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Written by Stephen Dobie
This is just teasing. We love a sports saloon at TG, and back in our day there used to be loads to choose from. Even Honda made one, in the shape of the thoroughly excellent Accord Type R with its thoroughly excellent manual gearchange. Then the fast SUV arrived, like a lion among the gazelles. It sent the sports saloon scarpering, with only the hardiest few burly AMGs and M Cars, and the occasional wild card from Lexus sticking around. Even Jaguar has killed the XJR, much to our sadness. Thus news of America getting a new one and a Honda, at that (kind of) has made us green with envy. This is the Acura Type S concept, and as well as being devilishly handsome, it also previews a new generation of fast posh Hondas. The Type S badge has great heritage, having been bolted to the back of numerous Honda Accord-ish saloons, but only when they had the right stuff beneath the skin. Often this meant a V6 engine with around 250bhp and a manual transmission.
Date written: 14 Aug 2019
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This is just teasing. We love a sports saloon at TG, and back in our day there used to be loads to choose from. Even Honda made one, in the shape of the thoroughly excellent Accord Type R with its thoroughly excellent manual gearchange. Then the fast SUV arrived, like a lion among the gazelles. It sent the sports saloon scarpering, with only the hardiest few burly AMGs and M Cars, and the occasional wild card from Lexus sticking around. Even Jaguar has killed the XJR, much to our sadness. Thus news of America getting a new one and a Honda, at that (kind of) has made us green with envy. This is the Acura Type S concept, and as well as being devilishly handsome, it also previews a new generation of fast posh Hondas. The Type S badge has great heritage, having been bolted to the back of numerous Honda Accord-ish saloons, but only when they had the right stuff beneath the skin. Often this meant a V6 engine with around 250bhp and a manual transmission.
Date written: 14 Aug 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 16595
