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Though it is not pictured here alongside its successors, Acura s performance brand originated with the 1997 NSX Type S for the Japanese market. It was envisioned as a bridge between the standard NSX and the hardcore Type R model. Lessons learned from the NSX led Honda s engineers to develop a performance coupe prototype called the AC-R. The AC-R was basically a show car capable of 166 mph and 1.0g of grip on a skidpad, but its real value was getting everyone inside the company jazzed about creating this kind of model under the Acura brand, said Erik Berkman, former President, Honda R&D Americas, LLC and the development leader of the AC-R and the original Type S models. Ultimately, we decided to bake all of that goodness into the Acura CL and the result was the 3.2CL Type S, the first Type S in North America.
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Regardless of the type of vehicle we’re talking about, a sporty, performance-oriented variant will always make it more appealing to certain buyers. Acura acknowledged this two decades ago and borrowed the Type S nameplate from its parent company Honda intending to build cars that combined luxury and performance.
A Type S Story: The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of Acura’s Performance Nameplate 23 Apr 2021, 11:17 UTC ·
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During the mid-1980s, Honda launched Acura in North America as a premium brand that initially marketed the executive class Legend and the compact Integra, available as a five-door and three-door hatchback.
The brand s early success encouraged Honda to expand the lineup with high-performance models introducing the innovative NSX in 1990 and the Type R version of the third generation Integra seven years later.
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TORRANCE, Calif., April 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ With Type S performance models set to return to the Acura lineup, a new video released today celebrates the history of Type S and the iconic vehicles that have worn the high-performance badge. From 2001 through 2008, Type S models played a significant role in Acura s performance lineup. Type S variants of the CL, TL and RSX delivered a dynamic driving experience with more power, improved handling and stronger braking, all without sacrificing the creature comforts and daily drivability of the core models.
With Type S performance models set to return to the Acura lineup, a new video released today celebrates the history of Type S and the iconic vehicles that have worn the high-performance badge.
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