It's not much of a secret. We've been calling out Acura for its "meh" products for quite some time now. Don't get us wrong, we loved cars like the Legend and MDX, when it was really giving it to the European manufacturers.
Now the brand seems lost and not exactly "getting it." It's declining market share tends to agree with us.
But now that photos have emerged of an Acura drop-top that replaces Tony Stark's Audi R8, it seems to be...exciting. Something that hasn't been said of Acura in quite sometime.
Acura has admitted the car is a one-off concept and likely won't make production, and I am not saying they need to build an R8/LFA/whatever competitor; however, it does need to inspire some hope with a damn fine product.
And I have to admit, this car seems to do the trick.
But aside from what I think, what say you, Spies? What does Acura have to do to give Acura lovers of yore some hope?
Is this car, photographed on the set of the upcoming Avengers film, a glimpse of a new Acura NSX re-boot...
...That development is said to be based on a “flipped” Accord chassis, with a 400 HP mid-mounted V6 and SH-AWD. And it wouldn’t be too terribly surprising if the results looked something like this concept when it starts hitting the car show circuit. In any case, Tony Stark looks nearly as at home in this as he does in an Audi R8. That alone is the most promising sign we’ve seen from Acura in some time…
[Source: The Truth About Cars via Superherohype.com]
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