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My husband and I want to compliment Sherman from the service department. We purchased both our MDX and RDX from Radley and have been working with Sherman for the past 4 years with our services. He is very friendly, professional, and personal. He is always very responsive to our needs. Although we live in Maryland but still come to Radley for our services because of Sherman. Thumbs up for Radley to have a great associate!-Lahongly

Dealing with the salesperson (Al) at Radley Acura made customer service so simple as he made us feel so welcomed and he was very helpful in meeting our requirements. He called me up once they had the RL for the year I was looking for. I’ve been back for service once and the experience was spot on too. Radley Acura is a good place to go.-Nero

If you were one of the 18 billion people who went to see “The Avengers”recently, you probably noticed the film concludes with Robert Downey Jr.‘s Tony Stark getting into a dark red Acura convertible and driving off with Bruce Banner. (Calm down, that’s no spoiler).

But unlike the other Acuras making cameos throughout the film (the automaker having stolen the product placement mantle from Audi, whose R8 supercar was Stark’s ride in the two Iron Man films), this model doesn’t currently exist.

Yet.

Photos: ‘The Avengers’ Acura NSX

It’s a concept of the forthcoming Acura NSX, due out as a coupe around 2015, about the time the just-announced sequel to “The Avengers” will hit theaters. You may also recognize the coupe from the funny, yet controversial Super Bowl commercial featuring Jerry Seinfeld and Jay Leno.

Details on the powertrain of the NSX haven’t been released, though Acura has said it will have a mid-mounted V-6 VTEC engine with direct-injection and a dual-clutch transmission routing power to the rear wheels while a pair of electric motors power the front wheels.

Sadly, the car you see here has none of that. But unlike other concept mockups that are as functional as a foam chainsaw, this one is a working, drivable model. And the car it’s based on may surprise you.

“It’s bitchin’,” says Dave Marek as he looks at the concept.

We’re in a vacant parking lot in Torrance on the sprawling campus of the North American headquarters for Honda, Acura’s parent company. Steps away is one of the company’s key R&D centers, a fortress holding the future products for both brands that not even Iron Man could break into.

A bit of an institution at Honda, Marek has been designing Hondas and Acuras for well over two decades. His work includes the original Honda Accord station wagon, the Honda Ridgeline and Acura MDX. He’s now the director of design at the company and was integral in bringing the NSX concept to life for its silver screen debut.

Marek says the project began in June 2011, when he was handed the final pages of “The Avengers” script and told that a car was needed for Stark’s parting shot. Initially the plan was to mock up just the rear of the car, since that’s all that was needed for filming. But at the request of none other than the film’s director and screenwriter Joss Whedon, it was decided to use a full car.

This meant that Marek and his team had three months to create a working, film-ready car in time for the scene to be filmed in New York City’s Central Park during Labor Day weekend in 2011.

Deciding exactly what this film car would look like proved to be a bit of a challenge.

As you may know, Acura didn’t officially unveil the NSX concept or even confirm the company planned to bring the car to market until the Detroit Auto Show in January 2012. Yet Acura knew that photos of the film car would hit the Internet immediately after filming its scene in September 2011, four months before the Detroit show. This was because New York City doesn’t allow film crews to block public access while filming in Central Park.

(And hit the Internet they did, sparking breathless speculation as to whether the concept seen filming indicated a revival of the NSX nameplate.)

In anticipation of this, Marek and his team took the already-finalized design for the official NSX Concept and tweaked it a bit to throw off people who were on the scent for NSX clues.

The biggest difference is the film car is a convertible while the official NSX Concept is a coupe. The front end of the film car was also deliberately left vague (there are no headlights, functional or otherwise) and the sculpting of the hood and front bumpers is relatively straightforward when compared to the concept shown in Detroit.

Once the design for the film car was finalized, Marek’s team had Oxnard-based Trans FX build it. While the name might not sound familiar, TFX are the minds behind such film vehicles as the Fantasticar in the 2007 “Fantastic Four,” an alien spacecraft in “Men in Black II,” and life-size replicas of the cars from Disney’s “Cars 2.”

But rather than build “The Avengers” car from the ground up, Marek’s team and the crew at TFX drew on the history of the Acura NSX as inspiration.

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The second generation Acura RDX, the manufacturer’s smallest sport utility vehicle, debuted earlier this year as one of several new models in Honda’s upscale line.

The 2013 edition has a 3.5-liter engine producing 273 horsepower with a six-speed automatic transmission and a new all-wheel drive system. It replaces a turbo-charged four-cylinder engine.

The engine update improves gas mileage estimates to 20 mpg (city) and 28 mpg (highway). Additional changes include a small, efficient convenience upgrade. Easy-to-use pull handles behind the second row seat backs release the seats and they automatically fold flat.

The navigation system has been upgraded to a Hard Disk Drive (HDD) system, which also increases music storage capacity. A multi-view back-up camera now is standard, as well as a keyless access and a push button start. Pandora music can now be streamed wirelessly throughout the sound system. When upgrading to the technology package, a power lift tailgate is now included.

Others new features are subtle, but important. The new Acura RDX is 2.8 inches longer, .10 inches wider, .90 inches taller as well as 26 pounds lighter in the front-wheel drive edition and 93 pounds lighter with the all-wheel drive option.

The Weekly Driver Test Drive

With some exception, SUVs seem like they’ve all morphed into the same vehicle. The word utility is keen, but many SUVs are practical and versatile in name only.

Not the new Acura RDX. It’s among the small fraternity of diverse cars — $15,000 entry-level sedans to $100,000 sedans — I’ve felt like I already owned my first time in the car.

The interior design belies the vehicle’s description as a compact SUV. There are 26.1 cubic feet of cargo space with the rear seats up and 61.3 cubic feed with the seats folded down.

Driver and front passenger have ample head and legroom. Like many vehicles categorized with five-passenger capacity, the RDX is more suited for four adults or five passengers if younger children are part of the mix.

The newly designed console includes magnified, circular odometer and tachometer readouts for easy reading, and the remainder of the dials — the sound system to the heater and air conditioner are intuitive, well positioned and easy to use. The navigation screen and back-up camera clarity are superior.

With its increase to a V6 and additional horsepower, the RDX is powerful and quick, particularly for its so-called compact SUV designation. Steady speed increases are smooth, and the only concern was a slight lag during a few occasions when a quick lane change or a short freeway entrance ramp required an a near-instant burst of speed.

The best about this dealer is the service, Sherman Hashi, Assistant Service Manager, goes above and beyond to provide service he strives for perfection!!! I have never encounter this kind of service anywhere. We had an MDX and because of him bought a TL from Radley Acura. Service is about people providing quality, great experiences and taken care of customers; without Managers like Sherman I wouldn’t go back to this dealer!-Neils