1991 Acura Legend Sedan | Retro Review 

Tengo UN Accura lejend 1991 lo vendo puedes ayudarme UN Poco de pintura y unamanguera de aire acepto ofertas

And the 2021 tlx type S is on the way!

They talked about returning to the legend and prelude. Wonder when they'll be back. For all to test drive them with the vtec

Very True !

I WANT THOSE GLOVES DAMMIT!!!!!

@@rstuff1605 i think the integra is coming back

@DJ Motovlogs I've got a page on here with my 95 Legend and most of the videos are older, and unfortunately compared to most of the cars you listed, The Legend doesn't get the love they do just because of FWD. And less power of course. And the reason I know this and it's pretty obvious as mine is a modified sedan, and again with it FWD vs RWD, I used to take mine to car meets and it received love, However not nearly as much as the ones you listed for the most part. Many didn't even know what kind of car it is! Also the lack of aftermarket performance parts and back to the Legend being FWD, I guess I stand out because I have never seen one Legend at our local car meets here in Nashville. Ever. And it's so funny that people look at it and go what the heck kind of car is that lmao

True facts they need to bring them all back these newer cars aren’t the same 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲

Don’t forget the vigor, Cressida, Mr2, gallant, diamanté, 3000gt, eclipse, j30, 929, Sentra/200sx SE-R.. thinking.. I’m sure I’m missing more..

Legacy, First Gen Impreza, First and Second Gen Altimas, Stanza, 90s Camrys, Corollas, old civics, accords, Mazda 323, 626, MX-6, Infiniti M30, Infiniti G20, and Lexus ES300 were all great sedans, and coupes. Also for SUVS, the Land Crusier, 4runner, LX470, Nissan Pathfinder, Mitsubishi Montero Sport, Infiniti QX4, Acura SLX/ISUZU Trooper, Isuzu Rodeo, Lexus RX300. Majority of them, except for some civics, accords were all built in Japan. The Bubble economy was very interesting.

And early 2000's, with the TL, TSX, RSX, S2000, Lexus GS300/400, IS300, Infiniti G35/M35, Nissan 350z, all still timeless cars.

GM for life

@@slowgoat6089 in prison?

really hoping to see the return of the Acura we love and miss with the 2021 TLX and other new models

Acura started fading after replacing the '93/'94 Legend & Vigor with the bland RL & TL .... how does Acura begin a great idea & not follow through?... even Hyundai is now following the Acura/Honda re-badge trend with their Genesis

This car looks fresh today. You'd have to go back to 1961 to cover the same amount of time between 1991 and today. Things haven't changed much in 30 years.

@The Forsaken One yes, but it still has beautiful styling

@The Forsaken One Heck no! We're so used to thinking of the world being completely revolutionized in a 30 year period, but as time goes on, less changes.

@@juusbox It just looks like an accord, it has no style, just square headlights, square tail lights, square grille, it's very safe and not jaw dropping

@@coastaku1954 safe isnt always bad

@@juusbox It's just really really boring

Very well said. Unfortunately Infiniti did the exact same thing later on by doing away with the “G” designation and totally redoing the model naming.

@japanwatchconnection I believe that Acura is now being sold in China, if I am not mistaken. I believe there is a model based on the Honda HR-V that is only sold in China, for now.

@@lervin78 Infinity committed slow suicide by turning the Q (which was more a 5 series competitor) into a Seville, and selling lightly reskinned & badged mediocre Nissan product. Nothing at Infinity is premium.

It is very sad that the marketers and upper management at Honda didn't understand that name recognition is EXTREMELY important, especially when a platform as fantastic as this started out with a fantastic NAME. Once names are replaced with script, the "feel" for a make disappears even if the new model is objectively and subjectively superior to the prior named version. Just ask Cadillac and Lincoln what happened to their sales when they retired such fantastic names as Eldorado, Seville, Fleetwood Brougham, Continental (retired for a 2nd time in recent history) , Mark series, Town Car and replaced them with totally bland letter and number combinations. I'm 49 years old and in position to purchase these nicer cars, but I just can't do it because the names are meaningless to me. A name means something and if I can't place a meaningful name with a car, the whole car is uninteresting to me.

@@2006gtobob Yup. And furthermore, after Cadillac FINALLY made things like the CTS and DTS recognizable, respected names, they went and switched it up again because... reasons? I say this as a former CTS-V owner who LOVED that car. Now I couldn't even tell you what the heck the new equivalent is. Boggles the mind that the MBA type marketing boards keep doing this nonsense.

