Originally posted by kazi
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.
In the mid to late 80's Acura, to me, was not a luxurious auto manufacturer. When Lexus was relesed in the early 90's, it was much more of a luxurious company in my eyes, for example, the LS400.