Acura Legend

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The Acura Legend is a mid-size luxury sedan and coupe produced by Honda's Acura division from the late 1980s to mid-1990s, known for helping establish Japanese luxury cars in the North American market.

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Acura Legend canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf automobile model
executive car
mid-size luxury car
assemblyLocation Japan
bodyStyle coupe
sedan
brand Acura
class mid-size luxury coupe
mid-size luxury sedan
competitor BMW 5 Series
Infiniti M30
Lexus ES
Mercedes-Benz E-Class
countryOfOrigin Japan
division Acura
surface form: Acura (Honda luxury division)
doorCountOption 2-door coupe
4-door sedan
drivetrain FWD
engineType V6
firstGenerationEnd 1990
firstGenerationStart 1985
fuelType gasoline
generationCount 2
introducedInMarket United States of America
surface form: United States
introductionYearInUS 1986
layout front-engine, front-wheel-drive
manufacturer Honda
market Europe
Japan
North America
marketPosition flagship model for Acura at launch
marketRole halo car for Acura brand in the late 1980s
notableFor being one of the first Acura models
helping establish Japanese luxury cars in North America
high reliability reputation
platform Honda KA platform
predecessor Honda Vigor (in some markets)
productionEnd 1995
productionStart 1985
safetyFeature airbags (on later models)
anti-lock brakes (on later models)
secondGenerationEnd 1995
secondGenerationStart 1990
segment luxury vehicle
soldAs Honda Legend
surface form: Honda Legend (outside North America)
successor Acura RL
Honda Legend
transmissionOption automatic transmission
manual transmission

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Acura notableModel Acura Legend
Acura RL predecessor Acura Legend