Acura TSX to get 3.5L V6?

Rumors are beginning to swirl that Acura will debut a V6-powered version of their controversially-styled TSX small sedan next week at the Chicago Auto Show.

A reader over at Honda Lunatic site Temple of VTec reports that Acura will be debuting a high-performance version of the euro-Accord based TSX sedan next week at the Chicago International Auto Show.  The TSX will be getting it's own version of the Honda Corporate 3.5L SOHC 24v V6, which looks sorta like this:

This V6, ported over from the larger TL sedan, produces 280 horsepower and 254 lb-ft.  This compares very favorably with the TSX's base engine, which is a 2.4L inline-four with 201 horsepower and 172 lb-ft.

It is not known whether Honda will adapt their Super-Handling All Wheel Drive to the TSX, but it is unlikely considering the cost it would add to the TSX, as well as the overlap it would create with the bigger TL sedan.

ToV insiders claim the car will have minor body differences to differentiate it from the lesser four-cylinder TSX's, including standard 18" alloys and more aggressive aerodynamics.  It is also not known if the TSX V6 will be offered with the old TL Type-S's 6-speed manual and mechanical LSD, but we can always hope.

More details on this hot-rod Honda should be coming next week.