The 2013 Acura ILX runs on premium unleaded (recommended).
The acura is a japanese made car made by the same company that manufactures the honda. Oddly enough, even though the acura is originally a japanese car, they are made mostly in the untired states, canada, and even Hong Kong.
It depends on which models you are looking at. Acura is a part of the American Honda company. Although a Japenese founded company, many aspects of the Acura brand are all American. The first auto manufacturing plant was opened in 1982, over 30 years ago.
The design, testing and R&D for many Acura models happen in the USA
Acura MDX - Lincoln Alabama
Acura RDX - East Liberty Ohio
Acura TL - Marysville Ohio
Acura ILX - Greensburg, IN
In all, 24 models of Acura/Honda car and light truck models have been researched, designed and developed in the US since 1991.
As of 2012 90% of Acura & Honda vehicles sold in the US were manufactured in North America, the highest rate of any international automaker. Honda has maintained a local auto production rate of 75% or higher the last 15 years
2012 Production Totals
1,219,000 Cars and Light Trucks
1,376,000 Vehicle Engines
1,359,000 Transmissions
Also, over 90,000 US made vehicles are exported to other markets around the world from the US. In 2014 Honda will export more vehicles from North America than it imports from Japan.
source: hondainamerica.com
The blonde lady who is in the Phil Smith Acura commercial is Amanda Landry. She has been in several other commercials and small TV roles.