2009 Acura TSX - Long-Term Road Test - Car and Driver
When the first-generation Acura TSX (2004–2008) reached the end of its production run, we were apprehensive. The original TSX offered only one engine—a naturally aspirated, 2. 4-liter four generating just 200 horsepower. Though no one here was smitten with the bright new overbite on the heavily chromed front fascia, we decided to give the second-gen TSX a 40,000-mile acid test to find out. Based on the Honda Accord sold in Europe, this TSX is a little bigger than the first (an increase with minimal payoff for rear-seat passengers) and a little heavier, too—about 130 pounds, depending on equipment. Our long-term test car arrived in the depths of winter—late January 2009—with 87 miles on the odo and Acura’s thoroughly proven 2. 4-liter, DOHC 16-valve aluminum four (a modest 201 horsepower and 172 pound-feet of torque) under its hood, mated to... The base price for the TSX still managed to limbo under the $30,000 bar in 2009, but the sticker for our test car, equipped with the Tech package (nav system, voice-com-box to be exemplary—long a Honda specialty—and a point of distinction for the... Source: www.caranddriver.com
