2016 Acura ILX - Car and Driver (blog)
The new gearbox is a sonnet to smoothness but an elegy to the enthusiast, as there is no longer a manual-transmission model in the ILX lineup. But for those fewer than five percent of ILX buyers who opted for the old six-speed manual, which came lashed to a different, port-injected 2. 4-liter four-cylinder, the performance differential will be insignificant. ) Lest those pilots remain content flying their old ILX models, Acura has made other mechanical upgrades. New calibration to the electric assist makes the steering in the 2016 ILX a bit slower but weightier and more direct than before, which Acura says is helped in part by a beefier front subframe. The front suspension bushings are upgraded and the rear anti-roll bar increases by a millimeter in diameter to improve initial turn-in. The front brake rotors now measure 12. 3 inches, up from 11. 8 in the old 2. 4-liter car, and the rears are bigger, as well. Although the ILX now delivers more feedback and a more immediate response to the road, this also makes the conservative suspension tuning more apparent. Curb weight is up by about 150 pounds and the balance of that mass shifts forward from 61 to 63 percent over the front drive wheels, which doesn’t help with understeer or the feeling that the rear of the car is merely being towed around. Source: www.caranddriver.com
