powered by an all-aluminum V6. It was one of the more popular carriers of VTEC: “variable valve timing and lift electronic control.”

One of the first magazine articles showed the lightweight 3.0L 270 bhp NSX producing a best 0-60 mph time of 5.03 seconds and 13.47 seconds for the quarter mile. Also on a Ferrari 348 to NSX comparison, a 0-60 mph time of 5.2 seconds was recorded for the 1991 NSX. Not bad, and with a redline of 8000 rpm you’d expect no less. NSX grew in popularity so fast that Wheels magazine in Australia awarded the Honda NSX the 1991 Car of the Year award, and the Acura-badged car was Automobile Magazine’s Automobile of the Year that same year.

NSX gathered a wide range of fans and buyers globally, but as engines advanced to be more “green” NSX began to grow elderly. By 2005, NSX unit sales amounted to a few hundred vehicles per year worldwide. Honda deemed continuation of the NSX was not economically viable, considering the very high cost of manufacturing the NSX along with the company’s growing interest in producing a new model with a V10 engine and performance on par with the most modern high performance sports cars. Thus the final year of Acura NSX came and went, but it still flourishes at car shows and on race courses world wide.

All-New TSX Sport Wagon to Arrive in Fall of 2010

Acura announced today the addition of a TSX sport wagon to its 2011 vehicle lineup. Arriving at Acura dealerships in the Fall of 2010, the TSX sport wagon will be based on the popular TSX sports sedan, which features balanced performance, advanced technology and bold styling. Additional information on the 2011 TSX sport wagon will be announced at a later date.

It’s so quiet in Tokyo, even with the 2009 Motor Show going on. Hyundai didn’t show up, Acura made it a point to let everyone know they weren’t coming. In fact, many of the world’s top auto makers skipped out on this year’s event, largely due to the economy. Cut backs in Research & Design meant less new models and no huge break throughs in design for many companies, especially in the USA. With nothing to show off or not extra cash to ship vehicles / promotions people halfway around the world, Acura’s booth, along with several others, are left empty.

Many of the cars that did show up include homemade brands – Toyota, Nissan Nd Honda all displaying new hybrids, zero-emissions and electric vehicles during the event. Maybe next year Acura will have a line-up of hybrid vehicles to pimp out.

The vehicle uses a 3.7-liter V6 VTEC engine pumping out 300-horsepower and up to 270 ft-lbs of torque, and the “Super Handling All-Wheel Drive,” aka SH-AWD, as Acura calls it. Passengers will sit under the large panoramic glass roof, supposedly the largest in class. A 10-speaker surround sound system with 15gb hard drive keeps the tunes audible for everyone. From the 19-inch aluminum wheels, to the MacPherson struts, and the 8-inch video screen. All standard, so far.

Price details have not yet been released – but Acura will keep us all posted!

Wagons have been in the news quite a bit lately—Cadillac is soon to launch a CTS wagon, Mercedes-Benz just unwrapped the eccentric E-class wagon. We’ve now heard that Acura may be on the verge of bringing out a wagon version of the TSX.

“We’re closely, closely looking at it,” said John Watts, senior manager of Acura product planning. Watts believes that the younger part of the target market for the TSX—specifically the Gen Y portion—might be open to such a variant. “Boomers, and [the older among] Gen X, who had wagons as kids don’t want one, but the new kids do,” he said. Count us in that group, too, Johnny.

It wouldn’t be hard to develop, either. A wagon version of the TSX already is sold abroad as the Honda Accord Touring. All Acura would have to do is rebadge the thing and get it approved by the feds . . . the automotive equivalent of flickin’ a (somewhat costly) switch. And with everyone looking for handy, stylish, and thrifty alternatives to gas-guzzling SUVs, we think the time is right for said switch to be flicked.

Source: Car and Driver Blog