{"id":351389,"date":"2010-02-22T19:57:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-23T00:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/02\/22\/report-acura-considering-small-car-below-tsx\/"},"modified":"2010-02-22T19:57:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-23T00:57:00","slug":"report-acura-considering-small-car-below-tsx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/351389","title":{"rendered":"Report: Acura considering small car below TSX"},"content":{"rendered":"

Filed under: Coupe<\/a>, Hybrid<\/a>, Hatchback<\/a>, Acura<\/a><\/p>\n

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Acura RSX – Click above for high-res image gallery<\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n

\nWith Acura<\/a>‘s decision to nix V8 power and rear-wheel drive<\/a> in favor of new hybrid drivetrains<\/a>, dealers are worried that the brand’s relentless pursuit of Tier 1 status – on par with Audi<\/a>, BMW<\/a>, Lexus<\/a> and Mercedes-Benz<\/a> – may be threatened. But that’s not the real news.<\/p>\n

Buried at the end of an Automotive News<\/em> piece about a recent Acura dealer meeting was this gem:<\/p>\n

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“[Jeff Conrad, vice president of the Acura division] confirmed that Acura is considering a small car below the TSX sedan. The vehicle not only would compete against the BMW 1 series<\/a>, Audi A3<\/a> and Volvo C30<\/a> but also would help meet looming CAFE regulations.”<\/em><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

With the TSX<\/a>‘s growth spurt, a smaller offering from the automaker could be in order, and judging by the competition, that could mean the rebirth of the RSX. Then again, Acura could pull a CSX (an upgraded Civic for the Canadian market) or maybe even a CR-Z-based offering. Judging by the choice wording, we somehow doubt the former is in the cards, but with Acura’s recent hybrid push, something with a gas-electric drivetrain seems likely.<\/p>\n

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Gallery: Acura RSX<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n[Source: Automotive News<\/a> – Sub. Req.]<\/p>\n

Report: Acura considering small car below TSX<\/a> originally appeared on Autoblog<\/a> on Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Filed under: Coupe, Hybrid, Hatchback, Acura Acura RSX – Click above for high-res image gallery With Acura‘s decision to nix V8 power and rear-wheel drive in favor of new hybrid drivetrains, dealers are worried that the brand’s relentless pursuit of Tier 1 status – on par with Audi, BMW, Lexus and Mercedes-Benz – may be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-351389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=351389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351389\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=351389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=351389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}