Acura TSX Technical Info (Continued)
Environmental Sensitivity
One of the engineering goals for the Acura TSX program was to help protect
the environment. Appropriately, in engineering and building the TSX, engineers
sought various methods to make the vehicle more efficient, cleaner in operation
and more completely recyclable.
Some of Acura's specific accomplishments include:
Reducing overall vehicle weight reduces the energy required to power the
vehicle. Lightweight components include a magnesium manual transmission case
(25-percent weight reduction), aluminum rear suspension knuckle (43-percent
weight reduction), aluminum wheels and a lightweight melt-sheet insulator
(17-percent weight reduction).
- Elimination of lead in construction
Efforts were made to eliminate lead use for the TSX, resulting in less than a
third of lead content compared to the 1996 industry average.
- Elimination of (polyvinyl chlorides) PVCs
The use of PVC has been eliminated in manufacture of the urethane-covered
instrument panel, inner door weather stripping, door moldings, rear door quarter
seal, and shift knob.
- Use of recycled materials
The TSX uses a higher percentage of recycled materials in its construction.
Bumpers are collected and recycled as pellets, then used for molding the aerodynamic
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