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![(first posted 6/1/2016) I presume that being an automotive designer in 1950’s America, where design was king and you were allowed to let your imagination roam wild (even if it […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/ssszz.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Future Classic: 2010 Acura ZDX – Peak Beak")
Future Classic: 2010 Acura ZDX – Peak Beak
Posted on June 1, 2022 | 69 Comments(first posted 6/1/2016) I presume that being an automotive designer in 1950’s America, where design was king and you were allowed to let your imagination roam wild (even if it […] -
![(first posted 5/17/2016) Billed as “Precision Crafted Performance”, Acura, Honda’s upscale brand, launched in March 1986 with the sporty-looking Integra 3-door and 5-door hatchbacks, and the conservative yet sleek-styled Legend […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_2005.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1988 Acura Legend Coupe – Precision Crafted Performance")
Curbside Classic: 1988 Acura Legend Coupe – Precision Crafted Performance
Posted on May 17, 2022 | 43 Comments(first posted 5/17/2016) Billed as “Precision Crafted Performance”, Acura, Honda’s upscale brand, launched in March 1986 with the sporty-looking Integra 3-door and 5-door hatchbacks, and the conservative yet sleek-styled Legend […] -
![(first posted 8/19/2015) You’ll be entirely forgiven if this car escapes your memory – it sometimes does mine, and I’m admittedly a huge Acura enthusiast. Introduced at a time […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_0566.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1999 Acura 3.0 CL – Too Well-Rounded?")
Curbside Classic: 1999 Acura 3.0 CL – Too Well-Rounded?
Posted on August 19, 2021 | 104 Comments(first posted 8/19/2015) You’ll be entirely forgiven if this car escapes your memory – it sometimes does mine, and I’m admittedly a huge Acura enthusiast. Introduced at a time […] -
![(first posted 10/12/2012) The 1980s ushered in a seismic shift in the U.S. automobile market. The trend that had for generations carried Detroit ever higher–longer, lower and more powerful–no […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/1989AcuraIntegra01.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1989 Acura Integra LS – A Hot Hatch For The Civic Minded")
Curbside Classic: 1989 Acura Integra LS – A Hot Hatch For The Civic Minded
Posted on July 26, 2021 | 66 Comments(first posted 10/12/2012) The 1980s ushered in a seismic shift in the U.S. automobile market. The trend that had for generations carried Detroit ever higher–longer, lower and more powerful–no […] -
![Perhaps not everyone will agree but 1990 to me will always be one of Acura’s best years, and perhaps the best, full stop. Consider that it was the first year […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG_7538.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Recycling: 1990 Acura Legend Coupe – A Very Welcome Reminder Of Acura’s Peak Year")
Curbside Recycling: 1990 Acura Legend Coupe – A Very Welcome Reminder Of Acura’s Peak Year
Posted on November 26, 2020 | 26 CommentsPerhaps not everyone will agree but 1990 to me will always be one of Acura’s best years, and perhaps the best, full stop. Consider that it was the first year […] -
![(first posted 11/13/2014) Until 1984, the phrase ‘luxury car’ was largely used to described two very different types of vehicles in North America. The first was the traditional American luxury […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IMG_6215.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1989 Acura Legend LS Sedan – The Empire Strikes Back")
Curbside Classic: 1989 Acura Legend LS Sedan – The Empire Strikes Back
Posted on November 13, 2020 | 104 Comments(first posted 11/13/2014) Until 1984, the phrase ‘luxury car’ was largely used to described two very different types of vehicles in North America. The first was the traditional American luxury […] -
![Sedans aren’t helping many automakers right now. That’s certainly true for Honda. The Civic remained flat for the year and the Accord slipped by about 8%. At Acura, things were […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/20190425_151758.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Newsstand: 2019 US Auto Sales Coverage, Part 7: Honda Treads Water As Sedan Sales Evaporate; American Honda Up 0.2%")
Curbside Newsstand: 2019 US Auto Sales Coverage, Part 7: Honda Treads Water As Sedan Sales Evaporate; American Honda Up 0.2%
Posted on January 15, 2020 | 20 CommentsSedans aren’t helping many automakers right now. That’s certainly true for Honda. The Civic remained flat for the year and the Accord slipped by about 8%. At Acura, things were […] -
