Acura revived its Type S performance designation with this year's arrival of the redesigned 2021 TLX, whose own Type S variant is powered by a newly developed 3.0-liter turbocharged V-6 delivering 355 horsepower and 354 pound-feet of torque.
The good news is that more Type S variants are on the way. In fact, all future Acuras will have the performance option, the brand's chief, Jon Ikeda, told Motor Trend in an interview published last week.
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2021 Acura TLX Type S
“The equity we want to put on Type S is huge,” he said. “Yes, we want to put Type S on everything.”
The identities of the next two Type S variants were revealed in June when a video taken at a dealer meeting surfaced on an enthusiast forum.
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2021 Acura MDX spy shots - Photo credit: S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
The video revealed that an MDX Type S is next in the pipeline. It will be based on a redesigned MDX due later this year and will likely come with the same 3.0-liter turbocharged V-6 of the TLX Type S, although a performance hybrid configuration of some sort is also possible.
The video also revealed that a compact sedan likely replacing the ILX will be introduced after the MDX, and it too will be launched with a Type S variant. We don't expect to see the V-6 power the new compact sedan's Type S variant but with any luck we'll see it receive a version of the powertrain destined for the next Civic Si or Civic Type R due around the same time. Stay tuned.