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2009 Acura TL Sedan: Official Images Leaked on the Net!

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2009 Acura TL Sedan: Official Images Leaked on the Net!

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richard112360 - 8/9/2008 8:31:20 AM

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UGLY!!!! The Folks at Honda have lost their freakin minds.

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davide - 8/9/2008 11:18:43 AM

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i just can not believe that acura can make such a mistake on the front end of this otherwise nice design. do they not read all of these critical reviews throughout the auto industry - they better be working on a 2010 revision now...or be prepared to take a huge drop in marketshare... these designs just do not work...hurry honda before it is too late..

randy33 - 8/10/2008 2:37:16 AM

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This car is a total disaster! This is the most pitiful mistake I've ever seen made by a 'luxury' brand. This blunder is AZTEC in scale. What a catastrophe. WHAT ARE THEY THINKING? Japan: END THE NEPOTISM in your design departments!!!!

hao420 - 8/11/2008 12:29:46 AM

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Werid .........<

Hantra - 8/11/2008 11:08:35 AMView My AgentSpace

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Davide:

That's not the front, it's the back. Or. . .Wait. . .Wha. . .Maybe it is the front? I can't tell the difference. ;-)

klossfam - 8/11/2008 12:24:25 PM

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I'd have to agree with randy33...a design disaster of mega-proportions! I've seen the new TSX and RL in person, and it gets WORSE in 3D (so does the 09 Honda Pilot)...Amazing that these redesigns could get approved by the Honda board. These would be high risk designs in a brisk auto market...In a double digit downturn year over year that we are in, these designs are BIG trouble for Acura/Honda...

silverarrow2 - 8/11/2008 1:35:17 PM

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Ugly!!

As an Acura fan I hope no one buy this freaking monster. I think Acura needs to accept the fact that they don't know how to design cars and get some European designers on their team.
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bobs4state - 8/9/2008 8:36:55 AM

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The wheels and the backseat look nice. Other than that...

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daytonaviolet - 8/9/2008 11:32:11 AM

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Yea, the wheels do like pretty good.

daytonaviolet - 8/9/2008 11:32:49 AM

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Make that "look pretty good"

FactsRule - 8/9/2008 8:40:07 AM

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Typical soul less japanese styling.. Uninspired.. boring. ..



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fuzion - 8/10/2008 9:28:22 PM

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Not sure about uninspired or boring; I don't think it's that at all - it's not a drop dead knockout, it's growing on me, but to say it's uninspired or boring is kinda stupid.

NItePhire - 8/9/2008 9:09:47 AM

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I really dont like the beak however the tail end isnt to bad. The overall shape looks like last gen Nissan Max.

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mpwr - 8/9/2008 9:22:09 AM

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finally SH-AWD, and now they f-up the styling

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JRobUSC - 8/9/2008 9:29:43 AM

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sorry but that's hideously ugly, and frankly now that they've made it even bigger (it was already big for the class) AND added all-wheel drive AND made it more powerful, what is the point of the RL? Who's going to buy that now? The RL was already a boat anchor on dealer lots, now they're going to be offering a simiarly sized all-wheel drive TL with more power for $10k+ less. Ingenious. I guess you buy the RL just to have bragging rights that you bought the even uglier, more expensive version.

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350zdon17 - 8/9/2008 9:30:48 AM

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I personally love all of Acura's new designs...its sending customers to my showroom to buy Infiniti's...keep up the good work Acura

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tattedtwice - 8/9/2008 11:05:31 AM

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Thanks for proving infiniti's are 2nd or 3rd choice; no one wants one as their FIRST choice.

Tuscani27 - 8/13/2008 7:23:11 PM

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That is the best you could come up with tattedtwice? Yea, like no one shops cars before they buy anymore...

abcd - 8/9/2008 9:40:39 AM

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Generally good looking car with exception of front grill .

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Agent00J - 8/9/2008 9:48:38 AMView My AgentSpace

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I have been extremely critical of this and other Acura designs here, and yet the interior is really a good looking piece of work. The rear 3/4 perspective really has a nice look to it, too bad I can't get past the nose.