![While I am more of a small car person, I was encouraged to get a larger, more family friendly vehicle instead of the Mazda 2. When my mother announced she […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20170926_190314.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 2004 Acura TSX – Family Connection Leads to Family Car")
COAL: 2004 Acura TSX – Family Connection Leads to Family Car
Posted on December 15, 2019 | 23 CommentsWhile I am more of a small car person, I was encouraged to get a larger, more family friendly vehicle instead of the Mazda 2. When my mother announced she […] -
![(first posted 6/24/2013) Naming cars can be a difficult challenge. Some names are very unfitting; Ford’s Aspire, for example, was the exact opposite of anything ever aspired to. Another misnomer […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/IMG_2011.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1994 Acura Legend – True Life: “I’m A Legend”")
Curbside Classic: 1994 Acura Legend – True Life: “I’m A Legend”
Posted on June 1, 2019 | 73 Comments(first posted 6/24/2013) Naming cars can be a difficult challenge. Some names are very unfitting; Ford’s Aspire, for example, was the exact opposite of anything ever aspired to. Another misnomer […] -
![While Edward Snitkoff did a wonderful job of covering most of the vehicles at the Hudson Valley Auto Show recently, I got invited to the Media Day at the Denver […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/IMG_2387.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Future Classics: 2019 Denver Auto Show – Sightings And Musings And Tidbits, Oh My!")
Future Classics: 2019 Denver Auto Show – Sightings And Musings And Tidbits, Oh My!
Posted on April 5, 2019 | 24 CommentsWhile Edward Snitkoff did a wonderful job of covering most of the vehicles at the Hudson Valley Auto Show recently, I got invited to the Media Day at the Denver […] -
![Sometimes, being “the car guy” has unintended consequences. Last Fall (2015), an Internet friend of mine from Seattle lamented to me that she needed to get a new car, because […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Acura_RR.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1990 Integra – The Unintentional Acura")
COAL: 1990 Integra – The Unintentional Acura
Posted on April 12, 2016 | 37 CommentsSometimes, being “the car guy” has unintended consequences. Last Fall (2015), an Internet friend of mine from Seattle lamented to me that she needed to get a new car, because […] -
![I’ve loved cars my whole life, and my dream is to one day have owned a diverse selection like many of our other authors. However, as someone just shy of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/IMG_2561.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 2010 Acura TSX V6 – I Picked A Winner")
COAL: 2010 Acura TSX V6 – I Picked A Winner
Posted on February 25, 2015 | 100 CommentsI’ve loved cars my whole life, and my dream is to one day have owned a diverse selection like many of our other authors. However, as someone just shy of […] -
![I was zapping through channels the other day, pondering about the best way to explain to normal people why I call the Hyundai Tucson “Elantra Wagon” when something caught my […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/rw_800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "eBay Find: 2000 Acura Integra – The Slow and the Calm.")
eBay Find: 2000 Acura Integra – The Slow and the Calm.
Posted on December 3, 2014 | 18 CommentsI was zapping through channels the other day, pondering about the best way to explain to normal people why I call the Hyundai Tucson “Elantra Wagon” when something caught my […] -
![(first posted 11/13/2011) A little while back, we took a hard look at hardtops, including the last affordable genuine hardtop sold in the US. And we touched on how the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/CC-154-043-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1992 – 1994 Acura Vigor – The Closest Thing To A Real Four Door Hardtop")
Curbside Classic: 1992 – 1994 Acura Vigor – The Closest Thing To A Real Four Door Hardtop
Posted on September 16, 2014 | 62 Comments(first posted 11/13/2011) A little while back, we took a hard look at hardtops, including the last affordable genuine hardtop sold in the US. And we touched on how the […] -
![The scrapyards here in Western Canada are currently under a blanket of snow (or have turned into mud pits, if unseasonably warm) but I thought I would share a tour […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/junkyard.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Junkyard Tour: A Little Bit of Everything")
Junkyard Tour: A Little Bit of Everything
Posted on March 12, 2014 | 25 CommentsThe scrapyards here in Western Canada are currently under a blanket of snow (or have turned into mud pits, if unseasonably warm) but I thought I would share a tour […]
