Acura
One of the best features of the Acura is that the cars are sold for thousands less than their luxury counterparts made by other automakers, but they manage to do it without sacrificing quality, style or comfort. Acura is an upscale automaker known for offering cars with impressive levels of luxury, features and performance.
Generally, Acura cars are not considered as glitzy or as glamorous as the premium European makes. Depending on your viewpoint, this can be a positive or a negative trait, but either way there's no denying the quality of Acura's vehicles, nor their compelling prices and overall value. The Acura brand was immediately successful. Consumers liked the features, performance and upscale image of Acura cars, along with the fact that Acuras were backed by Honda's reputation for reliability and low ownership costs. Acura introduced its crown jewel: the NSX sports car. The all-aluminum NSX was a true rival to the era's top performers and, in typical Acura fashion, undercut them in terms of price. Acura's Integra line has matured into one of the best selections of small sporty coupes and sedans in the business. Throw price/value calculations into the equation and it stands alone.
Like most 2+2 sport coupes, the Integra has plenty of legroom up front, and hardly any in the rear. Sedan versions, with their extra two inches of wheelbase, offer more than 4 inches more rear legroom, which adds up to just enough for a couple of adult's, provided they have a little cooperation from the folks up front. Cramming five people into an Integra sedan, however, means that one of them is a miniature to start with or has spent a half hour in a trash compactor prior to embarkation.
Like all Honda cars, the seats are slightly firm, above average in lateral support, nicely adjustable, and well above average in terms of long distance comfort. Instrumentation is clean, simple, and uncluttered. All controls are well marked and easy to locate without taking your eyes off the road: just reach out to adjust something and it always seems to be right where it should be. The dashboard is another piece of trademark Honda design. Unlike most dashboards, the top portion falls away from the driver and passenger, which does wonders for forward sightlines. Seeing is the first step in active safety, and Honda ranks with the best for giving drivers a good look at what's going on. Antilock brakes are standard on all but the basic RS models. As for passive safety, the Integra inventory is only average: dual airbags up front, with good crash protection built into the unit body. We expect to see side airbags in the next generation.
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