It reminds me of a girl you see from behind who "has it going on" and then you see her face and realize she has a nose of epic proportion coupled with a large jaw bone (ala Jay Leno) and a decorative mole, with hair!

-00J

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lexusrox123 - 8/13/2008 3:04:18 PM

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oh please....dont induce that kind of mental torture! lol, TL is vomitrocious though

adamsaf723 - 8/9/2008 9:52:42 AM

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It's awful.
It looks like a Saturn!

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NISSANINFINITI - 8/9/2008 5:01:33 PM

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EXACTLY!!!!!

lexusrox123 - 8/13/2008 3:02:33 PM

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uh...WAAAAY worse than a saturn!

gkearns56 - 8/9/2008 10:16:58 AM

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I have owned 2 Acura TLs before and this by far is the UGLIEST piece of sh*t I've ever seen. The back end is from the previous generation Nissan Maxima. The new 2009 Maxima went back to the size of it's 1995-99 model year because so many people complained about it's big fat a**. The new TL looks terrible in from the back; the inside looks nice though. I'm going to bet this car is NOT going to be a big hit. Within 2 years they'll be "giving" these cars away with big incentives or reduced interest rate. When reading this article, they've also grown this current car 6.1 inches in length. The old model was 189.8 in length; that pushes this car to almost 196". Who is designing the shields on the front of these ugly cars too.

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bmwdrvr - 8/9/2008 11:00:54 AM

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i still like the looks of the car its different, its not typical boring could be anything acura styling. The one thing I dont like is the interior which while I like the desighn it doesnt look much like a luxury car but more like a sporty honda. I also dont get why there is such a large increase in size....the Tl has always been bigger than its intended competition much like the CTS, and ES, but with it growing even larger it makes it longer than both these cars it puts at about the same size as a Cadillac STS, Jaguar XF, or Acuras own RL....pretty big car to compete in the entry level luxury class unless they intend to move this upmarket to the near luxury class and have the next RL compete with the 7,S,LS crowd........

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tattedtwice - 8/9/2008 11:10:21 AM

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Comparing it to its competition, I'd put it above the new A4 or toyota IS, WAY WAY WAY above the c-class, on par with the g35, but behind the CTS and 3 series.

Interior is button crazy and makes me long for iDrive or MMI, but otherwise good looking.

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mikeydred20 - 8/9/2008 11:50:00 AM

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I think it looks great people on this opinion minded site where expected less and got more and now don't know how to react. It will take time but this design language will get noticed. The tech is going to be state of art and it looks like they kept the real aluminum and not the sprayed crap that some manufactures use. Yes the RL will suffer for the next year or two but the V8 and RWD will be coming if I was Lexus I would be worried because if anyone can through blows with Toyota it's Honda. Nissan tried and failed with the Q lets see what the return of the real Legen that was the #1 selling luxury car in the US in the early 90's can do.

JudasLease - 8/10/2008 10:59:19 AM

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You need glasses badly.

SVTruong - 8/9/2008 12:39:21 PM

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everyone on this board is so critical. I'll have to reserve judgement until I see it, but one thing it definitely is is bold. You can call it bland all you want, but it's anything but boring. It may be a little busy but it has road presence. If it has the performance to boot, I think this will be a solid player in it's class.

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DW1968 - 8/10/2008 5:43:34 PM

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Compared to this, I would settle for boring. Ugly is worse than boring.

EL34 - 8/9/2008 12:41:48 PM

+4 Boost

Just more Honda styling which is none.

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dlin - 8/9/2008 12:53:50 PM

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I'm more frustrated by its engine. Basically the new engine cannot even matches G35 of last generation.

05 G35 3.5V6: 280 hp, 270 lb/ft, 6600 rpm

09 TL 3.5V6: 280 hp, 254 lb/ft, 6700 rpm

07 G35 3.5V6: 306 hp, 268 lb/ft, 7500 rpm

This shouldn't come from a company that produces high rev/high hp engine.


