mikester

Here's why I ask: My wife watches the show "Murder, She Wrote" (don't even ask me why). Well, she taped one yesterday and she was showing me a scene where they had an Acura in it with a NAV system. I couldn't tell what model it was - all I saw was the front of the car and the Acura logo, then they showed inside and you see a guy looking up something on a NAVI. It clearly said "Acura Navigation" below the screen.

Now, here'w what surprised me - the copyright on the show was 1996. If I had to guess, the car looked like an RL, but I didn't even know if those were around in '96, and I sure didn't know that nav systems were available back then.

rockinTLS

The RL had a nav option in 1996. This was the first year/model for any Acura as far as I know. It was split into regional US system using a hard drive vs. CD or DVD.

gohawks63

The RL was the first Acura to offer a navigation system, albeit the hard drive version vs. the much improved DVD-ROM version that came out in 2000.

1996 was the first year of the RL.

bebber

My friend had one of those. It was a nice but overpriced car back then. The Nav system was just introduced, so it wasn't nearly as nice as ours. It used a hard drive, didn't have as much database info, and spoke in a really funky thick Japanese accent.