2018 Acura RLX: because mediocrity can try and be sporty too

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Published 08/10/2017 at 12:56

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Acura relased images of the 2018 RLX, which I didnt know they were bothering to redesign, because why not?

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And...yea heres the back. Honestly though no one buys these things.

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Meanwhile, you can find a used one that’s 3 years old, like this one with 55 thousand miles for right under 22 grand. I wouldn’t get one new, but its a fantastic used buy


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Kinja'd!!! "Mitsubishi Outlander EV" (the-second-best-selling-plug-in-electric-car-in-sweden)
08/10/2017 at 13:06, STARS: 3

The Outlander Sport even has Sport in its name, so there’s that.

Kinja'd!!! "DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish!" (daft-ryosuke)
08/10/2017 at 13:06, STARS: 0

“Redesign.”

It’s still the same car just with new lights.

Kinja'd!!! "Danimalk - Drives a Slow Car Fast" (danimalk)
08/10/2017 at 13:08, STARS: 0

I call this new Acura face “negative beak.”

Nobody liked the bottle opener, beak grill, so they literally just cut a big hole where it used to be and stuck a badge in the middle.

Negative beak.

Kinja'd!!! "LJ909" (lj909)
08/10/2017 at 13:11, STARS: 0

And a new grille that brings it in line with the 18' TLX. Still a Japanese Buick Lucerne. Theres a reason why the RLX doesnt get mentioned along with 7 Series,S Class, A8, hell even with G90.

Kinja'd!!! "LJ909" (lj909)
08/10/2017 at 13:11, STARS: 0

Its what it should have been in the beginning.

Kinja'd!!! "The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock" (jukesjukesjukes)
08/10/2017 at 13:14, STARS: 0

You mean RVR.

Kinja'd!!! "TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
08/10/2017 at 13:17, STARS: 0

2018 Acura RLX: If It Had A Ford Badge You Guys Would Love It

Kinja'd!!! "LJ909" (lj909)
08/10/2017 at 13:22, STARS: 2

If it had a Ford badge it would be a Taurus. And it would still suck.

Kinja'd!!! "Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras" (jegoingout)
08/10/2017 at 13:29, STARS: 1

I saw one out in the wild for the first time ever yesterday. Didnt even look twice

Kinja'd!!! "Arrivederci" (arrividerci)
08/10/2017 at 13:29, STARS: 1

Damn , that is one ugly car.

Kinja'd!!! "LJ909" (lj909)
08/10/2017 at 13:30, STARS: 0

Same here. Ive only ever seen one once and it was being driven by someones grandfather/a close to retirement doctor. I only looked because I had never seen one before. And they’ve been on sale since 2014.

Kinja'd!!! "Milky" (jordanmielke)
08/10/2017 at 13:46, STARS: 1

Outside gets a redesign and the interior is still this:

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$55,000 and the Accord has a better interior.

Kinja'd!!! "LJ909" (lj909)
08/10/2017 at 13:49, STARS: 0

Exactly. Im wondering why it even still exists in the first place. Its a weird in between-er like the CT6 that doesn’t sell well.

Kinja'd!!! "Milky" (jordanmielke)
08/10/2017 at 14:52, STARS: 0

IMHO you should say its like an XTS. The CT6 is at least a well done effort. RWD, on its own platform, twin turbo V6, autonomous drive, etc.

Kinja'd!!! "LJ909" (lj909)
08/10/2017 at 15:01, STARS: 0

True. But I meant CT6 in the sense that no one pays attention to it. The XTS actually sells, and outsells the CT6.

Kinja'd!!! "Vicente Esteve" (vicente-esteve)
08/10/2017 at 15:12, STARS: 0

I can’t understand why it looks like a subcompact version of the TLX and not a larger version of it.

Kinja'd!!! "LJ909" (lj909)
08/10/2017 at 15:14, STARS: 0

Every luxury non German automaker under the sun copied them. All their cars are pretty much cookie cutters of the cars above and below them. Less family resemblance and more cookie cutter like I said.

Kinja'd!!! "Vicente Esteve" (vicente-esteve)
08/10/2017 at 15:17, STARS: 2

Oh yeah, I agree. I still can differentiate it from a TLX but what happened here is that I look at the TLX as being larger than this RLX. This doesn’t happen with the germans.

Kinja'd!!! "Alex B" (alexb420)
08/10/2017 at 21:49, STARS: 1

yeah! When I first saw the photos I thought it was a new ILX