2010 Acura TL gets an All-New 6-Speed Manual Transmission

Honda has announced that the 2010 Acura TL SH-AWD will be available with an all-new 6-speed manual transmission.

Currently the all-new 2009 TL is only available with a 5-speed automatic transmission. Next fall the TL will be available with a manual transmission and receives other performance modifications. This is the first application of a manual transmission to Acura's SH-AWD system.

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All-New 2008 Honda Fit Wins Japan's Car of the Year Award

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The US Will Only Get 1,500 Nissan GT-R's a Year

Nissan unveiled the all-new GT-R at the LA Auto Show last week and announced a starting price of $69,850 for the supercar.

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Nissan GT-R ECU Cracked

One of the many safety features on the very fast Nissan GT-R is a speed limiter that would only switch off when a GPS link messaged back to the home office saying that the car was within the safe bounds of a race track. On normal roads the sophisticatedly encrypted ECU would only allow GT-R owners to play at speeds up to 112 mph.

All that is said to be changing however, as U.S.-based company COBB Tuning has said that it has cracked the ECU, and is in the process of in-house testing. Along with allowing the untethered GT-R to reach its fully mad top-end of 193 mph (claimed), cracking the Nissan computer should also allow COBB to tinker with fuel-mapping and boost pressure controls.

COBB has also been busy working with Nissan’s 350Z and Infiniti G37; the company plans to have aftermarket exhaust systems, suspension mods, and more electronic trickery available soon for those cars as well.

[Source: WindingRoad.com]

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2008 Lexus IS-F Confirmed with 417 Horsepower

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2010 Acura NSX Caught Testing in Germany?

Spy photographers spotted an interesting Honda S2000 in a workshop next to the Nurburgring. They managed to catch a few shots of the car, although it has remained in the workshop all day. What is interesting about the S2000 is that it has been heavily modified with riveted panels to add length and width to the car.

The hood line has been beefed up and the passenger compartment is also bigger. This test mule is very close to the new 2009/2010 NSX and Honda could be using this heavily modified S2000 to test the upcoming powertrain and platform for the next NSX. Notice the four tailpipes in back, the huge B Pillar and the heavy-duty double wishbone suspension.