Acura does not build many cars like the Acura RLX: a 4-door sedan with 3.5 , built from 2012 to 2020 as electrification stopped being an experiment and the crossover took every market. Its designer of record is Hideaki Uchino (2009) / Michelle Christensen.
The story
The Acura RLX is a mid-size luxury car manufactured by Honda and produced under their Acura division since March 2013 for the 2014 model year, replacing the RL. The RLX was discontinued in 2020 after the 2020 model year.
What is underneath
Under the skin sits 3.5 . Kerb weight is 1800 -. The gearbox is a FWD: (RLX only) / 6-speed automatic (2014-17) / 10-speed automatic (2018–2020) / Hybrid AWD: / 7-Speed DCT Motor-Integrated. The wheelbase is 2850 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Its place in the line
Where it sits in Acura's history is not in doubt: the Acura RL came before it; it was built at Sayama, Saitama (Sayama Plant), Japan. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Peugeot 208, the Mazda CX-5, the Tesla Model X. Nearby in the Acura catalogue sit the Acura ADX and the Acura ARX-06.
The money
On the used market today a Acura RLX typically changes hands for $17,000–$42,400, and running it — fuel and maintenance at its age — costs about $4,284–$6,219 a year. Insurance sits around $1,630–$2,910 a year. The figures are class-level estimates from the federal record, with the formula on the methodology page; the model-year pages carry complaints, recalls and repair costs year by year.
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Acura RLX Concept