Few deserving cars in the industry have ever flown so far below the radar as the Acura RL has. The Legend, the predecessor to the RL, had a fairly good run between 1986 and 1995.

We call that the snow-belt, and all day long, Toronto radio stations had been warning me to wait out the coming storm which would occupy the 400 kilometres between me and my destination.

The 2009 RL is available in a Sedan bodystyle, and comes with a standard V6 engine. The Acura model gets 22 miles per gallon.