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bmwdrvr - 8/9/2008 3:10:03 PM

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the shawd model has 300hp

Milton - 8/9/2008 12:54:41 PM

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looks really cool.I like it.

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lexusrox123 - 8/13/2008 3:06:02 PM

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youre joking. you have to be

senorgato - 8/9/2008 1:04:08 PM

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Not bad. Not great, but not bad. Disappointed with interior. Current TL had one of the best-designed interiors in this segment, only recently overtaken by the CTS. I was hoping the new TL would take it back from the CTS, but clearly it's gone backwards.

Also not so sure how smart it is to get so much bigger. 6 inches longer than the previous? yikes.

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NISSANINFINITI - 8/9/2008 5:05:14 PM

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I agree the interior looks like a toy...doesnt look real at all. not a good look. But it matches the exterior...lol

no1listensanyway - 8/9/2008 1:17:23 PMView My AgentSpace

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Wow, this car is officailly of my list of prospective vehicles, disgusting. RIP - Acura you have killed the one great car you had left.

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ktu01 - 8/9/2008 1:42:20 PM

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I feel like the new Acuras look like transformers.

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Lyall - 8/9/2008 1:52:29 PM

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So far, the License plate's looking good...

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Lyall - 8/9/2008 1:52:50 PM

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... but only just.

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NISSANINFINITI - 8/9/2008 5:06:35 PM

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YOU GO GIRL! I AGREE100%

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Jordanski - 8/9/2008 2:31:28 PM

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you know
i really WANT to like acura
but with this recent design
ugh

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0to60 - 8/9/2008 3:08:18 PM

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Should be a Honda avalon competitor or something. Not an acura. the interior in the current one looks much better

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204E60 - 8/9/2008 3:47:20 PM

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Another clunker from Acura. This company would go under if it were not owned by Honda.
Hideous cars.

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TauronB2G - 8/9/2008 4:04:52 PM

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Thats pretty bad...T

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senorgato - 8/9/2008 4:28:31 PM

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After looking at it further and comparing it to the current generation, I'm loving this design more and more. The current TL looks completely mundane next to this. This one may also pass as a competitor to the Lexus GS. Underpowered? Did you not read the specs? The grille treatment is much better than on the RL. Can't wait to see it in person.



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NISSANINFINITI - 8/9/2008 5:09:19 PM

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the real question is: DID YOU READ THE SPECS???...LOL...Read up, to "dlin" post

Ynot - 8/11/2008 8:46:36 AM

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I agree with you. Just have to give it some time. I'd like to see it in both silver and black.

theoptimisticpessimist - 8/9/2008 4:47:18 PM

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"The 2009 Acura TL moves further upmarket with a more aggressive interpretation of Acura's latest styling vocabulary, known as "Keen Edge Dynamic."

AHHHhahahahaha, you gotta love marketing weasels. Hey, just because you steal designs from better cars doesn't mean your moving upscale. The only original lines on this car are it's God awful grill and horrendous back end. The interior isn't as bad but what with that cheap look aluminum crap. What an a mistake this car is.

Say good by Acura.




















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truthpursuit - 8/9/2008 5:06:52 PM

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It has a love hate look,and the styling might be to edgy for most people.

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NISSANINFINITI - 8/9/2008 5:10:56 PM

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The engine looks like the Infinti M

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shiftless - 8/9/2008 5:34:42 PMView My AgentSpace

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DAMNNN ITS SOOOO UGGLYYYYY. Kinda remind me of the MDX without the raised roof.

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huu76 - 8/9/2008 6:08:34 PM

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factsrule,
If you want soul, just put a propellor on any car.
Boring design would be the cookie cutter BMWs out now. If it wasn't for them copying the Japanese now, BMWs would look like they were designed in a mircrowave.

