The Legend was the result of Project XX, a joint venture Honda entered into with the UK's Austin Rover Group.
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Acura began an association with Marvel Entertainment in 2010, upon release of the film Iron Man 2, which featured a ZDX after the ending credits.
The music video, directed by Joseph Kahn and choreographed by Shawnette Heard, shows Jackson in an abstract anime-based, futuristic Japan, featuring an AIBO dog, morphing clothes, levitating platforms, and a futuristic Acura vehicle (Acura CL-X Concept Prototype) .
In late 2006, a new chassis for Fernández Racing's Acura team was built which included slight upgrades, leading to Lola terming the car B06/40.
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For the 2007 season, Intersport would move to the LMP1 class with a new chassis, while Fernández Racing would join the series with an upgraded B05/40 for use with the Acura Le Mans project.
It was used within a short time for a prime-time commercial for Acura automobiles.
Spice would also end its relationship with General Motors, instead becoming the factory squad for Honda, running Acura engines in SE90-based chassis.
They also began exporting bigger, more expensive cars (soon under their newly formed luxury brands like Acura, Lexus, and Infiniti) in order to make more money from a limited number of cars.
Acura | Acura TL | Acura MDX | Acura ARX-02a | The trip computer's display in a 2004 Acura TL | Acura TSX |
Fernández Racing Acura also won the LMP2 category for their third straight race while the #4 Chevrolet Corvette of Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta won Corvette Racing's final appearance in the GT1 category in the American Le Mans Series.
After losing out at the previous round at Lime Rock Park, Fernández Racing Acura won the LMP2 category for the fifth time this season, ahead of class newcomer Team Cytosport's Porsche RS Spyder.
On the Parks and Recreation episode, "Woman of the Year" (set in 2010, 14 years after the Legend was discontinued) Jean-Ralphio brags about his "pre-owned Acura Legend".
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On an episode of MTV's reality show Cribs, hip-hop artist Ludacris owns a 1993 Acura Legend sedan, which he calls his favorite car.
This package includes the latest version of Acura's navigation system, complete with a rear view camera, XM Nav-Traffic real-time traffic monitoring, and Zagat restaurant reviews.
For 2006, the Acura RL was also offered in a second trim level, the optional 'Technology Package' which included three new features: adaptive cruise control (ACC), Collision Mitigation Braking System, and Michelin PAX System run-flat tires on unique PAX 235 mm x 460 mm A ("A" for asymmetric) aluminum alloy wheels with unique 245-680R460A Michelin Pilot HX MXM 4 all-season Grand Touring type radials designed for the Michelin PAX System.
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From 2005 to 2008, Acura RL has been ranked #1 and has achieved the best car safety score (46.4) in Informed for LIFE's "2003–2009 Vehicle risk index SCOREs".
Speaking of the worldwide economy before the collapse of investment banker Lehman Brothers, Ito said through an interpreter, "Pre-Lehman, we did have the idea to produce more multicylinder engines... I see the future of Acura as a merger of BMW and Audi -- something between high performance and high technology."
He has been in many commercials for various products and companies, including Diet Coke, Philips Electronics, Bank of America, Nissan, Michelob Lite, Sears, Acura, Del Taco, Mervyns, and Behr Paint, among others.
Carcannon sells its services to Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Audi, Nissan, Infiniti, Acura, Honda, and the Council of Better Business Bureaus.
Honda Integra DC5, a Japanese sports car known as the Acura RSX in North America
The ability to transfer torque laterally between the rear wheels is similar to Mitsubishi's Super Active Yaw Control or Honda/Acura's Super Handling-All Wheel Drive.