i saw this new acura but i don't know what it is

[Lifer]

i was driving and saw this brand new car that resembled a civic but it had acura badges on the front and the lights weren't quite like the new civics. i thought to myself riceboy with custom lights but when i pulled to the back, it said 1.7 something and the lights were also different, and it also had an acrua badge.
everything looked smooth, and not shoddy like some riceboy mod.
edmunds doens't have it in their list of acura's.

anyone know what it is?

 

[NutBucket]

Might have been a Canadian model 1.7EL or something like that. Let me find a link....

Link

 

[gregshin]

probably a TSX

 

[Vortex22]

Are you in Canada? I think they have some goofy Acura version of a Civic up there.

 

[BigSmooth]

Perhaps it was the Canadian-market Acura EL.

Edit: too slow, but I included a link!

 

[mAdD INDIAN]

It's the Acura 1.7EL which is a Canadian model only.

 

[Lifer]

i'm in NY.


ahhhh... found this in the canadian website
1.7 EL

wtf is it doing in NY w/NY plates?

 

[Vortex22]

It actually looks pretty nice.

 

[NutBucket]

Man, I really like the front end on that

 

[tnitsuj]

Originally posted by: Lifer
i'm in NY.


ahhhh... found this in the canadian website
1.7 EL

wtf is it doing in NY w/NY plates?

You can register a Canadian car in most US states.

 

[Lifer]

Originally posted by: tnitsuj

Originally posted by: Lifer
i'm in NY.


ahhhh... found this in the canadian website
1.7 EL

wtf is it doing in NY w/NY plates?

You can register a Canadian car in most US states.

what's the benefit of doing that?
other than getting cars that we don't get in the US and for those who move?

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: Lifer

Originally posted by: tnitsuj

Originally posted by: Lifer
i'm in NY.


ahhhh... found this in the canadian website
1.7 EL

wtf is it doing in NY w/NY plates?

You can register a Canadian car in most US states.

what's the benefit of doing that?
other than getting cars that we don't get in the US and for those who move?

Person probably used to live in Canada. Come on, have a mug of cafeine!

 

[geno]

Originally posted by: Lifer
i'm in NY.


ahhhh... found this in the canadian website
1.7 EL

wtf is it doing in NY w/NY plates?

You can bring cars over the boarder, though it's a little more intensive than just registering a car that's certified US legal...

 

[z0mb13]

why would they make an acura version of a civic???

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: geno

Originally posted by: Lifer
i'm in NY.


ahhhh... found this in the canadian website
1.7 EL

wtf is it doing in NY w/NY plates?

You can bring cars over the boarder, though it's a little more intensive than just registering a car that's certified US legal...

Didn't you do that with your Opel Shelby in your sig?

 

[NutBucket]

Originally posted by: z0mb13
why would they make an acura version of a civic???

Cheaper then a TSX (weak Canadian Dollar?)

 

[z0mb13]

wow so u HAVE to be a canadian resident before bringing a car back to the states??

Canada actually has cool cars that the US dont have..

for instance they have a Euro sport pacakge available for 3 series there, which is totally sweet....

 

[Lifer]

Originally posted by: z0mb13
why would they make an acura version of a civic???

yeah, as if the integra didn't dumb down the brand name enuf.
do they still wanna be associated with riceboi's?

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: z0mb13
wow so u HAVE to be a canadian resident before bringing a car back to the states??

Canada actually has cool cars that the US dont have..

for instance they have a Euro sport pacakge available for 3 series there, which is totally sweet....

No you don't have to be a Canadian to do it.

 

[geno]

Originally posted by: NutBucket

Originally posted by: z0mb13
why would they make an acura version of a civic???

Cheaper then a TSX (weak Canadian Dollar?)

It's been around longer than the TSX

 

[z0mb13]

Originally posted by: Skoorb

Originally posted by: z0mb13
wow so u HAVE to be a canadian resident before bringing a car back to the states??

Canada actually has cool cars that the US dont have..

for instance they have a Euro sport pacakge available for 3 series there, which is totally sweet....

No you don't have to be a Canadian to do it.

wait so I can just go to a dealer in canada, buy a car, then register it in the states??

 

[Lifer]

Originally posted by: Skoorb

Originally posted by: z0mb13
wow so u HAVE to be a canadian resident before bringing a car back to the states??

Canada actually has cool cars that the US dont have..

for instance they have a Euro sport pacakge available for 3 series there, which is totally sweet....

No you don't have to be a Canadian to do it.

is it more expensive? after customs and taxes, etc. and shipping the car over to the US, i don't think it'll be worth it unless you're talking over $1g in savings and you live close to the border.

 

[RagingBITCH]

That's just pathetic....an Acura badged Civic.

 

[geno]

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
That's just pathetic....an Acura badged Civic.

Just like an Acura-badged Integra?

 

[RagingBITCH]

Originally posted by: geno

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
That's just pathetic....an Acura badged Civic.

Just like an Acura-badged Integra?

At least the Integra had better engines and from what I know, just used the Civic's underpinnings. There's a market for the TSX (fills the sporty sedan void) but an obvious clone of Honda's economy car? Seriously, what the hell is the point? Acura is supposed to be upscale.