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Maybe you've heard of Mugen, the Japanese tuning outfit that specializes in making street-legal Hondas hotter when it's not building race car engines.

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Over the past few years, Acura dealerships across North America at the behest of Acura itself have spent big bucks constructing glitzy new showrooms in anticipation of new products coming down the pipeline that would be capable of competing with other big luxury marques.

Starting in 1991, Honda Accord wagons began to roam American roads, but these practical cars disappeared from our market after just a few years.

A picture of the front view of the Acura ZDX crossover. In the Acura pipeline are the ZDX crossover, shown, and a reskinned version of the European Honda Accord wagon.

Apart from Lexus, Japanese luxury brands still pale in comparison to their German rivals in terms of the number of models they produce and the prices they can command.

A few tidbits of information about new 2010, 2011 and 2012 cars have come down the pike in the last couple of days, so I'm just going to lay 'em all on you at once.

For as long as I have been writing about cars, Acura, the move-up division of Honda, has been struggling to create an identity for itself.

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It packs an enlarged and more-powerful V-10 backed by BMW's M DCT dual-clutch transmission, and lightness has been added by stripping out the interior.

Honest. In fact, as far as we're concerned, you guys made it happen. Well, 47.7% of you , anyway, as bringing over the Accord Tourer was your number one suggestion for a Honda/Acura load-lugger. In any case, in a brief press release available after the jump, Acura has announced the addition of a TSX sport wagon to its 2011 lineup, and it will ...

Lately it seems as if Acura has been magnetizing its automobiles, drawing them ever closer together.

Not so long ago the idea of a hybrid powertrain in a sports car was anathema to enthusiasts.

Two years ago at the Tokyo Auto Show, after seeing the Kizashi concept car, I asked the president of Suzuki during an interview, "Why is the world's largest brand of small cars moving into larger vehicles?" Frankly, his answer while vague was positive as if I'd struck a responsive chord.

Suzuki struggles to sell cars in the U.S., though it's a strong brand at home in Japan.

As we're getting closer to the launch date of Suzuki's new flagship sedan, the company decided to release technical specs and preliminary pricing on the Kizashi that will start under $20,000 when it goes on sale across the U.S. this December.

Remember the Suzuki Forenza? If not, don't feel bad because we had a tough time picturing it, too.

Unfortunately, this practical advice doesn't quench the thirst for champagne tastes on a beer budget.

Exterior upgrades include revised headlights, taillights and Acura's new corporate "shield" grille.