What feature on the new Acura RL is a Popular Science award winner?

Acura Super Handling All-Wheel Drive System Named To Popular Science Magazine's Best of What's New 2004

The Super Handling All-Wheel Drive(TM) (SH-AWD(TM)) system featuer?red on the all-new 2005 Acura RL performance luxury sedan has been named Best of What's New in the Automotive Technology category of Popular Science Magazine's 2004 Best of What's New list.

Best of What's New awards are presented to 100 new products and technologies in 12 categories: Auto Technology, Aviation & Space, Cars, Computing, Engineering, Gadgets, General Innovation, Home Entertainment, Home Tech, Personal Health, Photography and Recreation. Winners are featured in the December issue of Popular Science.

The Acura SH-AWD system is the first and only all-wheel-drive platform to distribute the optimum amount of torque not only between the front and rear wheels but also between the left and right rear wheels. The result is uncanny cornering performance that provides extremely neutral steering and outstanding vehicle stability.

"Being named to the Best of What's new list further confirms that the Acura Super-Handling All-Wheel Drive system is a significant advancement in automotive technology," said Dick Colliver, Acura vice president, sales. "Acura takes its reputation for technologically advanced vehicles seriously and we appreciate the recognition in such a respected publication."

"Best of What's New is the ultimate Popular Science accolade, representing a year's worth of work evaluating thousands of products," said Editor Mark Jannot. "These awards honor innovations that not only impact the way we live today, but change the way we think about the future."

The 2005 Acura RL is Acura's top-of-the-line sedan. In addition to SH-AWD, it features a 300-horsepower VTEC engine, track-tuned suspension, and a host of advanced technology including the first North American application of a real time traffic information system.

Need4Speed - 11/15/2004 2:40:26 PM

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Audi_Lover...name 1 ...just 1 MB product that is a rebadged Chrysler. My damn Lexus ES300 is a rebadged Toyota Camry. I don't see any one knocking Lexus about it !

As far as the Acura system goes...it is a good engineering design...however that same level of peformance can be duplicated with a vehicle that has AWD, Traction Control, and Active suspension. The beauty about the Acura is not so much the technology, which can be duplicated by other meanus, but it is the implementation of it.

Matthew1 - 11/15/2004 7:22:51 PM

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The Crossfire is a development of the previous generation SLK. No Mercedes-Benz product contains Chrysler engines or chassis. Any component for that matter. The SLK was developed before the Crossfire was a sparkle in Chrysler's eye.

Chrysler uses components from Mercedes-Benz. Yes. That doesn't mean Mercedes-Benz is rubbish.

A car company that is 'OWNED' as you call it, does not mean their products are inferior. It simply means they have been 'OWNED'. Do I need to be more childish for you to understand?

Matthew1 - 11/16/2004 12:32:46 PM

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His car knowledge is on par with my cat.

Audi_lover, the new SLK is not based on the Crossfire!

Get it?

The new SLK is NOT, I repeat NOT based on the Crossfire. The Crossfire is based on the previous-generation SLK. The new SLK shares nothing with any Chrysler product. Get that into your thick childish head.

Matthew1 - 11/17/2004 2:47:55 PM

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You add nothing to the discussions but blatent bias and criticism. Your lack of car knowledge and obvious hate of every car makes you look like a childish prick.

Your total reliance on surveys to give you credability is wearing thin, and the fact you cannot find merit in almost any car manufacturer shows what a dimwit you are.