P1zzaman

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Remember when Acura decided to discontinuing all their 2 door cars like RSX etc... to give the brand a more luxury and non racer reputation?

Well... seeing how Infinite, Lexus and all other luxury brand still making their performance cars like G35s, G37s, IS-F, etc.. I wonder if Acura is going to try for performance cars again.

shadowkahn

I think they discontinued the RSX because it was a downgrade from the Integra. That combined with the fact that you could get a Civic Si with more options for less money, and the writing was on the wall: The RSX would fail if they kept it around. Somehow I think if Acura tries to make a sport compact again, they'll screw it up, load it with luxo-crap that sport compact guys view as added weight, price it well north of what sport compact buyers can afford, and then sit around wondering why it was a flop.

surreal1221

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2011 NSX

Although we'll see how it ranks against the IS-F.

djtsmith007

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RSX was discontinued because of the insurance rates for the target market of the car 18-25 yr olds were way too high. Therefore sales were not high enough to merit the model anymore.

6spdtl-s

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what they shouldve made was something like a tsx coupe. the rsx was missing tons of features that all acuras at the time should have had standard. HID projectors, heated seats, auto climate, nav option, etc. I wouldnt even classify an rsx as an acura.

surreal1221

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpMAfsSk7jM

ggesq

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There are so many threads like this in Car Talk and in Automotive News. Please search over there as we don't need to rehash all of this. Thanks.