Performance Acura

Acura's newest model, the ILX, defines technological innovation, so it makes sense that Acura has teamed up with the band Metric, whose new album "Synthetica" attempts to create a sound that mixes technology and nature.

To highlight the partnership between Metric and Acura, the new ILX travels to shows with the band. BUT, it's not just any ILX; this car has had a one-of-a-kind installation:

• 7 million pixels with 48,600 frames of?

The Acura TL has aced the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's newest requirement to earn Top Safety Pick status. Not too long ago, the IIHS added the roof strength test, but with the stricter frontal crash test, the institute is already looking to make it a bit tougher for vehicles to earn the coveted designation.

The new small overlap frontal crash test, designed to simulate what would happen when the front corner of a…