I KNOW !! lol & that was some shit in the 80 & older & acura change the game for better

We were impressed with the casket's walnut exterior and excellent brass handles the interior was nicely finished with tastefully chosen fabrics and colors the only thing missing was a voltmeter and oil pressure gauge. Prices start at a low eleven thousand our model topped out at a reasonable twelve seven five nine.

Camera pans to pallbearer’s driving glove covered hand grabbing the brass handle.

🤣🤣🤣

Hits start with the plush interior, excellent woodwork, and fine metals used. Misses are the water leaking into the cabin, lack of gauges, and prices are just too high we think for a casket

I do that in my Lexus ES with 250k miles. Japanese really know how to make them well

And I do that on any of my “crappy” GM cars from 1990 onward. Never even check the oil between changes.. they never used any between changes even after 20 years. I don’t dare do it on my new Civic with the oil dilution issues. Every fill up I check it religiously.

1991 Honda Accord LX with 60k miles still runs in 2021

@@TheFluffyWendigo wow thats low

Early 00s up until like 2002 is when the oldschool was on the cut off 😥

@@bubblelex5051 I agree. I would probably extend it to mid 2000s w the Acura TL and inifiniti g35.

@@Wasabi9111 g35 is slightly modern to me because it's an NA v6 making alot of power and around the same as the oldschool turbo v6s

I love Acur Legend, beautiful and comfortable car

What a shame !

Not how it works. KA7 Legend design was created from 1986 to 1988, approved in early 1988, and launched in November 1990. This was 80s ingenuity, not necessarily 1991. Bubble Economy I work in a design and product planning capacity. We design cars 4-6 years out and finish our design work 2.5 to 3 years before release. And so do our competition. By the time this episode aired in March 1991, it had been over 3 years since that interior was created.

@@waterlevelroute I couldn't care less if you feel that way and obviously resurrect old discussions.

Be happy you went with the Acura. My father and I went with Mitsubishis and they were TERRIBLE! lol.

It's also to keep the pinch roller and tape head from ruining your tape just sitting there. These people know nothing about cars or audio equipment or anything else.

Me too

The legend went on to be called the acura rl in the states, it's still called the honda legend in many parts of the world

I think they should complete with Audi. Make SH-AWD standard across the board and bring back the Legend and Integra nameplates (hell even the Vigor).

@@lambrinos - Acura tried this "A6 / A7" market with the RLX (the last time the Honda Legend was sold in USDM), but with every new cycle the RL and then RLX became "too generic" and since large sedans doesn't sell (IIRC, the RLX wound up selling < 1K / year in US) "it got the axe" (2019?). Nowadays, the almost as large (US Accord-based) TLX V6 is doing a better job attracting the Legend clientele.

Seriously, bring back the exact same exterior with LEDS and an updated interior and tech and it would sell like gang busters!!

@@demikoo agreed as I still own a 95 Legend sedan. I have had a since 2004. It sits at 345K miles still with the original C32. I still drive it daily However I have modified it including properly lowered with wheels and larger tires that flow well with the car, and the looks and stares I still get, are very self-satisfying. Now it also has a full exhaust, a paint color that's light blue-suzuka blue metallic which was the same light blue on the Gen 1 S2K. It needs paint again and will probably go a darker blue metallic something different, yet still in good taste. I have a page on here if you want to check it out... nothing very new tho' All this to say what you said... Except I would upgrade the exterior just a bit to modernize the look just a hair, and to still look very very similar to the 91-95 Legend. And I know you'll agree, the look was extremely unique particularly the rear tail light section and the side view where the engine or hood rather met the two side doors. Just a beautiful car and still a pleasure after 26 years to drive and to look at. I don't know if you or y'all are performance folks or not, but about 5 years ago after I had every bolt on and of course the full exhaust and a tuned ECU plus other things, I had about 300 butt hp. I was keeping up with the 300 hp Maxima's for example... As in dead Even on high speed open highway runs. But now with so many miles, the compression is down considerably, and most likely will swap a used low mileage engine in and it may be the 3.5 from NextGenRL. And I'm still debating on whether or not swapping another C32 in, as they Rev higher and have a higher compression rate. The aftermarket was not very nice to The G2 Legend, but I was able to get solid HP and hang around some of the big boys this side of the, you know, 400 > HP mustangs Camaros BMWs etc etc etc.ect ect ect >>> lol

Acura is now becoming relevant again. Actually, Acura has always been relevant. I mean, why is the MDX the best mid size 3-row luxury SUV of all time? Because it's reliable of course.

