The Sports Ocean

Does the 2017 Acura NSX Have a Soul?

December 9, 2024 - by thesportsocean - Leave a Comment

Just as in Hollywood, the troubled, twice-aborted development of the Acura NSX didn’t bode well for the finished product. Delays. Indecision. Rewrites. A Japanese director and crew dumped, then replaced …

Sports Cars

The 2017 Acura ILX Is a Compact Car with Luxury Dreams

December 9, 2024 - by thesportsocean - Leave a Comment

Welcome to Critic’s Notebook, a quick and off-the-cuff collection of impressions, jottings, and marginalia on whatever The Drive writers happen to be driving. Today’s edition: the 2017 Acura ILX. I wanted to like the …