2008 Acura TSX

[vexor]

TOKYO — Visitors to the international auto show here are getting a sneak preview of the next-generation Honda Accord for Japan and Europe — and the next Acura TSX for North America. The Honda Sports 4 concept sedan now is described by company insiders as an accurate precursor of the redesigned Accord. The new Accord will go into production in mid-2007 in Japan and will be sold in Europe and China. North American customers, however, will get a different design about the same time to replace the Ohio-built Accord. Honda sources told Inside Line the Sports 4 also foretells the next-generation Acura TSX, which will be based once again on the European Accord and is expected in U.S. dealerships in spring 2008. The 2008 TSX is rumored to get a high-performance, dual-overhead-cam, 2.2-liter, four-cylinder engine — perhaps a version of the 237-horsepower unit that powers the S2000 roadster — mated to a six- or seven-speed gearbox.

-Inside Line News

[ae86_16v]

I like the lines of the car, but I definitely don't like the headlights and taillights.

I like the current one more .

[Sir_GT]

It looks like a Mazda

[stracing]

if they make that, that'll be the family car

[racer_f50]

looks decent, but that front grill where the honda badge is doesn't really fit the car. And those rear lights need some restyling. I guess they're just trying to be creative, but let's see what really makes it to prototype form.

[T-Bird]

instead of the S2000 motor they should use the Turbo Four from the new RDX in it.

[saadie]

donno why .. but it seems that they were really inspired by the new vantage .. :roll:

[ferrarif1fan89]

i like everything, except for the grill and the exhaust outlets. the tailights look theyvee been lifted from the new civic coupe.

[martin100]

Don´t really like it. Front and tail lights looks like crap

[T-Bird]

what else I find weird is we are getting a redesigned TSX for 2006 from what they told us at work and they are trying to move all the older ones.

[TransAm]

Originally Posted by T-Bird what else I find weird is we are getting a redesigned TSX for 2006 from what they told us at work and they are trying to move all the older ones.

redesigned = facelifted I reckon


edit: It would have to be a quite-redesigned version of the S2000 motor, if they used that, because the TSX/Accord will be FWD, and the S2000 crank rotates turns the wrong way for a FWD set up.

I don't understand the reasons but it is something I read on a Honda forum where some guy suggested dropping an S2k motor into a Civic.

[homemade wrx]

looking at all the new cars coming out there are all starting to turn into the basic aero tear drop shape...better gas mileage/top speed but slowly rounding out the shapes of cars...I don't much care for the lines

[AlienDB7]

Kinda ugly, looks like the love child between the civic and the new mitsu eclipse... and gained extra pound :x