A sporty, attractive sedan and automobile that were erstwhile the entry-level cars in the Acura lineup, the TSX are whatever of the better-reviewed Acuras of recent vintage. Introduced in the 2004 mold year, the TSX has been offered in two generations in the U.S., mostly with four-cylinder engines--though a new six-cylinder version has been supplemental to the lineup latterly.
In its rank reproduction, the 2004-2008 Acura TSX had a lithe and tilt body donated by the Denizen variant of the Honda Allot. The beautify TSX already had the larger Acura TL and RL sedans substance V-6 engines, so Honda decided the smallest Acura four-door would be o.k. with a four-cylinder only. Enthusiasts preferred the packet. The 200-horsepower 2.4-liter four-cylinder engine teamed with either a five-speed semiautomatic or a six-speed recitation case and routed cognition to the advanced wheels.
Tho' it looked a bit medicine and canonic, this TSX handled really considerably and accelerated nearly as speedily as the large V-6-powered TL, thanks to its inferior edge unit. Internal, the TSX had somewhat viselike region dimensions, but a raft of expensiveness add-ons included orbiter wireless, leather seats and a sunroof--which you could also get with the somewhat inferior expensive, and many convenient, American-market Honda Compatibility. The TSX remained nigh a cultus car through this prototypal reproduction, earning discriminating reviews and nice crash-test results for front impacts, too, but side-impact striking imposition
open 5 horsepower for a complete of 205 hp, and Bluetooth became criterion.
The 2009 Acura TSX brought with it a heavier, bigger embody and to umteen admirers, the top rendering of Acura's shield-style grillwork. The four-cylinder engine carried over with a new force judgment of 201 hp, and the gearboxes were carried over, along with spry front-drive touch and a firmly, sorbent copulate. The TSX intercalary solon features, specified as a USB oftenness port and a reward audio system, and landscaped its country execution to acquire a "Top Device Pickaxe" identification from the Shelter Create for Highway Safety--an symbol repaired for most of the pursuing eld. Rear-seat people remained at a premium, yet.
In the 2010 posture gathering, the TSX carried over its four-cylinder powertrain while it adscititious a new V-6 engine alternative. The V-6 makes 280 hp and comes only with the automatonlike sending. Direction remains somewhat sharp--though the terms of the V-6 TSX soared to the stimulant 30s, fully undischarged.
Acura had plotted to render a 2.2-liter turbodiesel in the TSX for the 2010 help assemblage, but has since scrubbed those plans.
The TSX saw few added changes for 2011 and 2012, but a new TSX Van mold was sold point in the 2011 model assemblage. The van's fix drivetrain teams the four-cylinder and five-speed mechanical. Both the wagon and sedan key for the 2013 hypothesis gathering unchanged, when new Civic-based ILX sedans married the Acura roster.
