Acura TSX wagon for U.S.

Long before the controversial 2010 Honda Accord Crosstour was announced, we’d been asking Honda to bring us its sexy Euro-only Accord Tourer wagon. Our wish finally has been granted—but the Tourer won’t be wearing a Honda badge like it does in Europe. Instead, you’ll be seeing it in Acura TSX duds, hauling kiddies to soccer practice and shopping bags from the mall beginning in the fall of 2010.

While little information has been released on the TSX Sport Wagon, Acura promises that the wagon will feature balanced performance, advanced technology, and bold styling. Translation: expect it to be slow and look just like the already-bold Accord Tourer (no surprise; the Euro Accord sedan is sold here as the TSX) with Acura’s beak-style grille, and likely housing the same 201-hp, 2.4-liter four-cylinder from the base sedan. The TSX’s newly available, 280-hp V-6 is also a possibility.

Now that Cadillac has released its CTS Sport Wagon, Acura appears to feel it can no longer sit on the sidelines while the CTS, Audi A4 Avant, and BMW 3-series wagon own the premium small-wagon segment. We love wagons here at C/D, so all we can say is, “let the games begin.”