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The 2009 Honda Fit has just been launched at the New York Auto Show. We've already told you about its 1.3 liter or 1.5 liter CVT mated engines and its one-touch folding rear seats. Initial impressions are that it looks a bit bigger, a bit more mature and a bit higher quality. The wheelbase has been expanded by two inches and the windshield moved forward by five.
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We first showed you the teaser shot a few weeks back, then the press release accidentally went live a short time later. But now here it is in the flesh for all you Honda-headed fan boys -- the all-new 2009 Acura TSX -- powerful double plenum grille (same as that found on the new 2009 Acura RL ) and all. The new TSeXiness is supposedly "more agile and more powerful than ever before" and that seems to be the case given the DOHC i-VTEC in-line 4-cylinder producing 201 HP and 172 lb-ft of torque with the manny tranny. Get the rest of the deets below and remember to head back here later tonight when we're expecting to have some more TSX news. Unfortunately said news is not an S-type. But we can't have everything can we? Well, yet anyway. All-new 2009 TSX is larger, more agile and more powerful than ever before, raising the standards for Acura's entry-level sedan. The second-generation Acura TSX is designed to appeal to young professionals with its keen-edge styling, athletic...
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We've already shown you photos of the 2009 Nissan Maxima , in all its funky weirdness. Now we have live shots of the latest version of Nissan's flagship, looking as shapely as it did in the 2009 Maxima spy shots . You would think they'd wait to clean the cars and do their dry runs before Jalopnik shows up. While it's got better proportions than that the outgoing Maxima, dead on the from the front it's definitely... unique. From the side it's an obvious improvement, with a more refined and luxurious look than Maximas past. We haven't gotten under the hood yet, but we expect VQ goodness. galleryPost('09maximasneak', 6, 'You Are Not Supposed To See This'); We also hear poorly substantiated rumors of a diesel engine. We'll believe that when we smell it.
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Despite the news of the eminent demise of the Ford Taurus X , we're now not as concerned because we just got our first ride in the 2009 Ford Flex . A very hip Ford rep dropped by our extremely touristgasmic digs near Times Square to give us a ride over to dinner and get a little free press for Ford's new hauler. Despite a couple of syntax errors with the next-gen GPS system, which worked fine after we used the correct name of the city, the slab sided super wagon was off to the races a slow crawl through the streets of Gotham. galleryPost('09fordflexride', 9, 'Ford Flex in Driving Miss Jalopnik'); Even though we were a little bit lukewarm over the design when we first saw the production version, on the streets the Flex actually looks pretty cool. Since we were being treated to a ride 'chauffeur style', the back seats are our area of expertise. The seats are firm and they travel on tracks so you can go all the way from huge legroom in the middle row and a reasonable...
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Rather than deal with the usual issues of a long-lead press drive engendering spy shot after spy shot of the new 2009 Acura TSX , the boys and girls from Honda's luxe brand have decided to just drop a single shot of the new TSX out the day before the press drive begins. The shot shows off basically everything you need to know about the exterior of the new TSX, giving you a real taste of that new double-plenum power grille (just like its big brother, the 2009 Acura RL , revealed in Chicago last week). In addition they've also announced we'll be seeing a performance version of the new TL sometime later this year. But for the moment, here's the deal -- the new Acura TSX is coming to the New York Auto Show , and we'd like to say more, but you'll have to wait until the embargo's up on our fearless leader getting behind the wheel this week out West. Full press release below the jump and a larger shot of the one above in the gallery below. galleryPost('2009AcuraTSX'...
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