Due to poor sales, the Vigor was dropped in Spring 1994, and as a result, no new replacements for the Vigor were sold for the 1995 model year, before it was replaced by the Acura TL in 1995. In its last model year, which went on sale in October 1993 with the 1994 Legend, all Vigors now had standard dual airbags, and the Vigor GS also included a standard CD player. The Vigor GS now included a passenger airbag. To get to 60 mph in around eight seconds.For three years, the Acura Vigor was sold as a mid-size 4-door sedan (in GS and LS models).
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All of this drivetrain trickery resulted in a 60/40 overall weight distribution as the engine assembly was able to sit more toward the rear of the car.Īnd in case you might be wondering, the Acura Vigor could beĮquipped with either a five-speed manual or a four-speed automatic and was able We’ll spare you some of the technical details, but the engineers devised a design that involved the use of a longitudinal shaft that sent power to the differential and sat underneath the middle of the engine while an intermediate shaft, which sent power to the right drive wheel, went through the crankcase. To be front-wheel drive, which meant that mounting the transmission was tricky. It offers personal sports sedan buyers the unique blend of. That was, what made it a near engineering marvel was that Acura wanted the car The Vigor sports sedan is the fourth model in the Acura line of advanced performance automobiles. Unlike the four-cylinder engines found in most cars, whichĪre mounted transversely, the Vigor’s G25A1 engine was mounted longitudinallyĪnd at a 35-degree slant in order to get the extra cylinder to fit. The oddity that it was didn’t only stem from the odd number of cylinders it contained, but also in the way that the engine was mounted. Speaking of the engine, the 2.5-liter had a single-overhead-cam cylinder head with four valves per cylinder and it produced 176 horsepower and 170 lb-ft of torque. #Acura #Vigor #AcuraVigor #Radwood #Rad #automobile #instacar #cargram #carlifestyle #automotive #automotivedaily #carscene #luxury #luxurycar #luxurycars #luxurylifestyle #carsofinstagram #carstagram #carphotography #carswithoutlimitsĪ post shared by Automobile Magazine on at 11:00am PDT A unique engine setup Tap the link in bio for our complete retrospective. There was nothing like the five-cylinder Acura Vigor in 1992. RELATED: 5 Surprisingly Quick Honda and Acura Cars Interesting, right?Įither way, it’s safe to say that the Vigor slotted right in with its stablemates. The Integra was fitted with a four-cylinderĮngine, the Vigor with a five, and the Legend with a six. Was done on purpose as the Acura model lineup at the time consisted of the Integra,įollowing the order of the body style sizes, the car’s
We’d like to think that the unique number of cylinders Was a 2.5-liter, five-cylinder engine that was not only unique for its time, but Like its Legend older brother, but with smaller and sleeker proportions.īut it was a family sedan nonetheless, and under the hood Was based on the third-generation Integra platform at the time and looked a lot Vigor had a short production cycle in North America from 1992 to 1994. Others in the lineup, but it was an Acura all the same. Ways, it was the “black sheep” of the family in that it was different than the Model that was unveiled during the early 90s was unlike all the rest.
Was bringing in most of the sales, and the Legend It saw early success from the NSX supercar, the Integra Back in the 90s, Acura was one of the bestīrands in the market.
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