Overview

The Acura Vigor was a mid-size sedan manufactured by the Japanese automaker Honda and sold in Japan and USA under the Acura brand. On the US market the Acura Vigor was discontinued in 1995 and was replaced by the Acura TL. From 1981 to 1995 the Acura Vigor had three generations.

Second generation of the Acura Vigor was produced from 1985 to 1989. The car was introduced at the beginning of June 1985 and was, as its predecessor, a higher grade variant of the Honda Accord. On the Japanese market it was sold as Honda Vigor. Unlike its predecessor, Acura offered second generation of the Vigor only in four door sedan body style.

Variants

Second generation of the Vigor had two new 1.8 liter engines and a 2.0 liter. The most basic engine was the 1.8 liter with an exact displacement of 1,830 cc, this engine belonged to the A18 engine family. Maximum output of the engine was 110 hp @ 5800 rpm and a peck torque of 112 lb/ft @ 3500 rpm. The engine was available with two transmissions a standard five speed manual or an optional 4 speed automatic. If fitted with the manual, the Vigor returns 23 mpg city and 36.7 mpg highway. With the automatic it returns 23 mpg city and 30.6 mpg highway.

Second 1.8 liter had a bit smaller displacement with 1,834 cc belonging to the B18 engine family. The engine produced an output of 128 hp @ 6000 rpm and a maximum torque of 119 lb/ft @ 4000 rpm. Like the other 1.8 liter this engine too was available with the manual and the automatic transmissions. The manual Vigor returns 25.8 mpg city and 29.6 mpg highway; if fitted with the automatic 22.1 mpg city and 25.9 mpg highway

The most powerful engine was the 2.0 liter, belonging to the B20 engine family. The engine was rated to produce 121 hp @ 5500 rpm and a maximum torque of 122 lb/ft @ 5000 rpm. Transmission options for the 2.0 liter Vigor were the same as for the 1.8 liter engines. With the manual, the car returned 22.8 mpg city and 29.4 mpg highway; with the automatic returned 22.4 mpg city and 27.1 mpg highway.

Main standard featured for the second generations of the Acura Vigor were: power windows, power seats, power mirrors, power sunroof, cruise control, climate control and board computer. Beside the extra standard features, the Acura Vigor differed from the Honda Accord, having a different front grille and rear tail lights.