---
title: "Acura Renews Trademark for ‘Legend’ Name, Could Reveal All-New Sports Sedan at Pebble Beach"
description: "Rumor has it an \"exotic and production-ready\" sports sedan is in the works."
date: "2019-05-24"
modified: "2019-05-24"
authors:
  - name: "Chris Tsui"
    job_title: "Contributor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/chris-tsui"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/28182/acura-renews-trademark-for-legend-name-could-reveal-all-new-sports-sedan-at-pebble-beach"
categories:
  - "Acura News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
tags:
  - "acura"
  - "luxury"
---

# Acura Renews Trademark for ‘Legend’ Name, Could Reveal All-New Sports Sedan at Pebble Beach

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/images-by-url-td/content/2019/05/95_legend_02-e1558642735662.jpg>)
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With Supra-mania seemingly at an all-time high, the nostalgia for '90s Japanese cars is real and it looks like Acura might be getting in on the action. Spotted by [*AutoGuide*](<https://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/2019/05/trademark-filing-suggests-acura-legend-could-make-a-return.html>), parent company Honda renewed a bunch of trademarks back in February with the [European Union Intellectual Property Office](<https://euipo.europa.eu/eSearch/#details/trademarks/001141803>), including the name "Legend." For the uninitiated, the Acura Legend served as the company's full-size flagship sedan from 1985 to 1995, came with either four or two doors, and was an unequivocally cool and well-made automobile. [Ludacris had one, for Christ's sake.](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/492/why-ludacriss-1993-acura-legend-is-realer-than-real-deal-holyfield>)

![message-editor%2F1558646702982-95\_legend\_01.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1558646702982-95_legend_01.jpg>)
*1995 Acura Legend Sedan GS, *Honda**

From the filing, the nameplate can be used for "Vehicles; Apparatus for locomotion by land; Apparatus for locomotion by air; Apparatus for locomotion by water; Parts and fittings for land vehicles; Parts and fittings for air and space vehicles; Parts and fittings for water vehicles."

Currently, Acura's sedan lineup is topped by the RLX, a car that's been around in its current incarnation since 2013 and, frankly, is in desperate need of a complete overhaul. [A report from back in March](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/26858/acura-bringing-exotic-production-ready-sedan-to-pebble-beach-report>) says Acura will be bringing an "exotic," production-ready sedan to Pebble Beach in August based on its [Precision Concept](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/1637/acura-precision-concept-needs-a-cosmetic-surgeon>), a long-legged, slope-roofed sedan—the very type of car an Acura Legend would be if it were built in 2019.

![message-editor%2F1558646798870-16\_\_\_2018\_acura\_rlx\_sport\_hybrid.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1558646798870-16___2018_acura_rlx_sport_hybrid.jpg>)
*2019 Acura RLX Sport Hybrid, *Honda**

![message-editor%2F1558648179842-16\_naias\_acura\_precision\_concept\_08.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1558648179842-16_naias_acura_precision_concept_08.jpg>)
*Acura Precision Concept, *Honda**

Honda has recently started to make a habit of resurrecting old nameplates, bringing back the NSX as a hybrid and reviving the [Passport](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/26167/2019-honda-passport-elite-first-drive-review-the-call-of-the-wild-in-a-family-crossover>) as a two-row Pilot. We wouldn't be surprised if a Legend designed as a Japanese alternative to the Audi A7, Mercedes CLS, and BMW 6 Series Gran Coupe—something that hasn't really existed yet—is next on Honda's #TBT product-planning playlist.

Now, about that S2000 successor...

## Author
Chris Tsui is *The Drive*'s former Reviews Editor and current freelance automotive journalist. He's based in Toronto.

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