Accord­ing to Left­Lane and the Acura TSX Com­mu­nity, there’s some spec­u­la­tion as to wether Acura is going to offer the TSX in a Type-​​S guise.

Known as the Honda Accord in other mar­kets, the TSX is a highly pol­ished, front-​​wheel-​​driven, mid-​​size sedan pow­ered by an i-​​VTEC 2.4L DOHC 4cylinder motor. The new 2009 model is expected to develop between 220-​​230HP, but rumours are abound of a new TSX Type-​​S pro­duc­ing any­where from 260HP from a tur­bocharged i-​​VTEC motor. Cou­pled with Honda’s SH-​​AWD (Super Han­dling All Wheel Drive) and the pos­si­bil­ity of a DSG gear­box or 6 speed, this could be a seri­ous bit of kit.

We’re tak­ing this with a grain of salt. The Acura/Honda’s i-​​VTEC 4cyl is a con­sid­er­ably advanced peice of motor, and is known for tech­ni­cal wiz­ardry in terms of it’s man­age­ment sys­tem. Honda hasn’t pro­duced a tur­bocharged car in quite some time, at least one with a wide adop­tion rate, let alone on a main­stream, pop­u­lar model.

Cou­pled with V-​​TEC tech­nol­ogy, a tur­bocharged motor may be a steep chal­lenge to Honda — but we wouldn’t dis­miss them on this alone. After all, Honda have sur­prised us before with fan­tas­tic tech­ni­cal achieve­ments. We also hope Honda/​Acura con­sid­ers a turbo-​​diesel vari­ant of the 2009 TSX as well to round out a solid model lineup.

We haven’t heard any­thing on the tech­ni­cal side of this rumor from Japan, but we’re watch­ing with inter­est. Fin­gers crossed, we’ll see a boosted Type S in 2009.

[Sources: Left­Lane, Acura TSX Com­mu­nity]
[Cred­its: Thanks for the tip, Kris!]