So the Acura TLX got uglier...

Kinja'd!!! by "Obruni" (Obruni)
Published 01/24/2017 at 21:19

No Tags
STARS: 3


courtesy of Car & Driver....

Kinja'd!!!


Replies (25)

Kinja'd!!! "HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles" (hondasfordsvolvo)
01/24/2017 at 21:24, STARS: 0

I bet a lot of Superman fans are going to buy these.

Kinja'd!!! "Milky" (jordanmielke)
01/24/2017 at 21:27, STARS: 3

Solid chrome treatment.

Kinja'd!!!

Kinja'd!!! "Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
01/24/2017 at 21:29, STARS: 1

Is it squinting at me?

Kinja'd!!! "Probenja" (probenja)
01/24/2017 at 21:30, STARS: 0

Acura!!! You make me miss the beak!

Kinja'd!!!

They really need some help making their fronts prettier, just like Honda needs some help in the rear of it’s cars.

Kinja'd!!! "not for canada - australian in disguise" (for-canada)
01/24/2017 at 21:32, STARS: 1

I like it.

Kinja'd!!! "Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras" (jegoingout)
01/24/2017 at 21:35, STARS: 1

That makes the beak look good

Kinja'd!!! "Textured Soy Protein" (texturedsoyprotein)
01/24/2017 at 21:35, STARS: 0

That manages to be both ugly and bland at the same time.

But the TLX SH-AWD would be a pretty solid car if:

1. They let you keep the lane departure warning deactivated instead of it defaulting to on every time you start the car.

2. They update the infotainment to include CarPlay/Android Auto.

3. They fix the calibration of the 9-speed automatic.

Kinja'd!!! "whoarder is tellurium" (whoarder)
01/24/2017 at 21:36, STARS: 2

I think it needs a larger Acura badge on the grille.

Kinja'd!!! "Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)" (bman76-4)
01/24/2017 at 21:37, STARS: 18

You’re wrong and you should feel bad.

Kinja'd!!! "Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)" (bman76-4)
01/24/2017 at 21:39, STARS: 2

It’s like someone started the sketch of a car but didn’t finish it, and somebody built the layout lines.

Kinja'd!!! "HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles" (hondasfordsvolvo)
01/24/2017 at 21:40, STARS: 3

Oh god. Are we sure this isn’t a Chevy.

Kinja'd!!! "IanZ - limited-slip indifferential" (ianz-limited)
01/24/2017 at 22:05, STARS: 1

I think it’s actually a net gain in the looks department, given that the current model looks like this:

Kinja'd!!!

Kinja'd!!!

They also caugh what looks like a performance model, which is somehow better and worse.

Kinja'd!!!

That bumper looks BMW-esque to me, and not in a good way.

Kinja'd!!! "sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg)
01/24/2017 at 22:08, STARS: 4

It looks like it’s mad at us for waking it up at this ungodly hour.

Kinja'd!!! "The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock" (jukesjukesjukes)
01/24/2017 at 22:13, STARS: 1

They are actors, not real people. So it’s not chevy.

Kinja'd!!! "QCGoose" (chrismcfate)
01/24/2017 at 22:29, STARS: 0

Jesus, could that front emblem be any bigger??? That thing would be huge even on a damn truck.

I guess it’s their way of getting anyone to maybe notice that it’s an Acura. “HEY!!!! THIS IS AN ACURA!!!! HEEEEEY!!!!”

Kinja'd!!! "Bourbon&JellyBeans" (bourbonandjellybeans)
01/24/2017 at 22:33, STARS: 0

This is probably like how everyone hated the 2018 Mustang the day the photos were revealed and then everyone, 24 hours later, did a 180 on their opinions about it. I don’t think it’s bad, and it’s definitely an improvement over Acura’s chrome beak.

Kinja'd!!! "for Michigan" (formichigan)
01/24/2017 at 23:00, STARS: 1

I was going to say GMC, but yeah.

Kinja'd!!! "Rico" (ricorich)
01/24/2017 at 23:02, STARS: 0

Acura thinks they’re Mercedes

Kinja'd!!! "Amoore100" (amoore100)
01/25/2017 at 02:33, STARS: 0

Let me be one to say that the beak was better. Way better.

Kinja'd!!!

Kinja'd!!! "Manny05x" (Manny05x)
01/25/2017 at 06:23, STARS: 0

I like it.

Kinja'd!!! "pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
01/25/2017 at 06:27, STARS: 0

looks better than those fugly beaks

Kinja'd!!! "jmgadget" (jmgadget)
01/25/2017 at 09:04, STARS: 0

All I see is a new Ford Taurus in that front.

Kinja'd!!! "SnoopDouggyDougg" (SnoopDouggyDougg)
01/25/2017 at 09:49, STARS: 2

Kinja'd!!!

Kinja'd!!!

Not this trim version. Maybe a return of Type S.

Kinja'd!!! "DanimalHouse" (thrillerwa09)
01/25/2017 at 11:20, STARS: 0

Kinja'd!!!

Kinja'd!!! "TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
01/27/2017 at 23:31, STARS: 0

That’s hot. Looks like there’s something on the quarter panel there. Could very well be a Type-S badge.