2014 Acura RLX Sport Hybrid

2014 Acura RLX Sport Hybrid

2014 Acura RLX Sport Hybrid In early 2013, Acura added the 310-horsepower RLX luxurious-performance sedan with a brand new 3.Five-liter all-aluminum, direct-injected VTEC V-6 engine, a number of signature Acura technology and Precision All-Wheel Steer™ (P-AWS™), developing a new price proposition with superior cabin area and extremely good riding overall performance in Acura's flagship sedan. Acura is once more elevating the bar with the introduction of the Acura RLX Sport Hybrid SH-AWD™, the most powerful and technologically advanced Acura sedan yet and the primary to apply Acura's groundbreaking new 3-motor Sport Hybrid gadget with electric powered SH-AWD (Sport Hybrid SH-AWD).

With an instantaneous-injected V-6 engine and an all-new 7-speed dual-take hold of transmission (DCT) with built-in motor-generator powering the the front wheels, and two rear electric motors powering the rear wheels, the 377-horsepower RLX combines V8-like performance and 4-cylinder-like gas performance along side exhilarating "on the rails" handling overall performance, courtesy of its electrically-powered torque-vectoring all-wheel power machine.

The Acura RLX Sport Hybrid similarly elevates Acura's dedication to create "the synergy between guy and machine" -vehicles that clearly reply to the desire of the motive force - and deliver new levels of generation-stronger overall performance, consolation and comfort. Like the RLX with P-AWS™, the RLX Sport Hybrid offers class-main interior space and comfort and a host of signature Acura technology, together with Jewel Eye™ LED headlights, Lane Keeping Assist, Adaptive Cruise Control with Low-Speed Follow, and the subsequent era AcuraLink® connected car system. In addition, the RLX Sport Hybrid applies new Acura technologies which include:

• Head-Up Display - this primary-ever Acura head-up display tasks key information at a look at the decrease portion of the windshield immediately in the front of the motive force. Display modes include SH-AWD system operation, tachometer, turn-by way of-flip navigation, compass, ACC/LKAS along with automobile pace.
• Electronic Gear Selector - the RLX is also the first Acura to feature Acura's new absolutely digital push-button equipment selector, eliminating the traditional shift-lever and allowing the motive force to pick out drive mode (Drive, Neutral, Park) at the frenzy of a button. In addition, the device will mechanically have interaction the Electronic Parking Brake while the driving force selects park and unbuckles his/her seatbelt.
• Reactive Force Pedal - in area if a traditional spring mechanism offering force in opposition to the driver's push at the gas pedal, the RLX Sport Hybrid utilizes an electric mechanism that dynamically varies pedal force to assist the motive force in making use of the premier quantity of engine electricity in any using condition. For example, whilst hiking a snowy hill, the Reactive Force Pedal will boom pedal pressure to discourage the motive force from making use of too much engine torque that can result in undesirable tire slip.

Using smart packaging, superior aerodynamic layout and light-weight frame production, together with fuel-saving hybrid powertrain era, the RLX Sport Hybrid has the most spacious five-passenger seating in its elegance at the side of a top-elegance EPA fuel-economy rating of 28/32/30 mpg (metropolis/highway/combined).

With an extended wheelbase and wider greenhouse than competing mid-luxurious sedans, the new Acura RLX Sport Hybrid SH-AWD grants substantial indoors space in a nimbler, mid-size luxury sedan package deal. The RLX boasts the longest rear-seat legroom (38.Eight inches), and fine the front (59.6 inches) and rear (57.Zero inches) shoulder room inside the mid-luxurious elegance. The RLX superior frame design makes good sized use of high-electricity steel and aluminum, similarly helping its awesome gas performance, directly-line overall performance, and advanced coping with agility.

The new RLX Sport Hybrid SH-AWD gives an exceptional array of advanced protection, driver-assistive and facts and media technology, consisting of the usual next-generation AcuraLink™ linked automobile machine and Multi-Angle Rearview Camera; in conjunction with to be had Lane Keeping Assist System (LKAS), Adaptive Cruise Control with Low-Speed Follow and Blind Spot Information (BSI) device. Safety structures to be had on the RLX Sport Hybrid include technology which includes Collision Mitigation Brake System (CMBS), Forward Collision Warning (FCW) and Lane Departure Warning (LDW).

Utilizing Acura's next-era Advanced Compatibility Engineering™ (ACE™) frame structure, at the side of seven airbags (such as a driver's knee airbag), the RLX Sport Hybrid SH-AWD is expected to earn pinnacle-level protection rankings, along with a five-big name NCAP Overall Vehicle Score and an IIHS "TOP SAFETY PICK+" score, such as a GOOD score within the IIHS small overlap front crash check.

The RLX Sport Hybrid also gives intuitive era that reduces strain and simplifies the using and possession experience - with functions including Electronic Parking Brake with Automatic Brake Hold, a capless refueling device, Smart Entry/Smart Start keyless access gadget, clean-to-use and personalize dual contact screens, "tensionless" e-pretension front seatbelts, and available rain-sensing windshield wipers, amongst others.

Direct Ignition and Detonation/Knock Control

The RLX's Power Control Module (PCM) video display units engine features to determine the great ignition spark timing. An engine block-set up acoustic detonation/knock sensor "listens" to the engine, and based totally in this input, the PCM can retard the ignition timing to save you probably unfavourable detonation. The three.5L V-6 has an ignition coil unit for every cylinder this is located above every spark plug's access bore.

Close-Coupled Catalysts and Variable Flow Exhaust System

The exhaust manifolds of the 3.5L V-6 are solid at once into the aluminum cylinder heads to lessen weight, lower components depend, and create greater underhood area. The end result of this casting layout is that the two number one catalytic converters are located lots toward the combustion chambers. High-efficiency subsequent-generation valuable metal catalytic converters are set up immediately to the exhaust port of every cylinder head to allow extraordinarily fast converter "mild-off" after the engine starts. A vast weight financial savings is found out via removing traditional exhaust manifolds.

Downstream of the near-coupled catalytic converters, a hydroformed 2-into-1 collector pipe consists of exhaust gases to a secondary catalytic converter placed under the passenger cabin floorboard. This excessive-flow secondary catalytic converter has a massive inlet and outlet to decorate exhaust go with the flow. To stability the engine's want for quiet operation at low rpm and higher drift at excessive rpm, the RLX's twin exhaust machine incorporates a variable drift charge characteristic. Pressure-operated exhaust valves in each silencer are closed in normal operation, decreasing exhaust noise through as lots as eight dB. When the motive force demands more performance from the RLX, rising exhaust gas pressure opens each valves. The additional exhaust waft ads 5 horsepower to the engine's height output.