@@amininshassi6370 Sort of. Their beak period didn’t do them well. Their sedans have been sort of blah the last 15 years. Acura was at the top of its game with the legend. It is going to take years for them to claw back to relevancy.

@@2steaksandwiches665 I don't think it would take Acura years to become relevant again. And I thought the SUVs kept Acura relevant, even though the sedans were blah. Lexus was always relevantt even with blah vehicles.

@@amininshassi6370 It may not. The new MDX looks pretty good. As does the TLX. I just feel like the last 10 years they have kind of been in no mans land. I miss the days of the legend and the Integra. That’s when I feel they were at the top of their game

@@2steaksandwiches665 Ok.

Yeah my mom told me anybody with the Acura legend was getting laid hands down

@@JDMHaze yes sir she is right 💯. the only thing i didn't like the biggest wheels you can fit was 18 so i end up putting 17 BUT my fave car ever B 💯

or AWD like the RL

It always looked like a rear wheel drive car in proportion

@Genesis Most definitely. The engine sits longitudinally and the reason the Japanese built it FWD, was for handling purposes. I still own a 95 sedan and it's modified including being properly lowered, and every bolt-on that was available and the aftermarket support was never good for the G2 Legend. So many parts have been discontinued, so think goodness for junk yards and a gentleman in Florida that can usually find the part or parts that have been discontinued for a bunch-well the few and the proud or the dumb lol, of us on the Legend enthusiast page on Facebook. Or better still on a legend and still sink money into it. I get asked a lot to sell it and It doesn't even have a price tag on it.because I would just go buy another one and do the exact kind of stuff I've already done to this one. However I've made the best of it. It needs paint now again for the 3rd time as I drive it daily somehow, And when I was taking it to car meets 5 years or so ago when it looked really really good, and showed the engine / I had to convince so many people it was FWD and not RWD... Simply due to the way the engine sat in there just like a RWD. Again longitudinal... In case you all were not aware. It's my artwork and I actually have a page on here with some older vids of it. I'm going to paint it a really unique darker color blue metallic most likely as soon as possible. And it's going to be beautiful again. It had its first wreck after owning it 14 years about about a year and a half ago. It was the kind of accident on interstate here in Nashville that you don't normally survive, particularly the car. Luckily all that came out of it was replacing the 2 front fenders and 3 of the 4 doors. And I've got all those replaced so it's now black and blue. All that to say once it is painted again, It's going to be amazingly sexy beautiful just like the car was built to look like. Except mine being lowered with different wheels and tire size that flow well with it. Imho. And for whatever reason I think it's so cool to have a modified sedan over a coupe. Don't get me wrong, the coupes are absolutely gorgeous, and much for harder to find nowadays, however You just don't modify sedans like I did (And I'm certainly not the only one to have done this over the years by a long shot), and that's the coolest part of it 🤔😉

It didn’t need to be. It beat RWD cars. Why be RWD when u can beat them

rwd v8

“If” Acura does make another Legend/RL/RLX it will probably be a 3.5tt with electric motors in the rear for SH-AWD

@@midnightbeast4481 Common sense? Not gonna happen. Died 12 years ago.

Nah, they would screw it up, just like they're doing with the Integra.

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Retro is better 🥳

Don’t sleep on the RSX Type s and 3rd gen TL. Those were gems.

@@ReidEvers Yep. Those RSX Type-S’s had the same K20 engine as the coveted 8th gen Civics. They may have came with K24’s in later years but I can’t remember for sure. Either way, awesome cars. I always thought that the TL’s with the Super Handling AWD system were awesome as well.

@@dr.lyleevans6915 Yessir, love those too. Currently driving an FG2. 07' TL Type-S was my previous car. Love both!

um no, their not. i see them regularly for slightly more ,or less, than your average bucket of bolts..

