<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/crossovers-cuvs/" rel="tag">Crossover</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/acura/" rel="tag">Acura</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/honda/" rel="tag">Honda</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/luxury/" rel="tag">Luxury</a></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/acura-concept-suv-x/#photo-150831"><img alt="Acura Concept SUV-X" data-credit="Acura" data-mep="93298" src="http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/adam/778b18241a295a134f4f263656ed5188/acura-suvx.jpg" /></a><br />
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There's a distinct benefit to automakers having their own premium brand. After all, why develop one vehicle to be sold under one nameplate if you can turn it into two? Especially if a little reconfiguration and some premium accoutrements allow said automaker to charge significantly more for the luxury version. It's a winning formula - for crossovers especially - that <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/toyota/">Toyota</a> has used to turn the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/toyota/highlander/">Highlander</a> into the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/lexus/rx/">Lexus RX</a> (even if the first-gen RX arrived before the original Highlander), that <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/ford/">Ford</a> has used to transform the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/ford/edge/">Edgee</a> into the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/lincoln/mkc/">Lincoln MKX</a> and that <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/gm/">General Motors</a> has applied to the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/chevrolet/suburban/">Chevrolet Suburban</a> to turn it into the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/cadillac/escalade/">Cadillac Escalade</a> (to name just a few of the many examples out there). And it's one to which <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/honda/">Honda</a> and its <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/acura/">Acura</a> division are certainly not unaccustomed.<br />
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Acura has adapted its Euro-spec <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/honda/accord/">Honda Accord</a> into the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/acura/tsx/">TSX</a>, the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/honda/civic/">Civic</a> into the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/acura/ilx/">ILX</a>, the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/honda/cr-v/">CR-V</a> into the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/acura/rdx/">RDX</a> and the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/honda/pilot/">Pilot</a> into the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/acura/mdx/">MDX</a>. And now that the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/honda+vezel/">Honda Vezel</a> is coming to market, Acura reportedly has its eye on that as well. The idea was first introduced when Acura unveiled the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/04/20/acura-concept-suv-x-shanghai-2013-video/">SUV-X concept</a> (shown above) at the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/shanghai-motor-show/">Shanghai Motor Show</a> this past April, just a few months after Honda revealed its <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/01/14/honda-urban-suv-concept-detroit-2013/">Urban SUV concept</a> that previewed the production Vezel. At the time, says <em>Automotive News</em>, Acura said it intended to put the concept into production in China for the Chinese market, and it's reportedly moving ahead with those plans. But now that it is, executives are wondering where else they might find buyers for the premium compact crossover.<br />
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With the Vezel soon to begin production alongside the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/honda/fit/">Fit</a> at Honda's new plant in Mexico, it wouldn't be a stretch to see the Acura version follow suit. The market does, after all, seem to be heating up with entries like the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/audi/q3/">Audi Q3</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/bmw/x1/">BMW X1</a> and <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/mercedes-benz/gla-class/">Mercedes-Benz GLA</a>, and we couldn't blame Honda - pardon us, <em>Acura</em> - for wanting a slice of that pie.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/01/16/acura-considering-vezel-based-compact-crossover-report/">Acura considering Vezel-based compact crossover</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Thu, 16 Jan 2014 18:15:00 EST. Please see our <a href="/rss-term-of-use/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/01/16/acura-considering-vezel-based-compact-crossover-report/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/20809255/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/01/16/acura-considering-vezel-based-compact-crossover-report/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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