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While other Acuras suffer muddled messaging and middling performance, the TSX Sport Wagon might hold a clue or two to the way back home to Tochigi. It sticks to Honda’s light, compact, and responsive heritage, with a smidge of the trappings of luxury.

The 2011 TSX sport wagon provides enough sportiness to get most drivers in trouble and have the car mentioned in the same sentence with German Avants and American Cadillac CTS wagons. With a starting price of $31,000, it’s cheaper than all of them.

The 2011 Acura TSX Sport Wagon is a slick-driving, money-saving delight. This is the rare, do-everything family car that automakers are always going on about: handsome, practical, entertaining, technically advanced and fuel-efficient.

If you’re looking for reasonable performance, coupled with outstanding comfort and value in a near-luxury sedan, Acura’s compact-to-midsize TSX is still a good choice.

Like similar wagons from Audi, BMW, Cadillac, Mercedes-Benz and Volvo, Acura’s TSX Sport Wagon is a terrific alternative to a sport-ute. With cargo-hauling capacities similar to those of a compact SUV you get a fun-to-drive car with good fuel economy.

The 2011 Acura has a few minor flaws, but overall, it is a very nice piece of work. I love the handling, I really like the crisp looks, I love the utility of the wagon layout, and I think it represents good value for the money in terms of the content you get.

The TSX Sport Wagon’s combination of good looks, good reliability and simple pricing make it a smart choice for those that are practical and frugal.

The 2012b Acura TSX Sport Wagon is a strong luxury/performance wagon for people who want something that’s both practical and able to stand out from the field of sedans.

Priced below the competition and boasting better fuel economy, the 2011 Acura TSX Sport Wagon is not yet the near-luxury estate of our dreams, but it’s a welcome step in the continued resurrection of the premium wagon.

As size becomes less of an indicator of luxury status, the Acura TSX Wagon looks better and better. The design is orderly, the fit and finish are exemplary, the interior design is visually attractive, and the equipment levels are comprehensive.

The 2011 Acura TSX Sport Wagon is a near-perfect blend of great looks, spirited driving and family function. It turned heads in the carpool lane, entertained me while waiting in that same carpool lane and swallowed everything the kids had to throw at it.

The TSX Sport Wagon marks a return to the cars that Acura should have been making all along. It’s not trying to compete with the BMW 3-series Touring. Or even the Audi A4 Avant. It is, simply, a well-built compact wagon.