@@ReidEvers No kidding? Nice, man. When I was in my 20’s I was into the more aggressive types of cars. I’ve owned Porsche’s, multiple C5 Corvettes (99’ frc w/ all bolt-ons, 02’ Z06 w/ >500 rwhp and extensive suspension/brakes/aero/cooling/weight reduction modifications as well), 350Z, etc. Also had a few SUV’s and trucks that I modded for off-roading (3rd gen 4Runner w/ locker/35’s/winch etc., 1st gen Porsche Cayenne w/ 35’s/light bar/winch/snorkel etc., Lexus LX470 (Lexus version of the Toyota Landcruiser; nicer and just as reliable, but here in the US they are somehow less expensive), 04’ Jeep Wrangler on 33’s, square body Chevy S-10, 69’ Chevy C-10 heavily modded, 74’ F-series w/ modded 460 and 35’s, 74’ Chevy truck w/ modded 350 and 35’s, 96’ Grand Cherokee on 35’s, other stuff can’t remember lol). Also had a BMW X5 4.4i, BMW 745i, 07’ Mercedes CLS63 AMG (exhaust, chip, intake and wheels/tires. Incredibly powerful car with luxury to match. Unfortunately the upkeep was prohibitively expensive, so I didn’t get to keep it very long), and a handful of Camry-esque dailies. Needless to say, buyin’ and sellin’ vehicles is one of my big hobbies. I digress. Now that I am in my 30’s, I am beginning to appreciate cars that I either looked down on or never even considered. The RSX type S is a great example; as a Corvette owner I used to see import 4 cylinders as super weak. I didn’t realize the appeal, nor see just how fun they could be. Actually, one of my first cars was a last-gen Toyota Celica GT-S (the 2ZZ 1.8 they came with was comparable to the K20. Equal horsepower and torque, w/ the VVT-i and Vtech-like lift program that kicked in around 6,000 rpm. Only thing that really hurt mine was being the 4A instead of 6M), but it just never lit my fire. Lexus and Acura are really coming onto my radar more now as I get older too.

oh yea

FIRST

you mean no basshead here?

@@kingdingaling781 fair enough... but i wasnt first actually. and i was qouting.

Came out in 1990 (not '91) and no, cars have changed quite a bit between 1991MY and 2021MY. Safety legislation becoming a greater force between 1960 and 1990, made a huge gulf. Cars took longer to engineer in the 1980s than the 1960s, even with computers.

iPhone bro and internet, electric and water powered cars

yup

@@tayumapower 😞

I sold Acura’s back during the Legend and RL eras and I never understood why a manufacturer would give up the quality name recognition of such an amazing product that others would kill to have. People loved the Acura Legend and everything that name meant. The 2 generations of RL’s that came after just languished on lots/showrooms and all the loyal prior Acura Legend owners jump shipped to Lexus/Infiniti or one of the German competitors and with the recent discontinuation of the extremely slow selling RLX that finally ends nearly 25 years of a completely bland and lackluster product that literally did nothing in the marketplace .....and when compared to the success and competitiveness of the Legend, Acura should be ashamed that they gave that market to the competition

Unfortunately, but yes.

It was never underrated. It beat the RWD cars

Have you had to replace the engine or transmission or just regular maintenance and is it manual or automatic?

Lol..Oh the glorious memory of riding in the family K car until the wheels fell off....

I wish I had your problems. My family over in Czechoslovakia had a Škoda 105L for 26 years with a whopping 44 horsepower. If you haven't started in a week or so, you had to open the hood and manually pump up the gas to the carburetor.

Yeah, my dad kept buying Cavaliers even after all his friends had Camrys and Accords. Finally caved in and got a 1st gen Highlander when they came out. 250k miles before trading it in for another, dun dun dun...Toyota

Not to be that guy but I've got a modified 95 sedan like this one on the vid but newer and I've had it 16 years and I can smoke the new accords only because of it being modded as much as you can mod one. And I will say for sure if I was going to buy a new car I would look hard at what you've got... They look great and I'm sure the aftermarket performance parts are easy to find or come by vs how few the legend had performance market wise... But I've got them all. And all that to say if you stuck a couple of things on yours, you would annihilate me. But The new Accord... The Honda hit a Grand slam with those. And they look so much better than the Camry. The front end on the Camry is just goofy to me anyway. And I will take those to the woodshed too until I meet one that's modified because they're 300 horsepower out of the showroom. Of course mine was just 200 HP and I essentially made it into a type II And again with all the aftermarket bolt ons that are available in a couple of internals. It probably has 300 butt HP. Thing is HP is not everything of course on a car it's so many other things. I don't run a cat and I have lightened pulleys which really make a difference along with a full exhaust a CAI and several other mod parts as well. Congratulations to you my friend for picking up such a beautiful car that has plenty of power stock unlike if you were to have just a base model legend nowadays without any mods You would be embarrassed by most modern vehicles.