As the 2012 North American International Auto Show came to a close last week, I think it’s fair to say Acura succeeded with their intentions to “shock and awe” the masses in Detroit. I’d like to share great article from Kelly Taylor of The Chronicle Hearld which pretty much sums up the effect Acura had at the event. I particularly like this excerpt:

“in a crowd of automotive cynics, where journalists rarely applause anything, the hoots and hollers weren’t coming from the Acura staff, they were coming from the journalists. Lamborghini would be lucky to design a car like this. Yes, that’s how good it is. Indeed, a conspiracy theorist might propose the reason Lambo and Ferrari were not at this year’s show was that they had seen the NSX and did not want to be upstaged.”

The claim about the “hoots and hollers” were indeed true. It’s something that rarely happens at these unveilings, and it surprised many that were there, myself included. The overwhelming response was both welcomed and encouraging for Acura, which hopes to revitalize and reestablish itself in the luxury market for 2012.

See the short clip and the full article at thechronicleherald.ca.

[Source: The Chronicle Hearld]

As a proud sponsor and official vehicle of the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, Acura is on location with the “Acura Studio” in Park City Utah. Aside from celebrities like Rashida Jones and Elijah Woods dropping in, you can get a glimpse of Acura NSX Roadster featured in the upcoming Avengers Movie. There’s still time to check it out if you’re in town, the 2012 Sundance Film Festival runs from January 19 – 29.

View a few photos below, or visit Acura’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/Acura.

[Source: Acura]

The title you see is not a typo. Edmunds’ Inside Line compares the 1991 Acura NSX and the 2012 Audi R8, two models which are separated by nearly two decades of design and technology. It would be like pitting today’s 48-year-old Micheal Jordan up against the 27-year-old Labron James, who are in fact also separated by 21 years. The comparison however isn’t just a numbers game, it’s about what each vehicle represents and how well it will stand the test of time.

“Following, in no particular order, are some things most NSXs never did: leak, stall, stink, burn, ventilate their crankcase, cook their clutch, experience catastrophic electrical failure, overheat or simply strand their driver. The NSX, for all its hype, sprang from a time when mixing some mundane Honda Accord into the supercar stew, rolling it up in an aluminum body and dropping it into a market ripe for a real driver’s car was a stupendously good idea. Good enough, in fact, to last for 15 years.

Next to Porsche’s ubiquitous 911, the NSX might just be the most practical, reliable real-world supercar ever built. But in 1990 there was something more exotic about a low-slung, midengine, aluminum-bodied supercar than there was about any Porsche. And there’s still truth in that statement today. Which is why we think Audi’s R8 might be the best spiritual successor the NSX could have.” - Josh Jacquot, Inside Line

The fact that this article even exists is more than enough for me to declare the NSX the winner, but then again I am a bit biased. There is one thing I’m sure we can all agree on – the next generation NSX has got some big shoes to fill.

If you’re an NSX fan you won’t want to miss this read.

Check it out at insideline.com – 1991 Acura NSX vs. 2012 Audi R8.

[Source: Edmunds' Inside Line]

Here’s your chance to get up close and personal with some of the models Acura presented at the 2012 North American International Auto Show.

NY Acura Dealers sent in the Tier10 team along with award-winning photographer Douglas Sonders to capture both the new and current models of the Acura booth. For those who attended the show, you were probably too busy wiping the drool from your chin to really take in the details of the new concepts. Have another look, you’ll likely find you missed some really cool design features that Jon Ikeda and the Acura Design team incorporated.

[Source: Joseph Olesh/Tier10 Marketing, Douglas Sonders]

Acura NSX Concept - Photo by Automobile Magazine

Automobile Magazine caught up with Acura’s Chief Designer Jon Ikeda at the 2012 NAIAS last week for a little discussion on the NSX Concept. A short article about the meeting revealed Ikeda’s five favorite aspects of the vehicle: Proportion, Size, Front-end graphics/roof pillars, Wheels, and Emotion. Visit automobilemag.com for more on Ikeda’s take on the NSX.

If you want to look back about five years, here’s a video interview from Road & Track featuring Jon Ikeda shortly after the Acura ASCC(Advanced Sports Car Concept) debut at NAIAS 2007.

[Source: Automobile Magazine, Road & Track]

Last week I painted the NSX Concept a metallic gray, now it’s time to see it with a little color. Thankfully, TOV member Jesse has rendered the NSX in a variety of hues, and has made them available for download in desktop-wallpaper sized 1920×1080 pixel images. I’m partial to the pearl blue color pictured above, but the white reminds me of the first generation NSX-R.

Have a look at a few below, or download the 12 MP zip file containing the 8-pack of colors at deviantart.com.

[Source: jahim-myess via deviantART]

You won’t have any trouble finding photos of Acura’s gorgeous new NSX Concept. A Google image search using the “past week” button will compile an endless amount of pages with images covering every angle and inch of the silver NSX.

While silver is usually best to bring out the lines and curves of a vehicle, seeing the same car in a darker color can give off a totally different aura. I went ahead with a photoshop job on the silver NSX Concept and painted on a new dark metallic gray color. Needless to say, I ended up with one fierce looking Acura.

Tony Stark might be getting his in red, but I think Bruce Wayne will be looking to get this one as his newest toy.

Click on the thumb below for a larger version.

[Source: Acura Connected]