Camco Acura's Mission: Building on a reputation of integrity and
exceeding customer expectations through our experienced and knowledgeable staff,
superior service and competitive prices. Camco Acura: where customers become
friends!
Serving the OTTAWA
and GATINEAU area, Camco Acura, located at 1475 CARLING AVENUE in OTTAWA, ON, is
your premier retailer of new Acura cars and Preowned Acura vehicles. Our dedicated
sales staff and top-trained technicians are here to make your auto shopping
experience fun, easy and financially advantageous. Please utilize our various
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History of AcuraSince 1986, Acura has consistently raised the performance standards for luxury
cars, from performance coupes and sedans to the MDX sport-utility vehicle and
NSX exotic sports car. The performance luxury division of the American Honda
Motor Company, Acura is renowned for its groundbreaking technologies, superior
engineering and aggressive styling. And above all, the Acura brand is celebrated
for its unsurpassed quality. Every vehicle is built upon the premise that
integrity breeds excellence. And this ethos extends beyond its workings in the
automobile industry. From its sponsorship of sporting events to its
participation in community affairs, Acura is committed to fostering many modes
of performance.
After a decade of research and development, Acura
launched its first model, the Legend. Acura was the first Japanese luxury brand
to appear in the U.S. market, and since its arrival it has offered the luxury
car world a consistently appealing combination of precision, performance and
comfort.
The Legend sedan, the first Acura, appeared in 1986. Since then,
the Acura lineup has grown to serve a wide range of drivers who share a common
interest in luxury and performance. A large part of the success of the Legend
can be attributed to the fact that it set a new standard for luxury based on
qualities that were rare in luxury cars of the day, such as precise handling,
responsive powertrains and excellent road manners. In this respect, Acura has
had a significant effect on the way people think about luxury cars. Shortly
thereafter, the Acura Legend sedan was joined by the Acura Legend coupe and the
Acura Integra sport coupes and sedans. The Integra featured attractive contours,
high performance potential and outstanding engineering credentials at a
competitive price. Its extensive technological innovations, crisp handling and
everyday practicality made it the favorite of a generation of enthusiast
drivers.
In late 1990, the exotic Acura NSX sport coupe arrived to great
fanfare, bringing a host of new technologies to the automotive world. Motor
Trend called it the 'best sports car ever built.' The aluminum bodied,
mid-engine supercar redefined the exotic sports car. Here was a two-seater with
the performance potential of traditional European exotics but could also be
driven every day in complete comfort and with utter reliability.
In 1991,
the Acura Legend coupe won Motor Trend's prestigious Import Car of the Year
trophy. The same year, the Integra took the laurels as one of Car & Driver's
Ten Best, and the Acura Vigor sport sedan was introduced, bridging the gap
between the sporty Integra and the luxurious Legend.
The groundbreaking
Acura MDX sport-utility vehicle made its debut in 2000. Conceived and developed
at a Honda R&D facility in Ohio, the Acura MDX is built in North America.
The 265-hp V-6 engine and a custom-developed 4-wheel drive system make the MDX
uniquely qualified to travel both the freeways and the back roads with equal
confidence. Shortly after its introduction, the MDX won the prestigious Motor
Trend '2001 Sport/Utility of the Year' award.
In 2001, the streamlined
Acura RSX sports coupe was introduced. It was the first Acura to employ the
i-VTEC? system, which delivers flexibility, efficiency and LEV-II (Low Emission
Vehicle) rated emissions. The 160-hp RSX shared its debut with the even sportier
RSX Type-S, which employs a more sophisticated i-VTEC system to help wrest 200
peak horsepower from the 2.0-liter LEV-II engine. The RSX Type-S arrived on the
market with an exclusive short-throw 6-speed manual
transmission.
Performance enthusiasts across the country were forced to
reprioritize their fantasies with the April 2003 introduction of the 2004 Acura
TSX sports sedan. The 200-hp TSX, available with Sequential SportShift? 5-speed
automatic or close-ratio 6-speed manual transmission, was quickly recognized as
a 4-door antidote to the compromises of settling down.
In October of
2003, an even higher form of performance arrived with the debut of the all-new
2004 TL. From its class-leading 270-horsepower, 3.2-liter engine to the bold,
sleek lines of its redesigned exterior, the new TL redefines modern luxury.
Inside, plush leather seats and an impressive list of technologies fill the
instrument panel, including HandsFreeLink? with Bluetooth® wireless technology
and the Acura/ELS® Premium 8-speaker Surround Sound System with DVD-Audio and
DTS CD 6-disc Changer.
Now, the all-new 2005 RL is making history by
redefining the luxury performance sedan. With a 300-horsepower, V-6, VTEC
engine, it boasts the most powerful Acura engine to date. Its revolutionary
Super Handling All-Wheel Drive? (SH-AWD?) system is the world's most advanced
all-wheel-drive platform, which makes maneuvering and cornering more stable and
precise. And the all-new RL is North America's first and only automobile to
feature a telematics system with real-time traffic that displays traffic updates
24 hours a day in select metropolitan areas.
Acura In America
Acura's
penchant for building high performance, innovative and meticulously crafted
vehicles began just under 20 years ago, in 1986. With nearly a decade of
research and development to pull from, Acura introduced the Legend to the US. It
was the first Japanese luxury car on the market, and its debut combined the best
of the best-the handling virtues, performance and comfort features that grace
upscale European and America luxury marques, and the reliability, quality and
user-friendly design drivers expect from Japanese automobiles.
Innovation
reached a historic peak when the NSX debuted in 1990. With it came Variable
Valve Timing and Lift Electronic Control (VTEC?), the use of a hand-assembled
all-aluminum body, a drive-by-wire throttle, and a 4-channel Anti-Lock Braking
System (ABS).
Later that same year, the Acura Integra debuted. It was
modestly priced, yet filled with technological innovations that would come to
distinguish the Acura brand as an innovator. Its racecar style performance would
also set the pace among enthusiasts, with its good-looks, crisp-handling yet
reliable sports performance.
Excellence has enjoyed several incarnations
since then. The RL was introduced in 1996 in honor of Acura's 10th anniversary.
Hailed as their flagship, the RL was well received as a technologically advanced
touring sedan.
From its debut in 2001, the
Acura MDX introduced the notion an
SUV could have the road feel of a performance luxury car. And it worked. A
couple years later, the
Acura TSX was born, and it immediately caught the eye of those
wanting the space and safety of a sedan, but the power and performance of a
sports car. The TSX gave them both.
2003 brought the redesign of the
popular
Acura TL. Its new incarnation struck a chord with the tech-savvy consumer,
featuring innovations like Bluetooth and DVD-Audio. And in 2004, the all-new
2005 RL made its much-anticipated arrival with the most powerful Acura engine to
date, the revolutionary Super Handling All-Wheel Drive? (SH-AWD?)-the world's
most advanced all-wheel-drive system, and North America's first real-time
traffic feature. The
Acura RL's myriad of technological innovations are, indeed, proof
that the luxury performance sedan was truly reinvented.
At CAMCO ACURA, we look forward to serving you, or valued customer, for years
to come. Please stop by our dealership, located at 1475 CARLING AVENUE, OTTAWA,
ON and speak with one of our representatives today!