Say goodbye to the TL and TSX

"Tom McParland" (tommcparland) 01/14/2014 at 10:58 • Filed to: Acura

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This is the new TLX. Nice wheels, actually the whole thing isn't too bad. Maybe I'm just finally getting used to Acura's design language. Better pictures to come.

Victorious Secret > Tom McParland 01/14/2014 at 11:00

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Well, bless them for (foolishly) thinking the beak was ever a good idea. Stubbornness is what we want out of our automative companies after all.

Nibby > Tom McParland 01/14/2014 at 11:02

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http://www.carscoops.com/2014/01/first-…

Huge improvement but I still hate the chrome bar grille

John Bulzacchelli > Tom McParland 01/14/2014 at 11:03

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It looks like they toned down the Acura beak a little at least. Overall I like it.

Nibby > Tom McParland 01/14/2014 at 11:06

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UPDATE http://www.acura.com/future/TLX#5 Straight from Acura's site.

Hooker > Tom McParland 01/14/2014 at 11:06

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It says "larger ILX" to me. That's not a bad thing, the ILX is likely the best looking on in the lineup. At least to my eyes.

Icemanmaybeirunoutofthetalents > Tom McParland 01/14/2014 at 11:21

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That fucking chrome beak! It looks worse in person than in the pictures.

AMC/Renauledge > Tom McParland 01/14/2014 at 11:21

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At least it doesn't look like a doorstop anymore. It's better than the outgoing TL and TSX, that's for sure.

Is it pretty, though? No. Though I'll reserve judgment on its design until I see more, and clearer, pics.

pdish > Tom McParland 01/14/2014 at 11:23

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Make one 330+hp, AWD and a manual and it's on the list of new cars to buy.

pdish > pdish 01/14/2014 at 11:29

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Or this one: TLX GT!
http://www.acura.com/future/TLXGT#1

Tom McParland > pdish 01/14/2014 at 11:29

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Manual not happening. :(

BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather > Victorious Secret 01/14/2014 at 11:34

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I like it since they scaled it down.

efme > Tom McParland 01/14/2014 at 11:39

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looks smaller than a TL?

the beak doesn't look that bad...

pdish > Tom McParland 01/14/2014 at 11:47

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Not with the low sales volumes of the outgoing models.

Textured Soy Protein > Tom McParland 01/14/2014 at 11:54

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According to this , the TLX is going to have the same wheelbase as the TL but 4" shorter overall. So just looking at length:

ILX - 179"
TSX - 185"
TLX - 190"
TL - 194"
RLX - 196"

*Accord - 191"

I do think going to ILX, TLX & RLX simplifies the lineup. There was no need to have 4 Acura sedans.

I still don't know if this solves the problem of the RLX being not enough of a step up from the TL (and now TLX).

Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna > Tom McParland 01/14/2014 at 11:55

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I really like how this car looks, especially the wheels which look similar to my favorite wheels on the RS7.

Also I like how since the introduction of the beak, they've just been making it smaller and then pretty much ask, "Does it look okay now?"

RotaryLover > Tom McParland 01/14/2014 at 11:55

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Ok. Acura, you got me interested.

Storz > Tom McParland 01/14/2014 at 12:00

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Yawn. Most boring "premium" car company there is

Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna > pdish 01/14/2014 at 12:08

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The TLX's upscale powertrain option will be a direct-injected 3.5-liter V6 with cylinder deactivation, paired with a new nine-speed automatic.

Drive. ALLLLL the gears.

Stupidru > Tom McParland 01/14/2014 at 12:50

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Did I see all-wheel steering??????

Honda's bringing it back!

PS9 > Tom McParland 01/14/2014 at 13:18

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1) You can't get the DCT with with V6 and AWD. If I were in the market for this, that's the combo I'd want...

2) Bloody hell, it's the same 3.5 SOHC Honda's been making since Return of the King stopped filming. I know we're never gettting a V8 out of this company but damn, can you give me something under the hood of my Acura I wouldn't get from the Hondas sitting across the lot?

Boe Dillard > Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna 01/14/2014 at 17:15

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No, the beak still doesn't look OK.

Boe Dillard > Icemanmaybeirunoutofthetalents 01/14/2014 at 17:16

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I think if it was any more fugly, the beak would turn you to stone.

Boe Dillard > Tom McParland 01/14/2014 at 17:16

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FUGLY beak again!?!?

No high MPG hybrid like the accord

No folding mirrors

No dual exhaust (not terribly important)

No way. After being a huge fan since my 2G TL and loving the 3G TL and hoping the butt ugly 4G was just a fluke, I'm ready to move on. Too bad Acura played it so poorly.

Boe Dillard > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 01/14/2014 at 17:17

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If that is scaled down, did they tow the original beak behind the vehicle?

Victorious Secret > PS9 01/14/2014 at 18:05

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Its a DCT with a torque converter.

Did someone at Honda forget what a DCT is?

They've, if I am understanding it right, have made a 8 speed version of the automatics that Mazda now uses and the non-DCT 7 speed MCT that Mercedes uses. It isn't a DCT at all.