Acura Celebrates 20 Years in Canada

Acura's been already selling cars for 20 years in Canada as of this week!

Notable achievements in North America:

1987: Acura Legend and Integra go on sale. Legend/Legend Coupe voted as Best Import Sedan and Coupe from AJAC

1990: Acura's exotic sports car, NSX goes on sale.

1996: Acura introduces a wave of new cars: TL, RL, 1.6 EL in Canada, CL and Integra Type-R

2000: Acura's first SUV, MDX is introduced.

2001: New sports coupe, RSX replaces Integra

2004: New RL re-invents Luxury Car category

2006: Acura introduces another wave of new car: RDX, MDX, CSX/CSX Type-S in Canada, TL Type-S

Some of Acura's firsts are: first all-aluminum production automobile- Acura NSX, first in-dash satellite navigation system- Acura RL, first exclusive-to-Canada luxury automobile- Acura 1.6 EL, first luxury brand to design, engineer and assemble a car in North America- Acura CL, first standard DVD Audio Surround Sound System and Bluetooth wireless telephone interface- Acura TL and first application of Super-Handling All Wheel Drive or (SH-AWD)- Acura RL.

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