The station wagon used to be the favorite family vehicle, BMW, Volvo, and Subaru still make great ones now, Acura is joining that lineup with what it calls a sport wagon. Hi, I'm Dawn Hayes and I'm Vanessa Lee, and you're watching Auto Trader's new car review for the 2011 Acura TSX.

Now, it's been 14 years since Acura has built a true station wagon but now they aim to correct that. The TSX definitely has looks on its side with its racy sloping rear hatch that's also practical because with a hatch like that you're less likely to bump your head loading and unloading, and the cargo space is nice and flat with plenty of room.

The standard equipment lineup in this five-seat wagon is exceptional. There's automatic climate control Bluetooth, and a seven-speaker sound system, and there are lots of airbags including full-length side curtain bags tilt and telescoping steering wheel as well as an 8-way power driver seat with memory and a 4-way passenger seat.

There's also fog lights and a standard sunroof as well as a lot of active safety features like anti-lock brakes traction control, and computerized stability control. There are some options like a rear view camera remote engine start, and a hard drive navigation system now all these things are great to have but it can make the control panel a little busy so new driver is going to have to take a little while to get used to it.

The TSX doesn't sacrifice a comfortable ride for sporty handling its reflexes are athletic. The steering is quick and precise, and the ride is comfortable yet firm. However, the V6 version doesn't feel as light on its feet as the four-cylinder TSX you can feel the added weight of the larger engine.

Still, the interior is as quiet as any luxury sedan I'd call this an entry-level luxury vehicle without the luxury price. The base model starts at just shy of thirty thousand dollars and the V6 is about five thousand dollars more those prices make me think that Acura really wants to make a dent in the competition.

This company will only make 4,000 TSX wagons this year so if you want one you better get in line. If you're looking for more performance than the V6 is the way to go but if you want great standard equipment very good mileage plus a lot of power for a family wagon then Auto Trader recommends the four-cylinder TSX wagon.

I'm Dawn Hayes and I'm Vanessa Lee thanks for watching this new car review of the 2011 Acura TSX Sport Wagon right here on Auto Trader.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enthe station wagon used to be the favorite family vehicle bmw volvo and subaru still make great ones now acura is joining that lineup with what it calls a sport wagon hi i'm dawn hayes and i'm vanessa lee and you're watching auto trader's new car review for the 2011 acura tsx now it's been 14 years since acura has built a true station wagon but now they aim to correct that the tsx definitely has looks on its side with its racy sloping rear hatch that's also practical because with a hatch like that you're less likely to bump your head loading and unloading and the cargo space is nice and flat with plenty of room the standard equipment lineup in this five-seat wagon is exceptional there's automatic climate control bluetooth and a seven-speaker sound system and there are lots of airbags including full-length side curtain bags tilt and telescoping steering wheel as well as an 8-way power driver seat with memory and a 4-way passenger seat and there's also fog lights and a standard sunroof as well as a lot of active safety features like anti-lock brakes traction control and computerized stability control there are some options like a rear view camera remote engine start and a hard drive navigation system now all these things are great to have but it can make the control panel a little busy so new driver is going to have to take a little while to get used to it the tsx doesn't sacrifice a comfortable ride for sporty handling its reflexes are athletic the steering is quick and precise and the ride is comfortable yet firm however the v6 version doesn't feel as light on its feet as the four-cylinder tsx you can feel the added weight of the larger engine still the interior is as quiet as any luxury sedan i'd call this an entry-level luxury vehicle without the luxury price the base model starts at just shy of thirty thousand dollars and the v6 is about five thousand dollars more those prices make me think that acura really wants to make a dent in the competition this company will only make 4 000 tsx wagons this year so if you want one you better get in line if you're looking for more performance than the v6 is the way to go but if you want great standard equipment very good mileage plus a lot of power for a family wagon then autotrader recommends the four-cylinder tsx wagon i'm dawn hayes and i'm vanessa lee thanks for watching this new car review of the 2011 acura tsx sport wagon right here on autotrader the ultimate automotive marketplacethe station wagon used to be the favorite family vehicle bmw volvo and subaru still make great ones now acura is joining that lineup with what it calls a sport wagon hi i'm dawn hayes and i'm vanessa lee and you're watching auto trader's new car review for the 2011 acura tsx now it's been 14 years since acura has built a true station wagon but now they aim to correct that the tsx definitely has looks on its side with its racy sloping rear hatch that's also practical because with a hatch like that you're less likely to bump your head loading and unloading and the cargo space is nice and flat with plenty of room the standard equipment lineup in this five-seat wagon is exceptional there's automatic climate control bluetooth and a seven-speaker sound system and there are lots of airbags including full-length side curtain bags tilt and telescoping steering wheel as well as an 8-way power driver seat with memory and a 4-way passenger seat and there's also fog lights and a standard sunroof as well as a lot of active safety features like anti-lock brakes traction control and computerized stability control there are some options like a rear view camera remote engine start and a hard drive navigation system now all these things are great to have but it can make the control panel a little busy so new driver is going to have to take a little while to get used to it the tsx doesn't sacrifice a comfortable ride for sporty handling its reflexes are athletic the steering is quick and precise and the ride is comfortable yet firm however the v6 version doesn't feel as light on its feet as the four-cylinder tsx you can feel the added weight of the larger engine still the interior is as quiet as any luxury sedan i'd call this an entry-level luxury vehicle without the luxury price the base model starts at just shy of thirty thousand dollars and the v6 is about five thousand dollars more those prices make me think that acura really wants to make a dent in the competition this company will only make 4 000 tsx wagons this year so if you want one you better get in line if you're looking for more performance than the v6 is the way to go but if you want great standard equipment very good mileage plus a lot of power for a family wagon then autotrader recommends the four-cylinder tsx wagon i'm dawn hayes and i'm vanessa lee thanks for watching this new car review of the 2011 acura tsx sport wagon right here on autotrader the ultimate automotive marketplace\n"