It's Official: Acura To Launch X6/FX Fighter At New York Auto Show-Brilliant Move Or Suicide?

Suicide is right.....as in suicide doors. I can't wait.

— Bmw8ter (View Profile)

Posted on 3/20/2009 12:21:02 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

or somewhere in between?

— ThierryHenry14 (View Profile)

Posted on 3/20/2009 12:21:15 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

What you'll only read here is that I bet they save the biggest news for the show.

It will be a Hybrid.

Now THAT would be a killer move.

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— Agent001 (View Profile)

Posted on 3/20/2009 12:27:08 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -3   

Wonder if they'll call it the M6? Or MD6? What should it be called?

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— Agent001 (View Profile)

Posted on 3/20/2009 12:32:06 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -6   

Agent001, this thing might be a sales failure just like the X6. The X6 sold 250 units last month which is very sad. The FX sold 1,074.

The Acura MSX will sell better than the X6, because the X6 is ugly and useless compared to the X5.

BTW, it is going to be called the MSX.

BTW, Agent001, why can't we post pictures on these forums? You are the only person that can do it. Where do you upload pictures on the Agentpage? It doesn't work, I have tried. Don't you wonder why no one here has ever posted a picture in the discussion???

— DocMarten (View Profile)

Posted on 3/20/2009 12:59:05 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -1   

IMO...

If it's just another crossover X6 competitor with nothing special (eg: MDX with a new body), it'll fail, and possibly horribly: the market for new cars is bad now, and nobody wants another car with nothing special about it other than body style. On the other hand, if it's a hybrid with 300+hp, 25+mpg city and highway, and priced under the Lexus RX450h (under about $45k), they might be able to generate some interest. I doubt it, though... my money's on nothing special and flop.

— sigmabody (View Profile)

Posted on 3/20/2009 1:18:28 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

I don't know how well it will sell, but it could be cool. These sneak peeks look good.

Here's hoping they give this thing an actual name, and not the usual alpha-numeric crap.

— answer (View Profile)

Posted on 3/20/2009 1:34:15 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

it can't be any uglier than the X6.

— 1dott8 (View Profile)

Posted on 3/20/2009 2:05:26 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 4   

Wacura

— LexSucks (View Profile)

Posted on 3/20/2009 3:51:19 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

we'll have to see how it sits in real life. Based on those teaser photos, it looks like it could just as easily compete with the 5-Series GT as the X6.

— JRobUSC (View Profile)

Posted on 3/20/2009 4:14:13 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

Looks like it may be a touch flamboyant for my taste; however, the side profile and rear 3/4 shot is pretty spectacular.

— richardposluszny (View Profile)

Posted on 3/20/2009 4:37:24 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

as long as the front grille doesnt resemble the TL, then it might be pretty nice

— 2ndbimmer (View Profile)

Posted on 3/20/2009 4:51:48 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

Wow Barvaria and Asia now build an AMC Eagle.

— theoptimisticpessimist (View Profile)

Posted on 3/20/2009 7:37:54 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Looks like Acura doesn't want to make any money.

The FX may not have luggage room but atleast it has headroom. Are the back seats even real ones or will this thing be a 2+2? No way an adult will fit back there without getting a concussion.

— huu76 (View Profile)

Posted on 3/20/2009 8:13:56 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

now now, let's not forget the MDX was the "IT" SUV to have from about 00-02 or at least for people who didn't want an RX like everyone else had. It just seems to me that Acura hasn't been a leader but more so an alternative which is a good thing in that hopefully being late to the game they can make some improvements over the early arrivals like the 1st gen MDX did to the 1st gen RX.

— commander104 (View Profile)

Posted on 3/20/2009 9:13:24 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

im really excited 2 cee it!

— EducatedOpinion365 (View Profile)

Posted on 3/20/2009 11:50:35 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Another product that no one ever asked for.

The X6 flop should have taught them something.

— SmokeEm (View Profile)

Posted on 3/21/2009 1:28:02 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

Suicide. X6 is a failure for Bimmer. Not really seeing how a clone done by Acura will be any better.

— hyundaifansdotcom (View Profile)

Posted on 3/21/2009 1:38:19 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

is this a joke

— Jordanski (View Profile)

Posted on 3/21/2009 7:29:07 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3   

Monkey see, monket do.

;->

— EL34 (View Profile)

Posted on 3/22/2009 1:46:51 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

I'm excited to see this. If it's a small cross-over, it might be just what I need. They are certainly being coy about how the front end will look, and I won't argue with those who say it could make or break this vehicle. I keep sniffing around the EX35, but I think Infiniti dropped the ball with the price and the way the options were packaged. It's a G35 wagon, but was priced at a premium over the G. Acura makes good, competitively priced cars that may not be to some people's luxury standards, but with their advanced all-wheel drive system, this could hit a sweetspot. I just pray to the gods it doesn't have the cow catcher grille, but realize the odds are it does.

— finishline (View Profile)

Posted on 3/24/2009 12:53:15 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1