2009 Acura TSX diesel delayed indefinitely, V6 TSX on the way

Posted: Oct 29, 2008
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At the 2008 Detroit Auto Show Honda announced Acura will go diesel in 2009. Steps were being taken to fit a new 2.2 liter i-DTEC diesel engine for the 2009 Acura TSX but there seems to have been a hold-up – and no, it’s not because of diesel prices.

According to various sources, the i-DTEC 2009 TSX has been put on hold indefinitely. Sources say that the automatic transmission version of the i-DTEC TSX didn’t pass emissions testing since it does not employ urea injection like the diesel Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Audi models.

The 6-speed manual has been said to have passed emissions testing but Honda refuses to only sell a manual diesel in automatic-friendly market. On the other hand, Honda is speeding up development on the V6 TSX and we’ve already heard of a V8 RL on the way.

 

Source: TCC


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  • Figurative

    A hick-up? Hmmm… Are you sure you didn't mean hiccup?

    Hick-up sounds a bit racist to me. And since I'm an Obama supporter everything sounds racist to me.

  • Ebirah

    That is very unfortunate but in the meantime, Acura should go ahead and stick their IMA system in there. They claim w/ the new Honda Insight that they have cut the cost in 1/2 and matted to their 4 cylinder should be good for ~220hp and over 30mpg.

  • beeoh

    acura has got their whole line up competing with each other. they might have a v6 in the tsx, the tl and the rl before new models come out. its about time too, the old and new tsx'a 4 banger just sounded like it was stressing the motor. big ups acura!

  • Jason

    Hell nah. The TSX don't fit a V6. Maybe TSX with turbo then yes. I say TL is the V6 TSX. Look at the price and trims/models it makes sense. Base TSX 29K > NAVI TSX 32K > Base TL V6 280HP 34K. Its like a trim. but just with a different name. If you add a V6 to the TSX it just jerks everything up. Besides a TSX does fine with a Inline4

  • dahin

    ada mobil keluaran ternaru lengkap dengan frofilnya

  • dahin

    ada mobil keluaran ternaru lengkap dengan frofilnya