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Originally Posted by Tyresian
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Originally Posted by ShocknAwe
I dunno about the rest of you but I'm super pumped for this.
Car looks great with some real effort to throw back to the old TypeS styling and if the SH-AWD is tuneable to be rear biased it will be an absolute hoot. Too bad there won't be a manual or DCT.
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I'm excited as well.
Acura / Honda has fantastic reliability and getting that long-term reliability with a good amount of power at a lower price than the higher end luxury brands is exactly what they are about.
I do hope TLX is fun to drive. I really loved my 2005 TL. The 2010 TL SH-AWD I had was definitely more luxurious but lost some of the fun.
Of course this car keeps getting bigger and bigger so I shouldn't hold my breath. But I'm glad to see them try something better than the same old bland they've been serving the past 10 years.
It is too bad they didn't stick closer to the Type S Concept but hey, it is still closer than their previous concepts so that's something good. |
Acura and Honda reliability is not what it used to be. Check out the latest data.
I had 08tls and it was an understeering pig. Horrid chassis with 70% of the weight over front axle. The engine seized at 72k mi. Also had 03 tls and it was ok dd but another understeering pig. xmsn died at 95k but was covered due to class action law suit.
It seems to me they are using sh awd to mask budget chassis but I'll wait until more details are available. This should have come out 5-7 years ago and they should have developed rwd chasssis by now.