Acura RLX
| Acura RLX | |
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| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | Honda |
| Also called | Honda Legend |
| Production | 2013–present |
| Model years | 2014–present |
| Assembly | Sayama Plant, Sayama, Saitama, Japan |
| Body and chassis | |
| Class | Full-size luxury car |
| Body style | 4-door sedan |
| Layout | Front engine, front-wheel drive / all wheel drive |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine | 3.5 L J35Y4 V6 |
| Transmission | 6-speed automatic (FWD) 7-speed dual-clutch transmission (AWD) |
| Dimensions | |
| Wheelbase | 2,850 mm (112.2 in) |
| Length | 4,982 mm (196.1 in) |
| Width | 1,890 mm (74.4 in) |
| Height | 1,465 mm (57.7 in) |
| Curb weight |
3969-4003 lbs (FWD) 4312-4359 lbs (AWD) |
| Chronology | |
| Predecessor | Acura RL |
3969-4003 lbs (FWD)
The Acura RLX is a full-size luxury sedan manufactured by Honda and sold under their Acura division, released in 2013. Succeeding the Acura RL, the RLX offers two versions, a front-wheel drive base model equipped with Acura's Precision All-Wheel Steer (P-AWS) four-wheel steering system, and a hybrid variant featuring SH-AWD that serves as Acura's flagship.
An October 2009 Car and Driver blog cited a dinner with Acura executives who acknowledged that the introduction of the new, larger, and in some guises, more powerful, fourth generation Acura TL made it difficult to market the then-current RL. In November 2009, an Autoweek article reported that new Honda CEO Takanobu Ito told Automotive News that Acura is going to change course. Speaking of the worldwide economy before the collapse of investment bank 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." As a result of this midstream change, Acura will be in a "low-growth period of developing new products," Ito said. "We were thinking that we could come up with glamorous, gorgeous products that would sell. Now, our premium products will be expressed in advanced environmental technologies, rather than glamorous things attached to the product," he said.
On April 4, 2012, Acura unveiled the RLX Concept, a replacement for the RL sedan, at the 2012 New York International Auto Show.
The RLX was unveiled at the 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show and went on sale on March 15, 2013. Production of the RL ended at the Saitama facility on June 16, 2012, to begin factory changeover to the RLX.
The RLX Sport Hybrid was debuted at the 2013 Los Angeles International Auto Show. Overall vehicle weight is up 357 lbs, with weight distribution (front:rear) improved from 61:39 in non-hybrids to 57:43 in hybrid models. It is offered as the Honda Legend in Japan. US sales began during September 2014, with 250 models produced for the 2014 model year and an additional 250 produced for the 2016 model year.
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