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Acura today celebrates 40 years since debuting in America on 27 March, 1986, as the first Japanese luxury car brand. [Infiniti and Lexus appeared in 1989 – AutoCrat.] The debut of the Legend sedan and the more performance oriented Integra were important in the highly profitable luxury car market dominated by the Europeans and what were then known as the Detroit Three.
“As we celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Acura brand, we’re not just honoring our history, we’re accelerating toward a future that will continue to be defined by daring innovation, a deep commitment to Acura customers and our Precision Crafted Performance brand DNA,” said Mike Langel, assistant vice president of Acura National Sales. Continue reading
Ford Recalls for Diesel Pumps, Seat Belts, Rearview Cameras
Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) is conducting recalls for more than 252,000 vehicles for a variety of safety defects including electrical system programming management and manufacturing assembly errors. The largest involves the loss of the rearview camera image and advanced driver assistance (ADAS) systems, including pre-collision assist, lane-keeping assist, and blind-spot monitoring on model year 2022-2025 Lincoln Navigator, 2024-2025 Lincoln Nautilus, 2025 Lincoln Aviator and Explorer vehicles.
“The Image Processing Module A (IPMA) may experience a computational overload when tracking a high volume of moving objects in dense vehicle and pedestrian traffic environments. This overload can trigger a module reset; in certain instances, multiple module resets occurring over multiple ignition cycles can lead to a persistent loss of functionality,” Ford said in the mandatory safety defect recall filing made public by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) this morning. Continue reading →