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theoptimisticpessimist - 8/9/2008 6:21:24 PM

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Can you even make a comment with out hating BMW, you need a real hobby. Geeez.

bmwman1963 - 8/9/2008 7:19:24 PMView My AgentSpace

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huu76 is drinking douche bottles for his drinking water just like staar aka teknik aka auto001

bmwman1963 - 8/9/2008 7:25:59 PMView My AgentSpace

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huu, so i guess that is why lexus copied the old style 7 series when they introduced their new LS... LOL!!!!! Get your facts straight. You guys complained about the "Bangle Butt" but then your "GOD" "Lexus" copied it and suddenly it was the best thing since sex.. LMAO....

You Jap Brand Lovers really need to stop hatin' the true automotive innovators aka BMW, MB, Porsche and Audi. We all know on this site that the Jap car companies wait for the Germans to develop and spend the money and then copy them time and time again.

Lyall - 8/9/2008 6:25:50 PM

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puke-ura.

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Lyall - 8/9/2008 6:26:05 PM

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Beak-ura

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Lyall - 8/9/2008 6:26:46 PM

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screw-ura

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g2ok - 8/9/2008 6:39:06 PM

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WTF ! Ugly from every angle and looks so desparate to get attention. You would have to be vain to buy this one.

Time for Honda to close the door on Acura.

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sector - 8/9/2008 8:07:22 PM

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Acura is a leader not a follower, I love how they're pushing the envelop here, and it works :) If you want bland, just head over to the German marques, they do bland really well, however, if you want 21st century styling and want to see into the future of automotive design, you come back to Acura/Infiniti and Lexus.

That interior is what I call hi technology, executed with seamless ergonomics and integration... all this with 300+ hp and SH-AWD, this is a home run for Acura.

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theoptimisticpessimist - 8/9/2008 10:40:12 PM

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How the hell are they pushing the envelope? This car is a conglomerate of just about every other luxury car out there, except for the universally hated "beak". This is on of the most unoriginal design to date. The interior borders adequate to cheesy at best. The engineering was "state of the art" four years ago. How do you think this is home run?

sector - 8/10/2008 10:58:53 AM

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Stop living in the past, soft flowing lines had its time but angular, sharper lines are in. If you want cars to look like jelly beans and twinkies just look at BMWs. If you call that well executed interior cheesy, you must be a technophobe; just stick to your 80's BMW interior.

The Japanese embrace technology, not shy away from it, that's why they are the #1 electronics maker in the world. They coexist with technology, they live and breath technology, and it shows in their automobiles.

theoptimisticpessimist - 8/11/2008 1:41:11 PM

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"Stop living in the past"

You're kidding right? This car is the past, take a good look at this failure; the green house for the Lexus GS, the belt line from the BMW 5er, C pillar from the last generation Nissan Maxiam and front fenders off the number of economy cars. The only original element on this car is the almost universally detested grill. Read a few other automotive blogs and you will find you in a VERY small minority. Stop buying the Market weasel hype and take a good look at the car, no future elements, only those copied from the past.

Lexus - 8/9/2008 8:07:46 PM

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This new Acura TL is Fugly compare to the current gen, what hell wrong with Acura? This look very similar to the current Toyota Camry?

No wonder Hyundai surpass them in sales this year, Good Job Honda/Acura, keep up the good work, and Hyundai will put you out of business very soon.



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Agent63 - 8/9/2008 10:33:17 PMView My AgentSpace

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I'll wait until the final product is out and i'll see if it grows on me. The current one grew on me 2 years after it's debut.

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Jordanski - 8/10/2008 12:11:52 AM

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Acura's missed the mark. Left right & centre.
"-,-
Tisk tisk.
Every aspect of this vehicle is hideous.


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Dr550 - 8/10/2008 12:26:15 AM

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Front end looks like a bottle opener.

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huu76 - 8/10/2008 1:06:03 AM

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bmwdrvr,
Yes, I forgot, anything with 4 doors and 4 tires is a direct ripoff of BMW. Maybe you should go look where Bangle worked before, BMW's are failed Fiats. Take a block of cheddar, microwave for 60 seconds and voila, Flamer-surfacing just oozing with soul.

