{"id":94534,"date":"2021-06-10T20:02:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-2021-tlx-type-s-will-pace-99th-pikes-peak-international-hill-climb-driven-by-car-nut-and-tv-personality-ant-anstead\/"},"modified":"2021-06-10T20:10:01","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T00:10:01","slug":"el-tlx-del-tipo-s-2021-sera-el-protagonista-de-la-99a-edicion-del-pikes-peak-international-hill-climb-conducido-por-el-loco-de-los-coches-y-personalidad-de-la-television-ant-anstead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/el-tlx-del-tipo-s-2021-sera-el-protagonista-de-la-99a-edicion-del-pikes-peak-international-hill-climb-conducido-por-el-loco-de-los-coches-y-personalidad-de-la-television-ant-anstead\/","title":{"rendered":"2021 TLX Type S Will Pace 99th Pikes Peak International Hill Climb Driven by Car Nut and TV Personality Ant Anstead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\ntable p, #divContent table p\n{\nmargin: 0px;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">TORRANCE, Calif.<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">June 10, 2021<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; Acura&#8217;s best performing sedan ever, the new 2021 TLX Type S, will pace the 99<sup>th<\/sup> running of The Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, brought to you by Gran Turismo on <span class=\"xn-chron\">June 27<\/span>. Driving the TLX Type S pace car up the challenging 12.42-mile\u00a0hill climb will be television personality and self-proclaimed car nut Ant Anstead, former host of enthusiast programs like &#8220;Wheeler Dealers,&#8221; &#8220;Master Mechanic&#8221; and co-founder of Radford Motors.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg1ef3left\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"width: 100%; text-align: left;\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg1ef3left\" title=\"2021 TLX Type S Will Pace 99th Pikes Peak International Hill Climb Driven by Car Nut and TV Personality Ant Anstead\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1530290\/Acura_Pikes_Peak_2021_Pace_hero_sm.jpg\" alt=\"2021 TLX Type S Will Pace 99th Pikes Peak International Hill Climb Driven by Car Nut and TV Personality Ant Anstead\" align=\"middle\"\/><\/div>\n<p>The TLX Type S is well suited to pace the field on <span class=\"xn-location\">Colorado&#8217;s<\/span> challenging mountain course with its turbocharged V6 engine producing 355-horsepower, standard Super Handling All-Wheel Drive\u2122 (SH-AWD\u00ae) with true torque-vectoring, quick-shifting 10-speed automatic transmission, Brembo\u00ae front brakes and double-wishbone front suspension. Moreover, its Type S-exclusive Sport+ driving mode sharpens responses for even greater performance and driver enjoyment.<\/p>\n<p>Known as the Race to the Clouds, Pikes Peak International Hill Climb is one of America&#8217;s longest running motorsports competitions. Since 1916, drivers from all over the world and a wide variety of vehicles from multiple motorsports disciplines\u00a0race against the clock as they take on the 156-turn course, starting at 9,390 feet and climbing to the 14,115 summit.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, a development prototype of the highly-anticipated TLX Type S paced the historic hill climb and Acura vehicles have competed in the event since 2012, recording numerous race records and podium finishes. In 2020, Honda R&amp;D engineer <span class=\"xn-person\">James Robinson<\/span> beat his own Hybrid record by more than half a second behind the wheel of an Acura NSX with a time of 10:01.913. Acura also holds the front-wheel drive record, set by James&#8217; brother and fellow engineer <span class=\"xn-person\">Nick Robinson<\/span> (10:48.094) in 2018, and the Pikes Peak Open all-wheel drive record (9:24.433) was set by race car driver <span class=\"xn-person\">Peter Cunningham<\/span> in 2019, driving the Acura TLX GT race car.<\/p>\n<p>British television personality and car restorer Ant Anstead gained popularity in his home country on shows such as &#8220;For the Love of Cars&#8221; before becoming a household name in the U.S. co-hosting &#8220;Wheeler Dealers.&#8221; Recently, Anstead and business partner, Formula One World Champion <span class=\"xn-person\">Jenson Button<\/span>, are bringing luxury coachbuilding back with Radford Motors.<\/p>\n<p>\n    <b>More information about the 2021 TLX Type S is available <\/b><br \/>\n    <b><br \/>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3192183-1&amp;h=67379471&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Facuranews.com%2Fen-US%2Freleases%2Frelease-53541be6030b25a47a2899aba1114808-2021-acura-tlx-type-s-press-kit&amp;a=here\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a><br \/>\n    <\/b><br \/>\n    <b>.<\/b>\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n    <b>About Acura<\/b>\n  <\/p>\n<p>Acura is a leading automotive nameplate that delivers Precision Crafted Performance \u2013 a commitment to expressive styling, high-performance and innovative engineering, all built on a foundation of quality and reliability. The Acura lineup features five distinctive models \u2013 the ILX and TLX sport sedans, the RDX and MDX sport-utility vehicles and the electrified NSX supercar. All 2021 model year and newer Acura vehicles sold in America are made in the U.S., using domestic and globally sourced parts.<\/p>\n<p>Additional media information including pricing, features &amp; specifications and high-resolution photography is available at <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3192183-1&amp;h=1030929102&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.acuranews.com%2F&amp;a=AcuraNews.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">AcuraNews.com<\/a>. Consumer information is available at <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3192183-1&amp;h=4235509954&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.acura.com%2F&amp;a=Acura.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Acura.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg46baleft\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"width: 100%; text-align: left;\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg46baleft\" style=\"width: 400px; height: 262px;\" title=\"Acura Logo. (PRNewsFoto\/American Honda Motor Co., Inc.)\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/458749\/acura_logo.jpg\" alt=\"Acura Logo. 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Driving the TLX Type S pace car up the challenging 12.42-mile\u00a0hill climb will be television personality and self-proclaimed car nut Ant Anstead, former host of enthusiast programs like &#8220;Wheeler Dealers,&#8221; &#8220;Master&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":94535,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-automotriz"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94534\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}