Back in October of 2009, Acura told us about its plans to expand its TSX lineup with a more practical station wagon variant in the fall of 2010. Today, the Japanese automaker announced that we'll get our first look at what is essentially the North American market version of the European Honda Accord Tourer (pictured here) at the New York International Auto Show on March 31.

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A defective airbag that has been linked to one death and 11 injuries in the United States over the past few years is still haunting Honda as the company today announced that it is adding 437,763 cars to its existing global safety recall over the airbag inflation problem.

The expanded recall is concentrated mainly in the United States, where nearly 378,758 vehicles are affected, but the latest announcement also covers Japan, Mexico, Taiwan and Australia.

The models added to the list concern certain 2001 and 2002 Honda Accord, Civic, Odyssey, CR-V, 2002 Pilot, 2002 Acura CL and selected 2002 Acura TL vehicles.

According to the automaker, the driver's airbag inflators in these vehicles may deploy with too much pressure causing the inflator casing to rupture and send metal fragments through the airbag cushion material possibly resulting in injury or even fatality to vehicle occupants.

Honda first issued a recall on the matter on less than 4,000 model year 2001 Accord and Civic back in November 2008. After the original recall, the Japanese automaker said that two additional incidents were reported, including one fatality from a vehicle not included in that recall.

That led Honda to expand the recall in July 2009 to include approximately 440,000 model year 2001 and 2002 Accord, Civic and certain 2002 Acura TL vehicles.

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We've yet to find a more irrational clone of the Nissan Skyline GT-R than this one that was based on a BMW 3-Series E36 Coupe, but we reckon today's eBay finding comes pretty close. Built upon a second-generation 1994 Acura Legend (most likely the coupe), the 2002 Nissan Skyline GT-R R34 replica is powered by a twin-turbocharged version of the Legend's V6 engine that produces in standard form 240-horsepower. The eBay seller guestimates that the modified V6 generates around 360-horsepower - don't take this figure for granted though. Hit the jump for more photos.

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Honda’s premium marque Acura today announced pricing for the all-new 2009 TSX sedan (sold as the Honda Accord in Europe) that will go on sale at dealerships in the U.S. on April 24th. Equipped with a 201 Hp 2.4-liter 4-cylinder unit, the 2009 TSX will be available in two guises, the base model that costs at $28,960 and the fully-featured TSX with Technology Package that will set you back by $32,060.

The 2009 TSX is available with either a 6-speed manual transmission or 5-speed automatic for no additional charge. Compared to the outgoing model, Acura hiked the TSX's prices by approximately 4.3 percent. -Continued

In case you’re wondering, the Technology Package includes a navigation system with voice recognition; a rear view camera; a 10-speaker premium sound system with multi-format 6-disc DVD-Audio changer, AM/FM tuner, Satellite Radio and Dolby Pro Logic II; and a dual-zone automatic climate control system.

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