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At the end of 2023, American Honda reported sales of more than 1.3 million units, jumping no less than 33% compared to the same period of 2022. However, Acura was only a tiny portion of the performance factor.
The namesake Honda brand led the assault on the US automotive market with deliveries of 1,162,531 vehicles, soaring no less than 32% on the back of continued interest in CR-V and Accord hybrids, Ridgeline's all-time best annual sales performance, CR-V interest, and continued love for the brand's Civic and Accord passenger cars which almost totaled 400k combined sales.
Meanwhile, Acura only delivered 145,655 examples, which is a bit more than a tenth of Honda's total. However, the premium unit has progressed even better than the mass-market counterpart, with deliveries jumping no less than 42%. So, how does American Honda maintain momentum into 2024? Well, in the real world, they are expected to bring the Civic hybrid to market, plus the all-electric Honda Prologue and Acura ZDX.
Curiously, even though some would deem these three as enough market action, the imaginative realm of digital car content creators thinks that 2024 is the ripe time to swim against the CUV, SUV, and truck current with a fresh and sporty Acura offering. More precisely, Jim, the virtual artist known as jlord8 on social media, loves messing around with all things CGI from GM and Ford, but sometimes also from Japanese brands.
For example, the pixel master recently posted his vision of a returning three-door Toyota 4Runner, taking the modern styling of the N400 Tacoma back to the SUV's short-wheelbase removable hard top roots. Now, though, he's back fiddling with passenger cars and focusing on the 2024 Acura TLX premium sport sedan. The model was subtly enhanced for the new model year, but the changes are mostly invisible.
No worries, the CGI expert now makes some pretty easy-to-distinguish modifications to the body of the $57k Acura TLX Type S by morphing it from a traditional four-door sedan into a crossover-fighting sports wagon. This estate version is merely wishful thinking, but of course, many Acura fans would love to see it roaming around and doing everything a CUV does, only better – especially when it comes to moving around town, doing the groceries, taking the kids to school and parents to work, going on long trips, and then also stopping by at the local racetrack.
Naturally, it's easy to imagine what's underneath the estate design – Acura's 355-hp 3.0-liter V6 turbo engine mated to a ten-speed automatic transmission and the company's proprietary SH-AWD (Super Handling – All Wheel Drive) setup. Unfortunately, since Acura already sells the practical Integra Type S five-door fastback and the MDX Type S, it's doubtful they would go through the trouble of deriving the TLX into an estate version.
Meanwhile, Acura only delivered 145,655 examples, which is a bit more than a tenth of Honda's total. However, the premium unit has progressed even better than the mass-market counterpart, with deliveries jumping no less than 42%. So, how does American Honda maintain momentum into 2024? Well, in the real world, they are expected to bring the Civic hybrid to market, plus the all-electric Honda Prologue and Acura ZDX.
Curiously, even though some would deem these three as enough market action, the imaginative realm of digital car content creators thinks that 2024 is the ripe time to swim against the CUV, SUV, and truck current with a fresh and sporty Acura offering. More precisely, Jim, the virtual artist known as jlord8 on social media, loves messing around with all things CGI from GM and Ford, but sometimes also from Japanese brands.
For example, the pixel master recently posted his vision of a returning three-door Toyota 4Runner, taking the modern styling of the N400 Tacoma back to the SUV's short-wheelbase removable hard top roots. Now, though, he's back fiddling with passenger cars and focusing on the 2024 Acura TLX premium sport sedan. The model was subtly enhanced for the new model year, but the changes are mostly invisible.
No worries, the CGI expert now makes some pretty easy-to-distinguish modifications to the body of the $57k Acura TLX Type S by morphing it from a traditional four-door sedan into a crossover-fighting sports wagon. This estate version is merely wishful thinking, but of course, many Acura fans would love to see it roaming around and doing everything a CUV does, only better – especially when it comes to moving around town, doing the groceries, taking the kids to school and parents to work, going on long trips, and then also stopping by at the local racetrack.
Naturally, it's easy to imagine what's underneath the estate design – Acura's 355-hp 3.0-liter V6 turbo engine mated to a ten-speed automatic transmission and the company's proprietary SH-AWD (Super Handling – All Wheel Drive) setup. Unfortunately, since Acura already sells the practical Integra Type S five-door fastback and the MDX Type S, it's doubtful they would go through the trouble of deriving the TLX into an estate version.
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