Originally posted by asianautica
About the Honda being the first luxury brand in the US. That's true, but have you ever consider maybe Nissan and Toyota did not want to take the risk and be the guinnie (sp?) pig in a brand new market? They might have thought about it but didn't know how well it'll do so they let Honda test the water first and since Acura did well, Toyota and Nissan jumped in.
Possibly, but then looking at it in a different perspective, maybe Toyota and Nissans saw Honda's success with Acura, even if it might have been their guinee(sp?) pig and envied their sucess so much they followed with their own luxury nameplates launch in 1991.