Its not 1936, the Master-race lost to the melting pot. Funny how the BMW losers always pull up Jap when they can't think of anything else. Better go goosestep back to the BMW-support group and see what other segments they can invent, maybe they can invent pickup trucks next and show how Americans copied them on that too.

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huu76 - 8/10/2008 1:31:17 AM

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2001 WRX tailights vs 2003 BMW 5
2003 Corolla vs 2005 Jetta.
Yup, I see how the Japanese keep copying.

Get your eyes checked if you think the LS and 7 look simimiliar.
LS' nose is more raked while the LS' is flat. 7 has Bangles all but revoked trunk while the LS continues with the last gen GS' trunk.
The new 7 (with the rest of the lineup) has adopted Toyota/Lexus' forward swept taillights.
I guess Lexus did copy BMW by installing windows and a steering wheel.

I'm pretty sure the company that can charge whatever it wants during a recession knows a little bit more than the company that has run out of incentives to giveaway, and they still can't move their inventory.

I can understand BMW's strategy though, copy Toyota/Lexus and then glue their propellor on, that's all auto-journalists and yuppies ever notice anyway.

It's funny how Bangle unleashed his pile of crap, everyone said it was cutting edge and BMW was taking a chance. When Acura does it (and in a less offensive way), it's boring. Swap the badges and the can opener design would win award after award after acclaim.

It's the end when you have to rely on marketing as opposed to engineering.

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Htay7500 - 8/10/2008 4:30:24 PM

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2003 Corolla vs 2005 Jetta."

thank goodness I'm not the only one who pointed that out.

huu76 - 8/10/2008 1:37:46 AM

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Nightfire,
Actually, I see a lot of the '96 CL 2.2 on the new TL design (the vertical line on the trunk and the overall angular shape).

This fact isn't quite as exciting as some people's claim that this is just a copy of a 2015MY German car.

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FactsRule - 8/10/2008 1:46:27 AM

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huu76 ur so lame... Lexus support groups must be falling off the wagon..

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senorgato - 8/10/2008 2:57:21 AM

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Hey, NissanInfiniti loser, the Type-S replacement, as the specs show, matches the HP of the Infiniti. Read much?

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JudasLease - 8/10/2008 11:02:09 AM

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Acura is lost. This is truly an ugly design and even worse, there is nothing "luxurious" about it. It has 4 fogs like a SUV and a giant GIANT beak overhang. The rear is from a Saturn, profile of the Maxima.

Interior is very busy and looks way to similar to a TSX or Accord. Push button start BUT YOU HAVE TO PUT THE KEY IN!?!?! Lame

Then even worse, the powertrain is old and not class leading at all but its the NEWEST entry.
The car will weigh more
Its huge now, 196 inches? Thats bigger than the RL!!

What were they thinking? THe last TL was GORGEOUS to look at!!!

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bmwman1963 - 8/12/2008 11:56:21 AMView My AgentSpace

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bulldogz,

No you don't have to put a key in the BMW to start it.
I have a 2008 BMW and have never inserted the key. Never even pushed a button on the fob for anything.

Star - 8/10/2008 2:05:08 PM

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Honda should stop selling their junk rebadged as a premium brand. Stick with economy cars.

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DW1968 - 8/10/2008 5:45:38 PM

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To paraphrase an old joke...if I had a car that ugly, I would just learn to drive it backwards, and...oh.

Doesn't work in this case, as both the front and the back of this thing are unspeakably ugly.

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DW1968 - 8/10/2008 5:48:09 PM

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Or: 2 beaks, 1 car.

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skinny - 8/11/2008 8:27:03 AM

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Acura is lost! I'm glad I bought a '08 TL a month ago. I envisioned this debacle would come out after looking at the '09 TSX!!!

Acura made the car too big as it pushes past RL territory. So what becomes of the RL? Does Acura drop it as thru 2 generations it has been a sales dud? Or do they make it even