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2009 acura tl

2009 Acura TL Priced At $34,995

Fancy a bit of buck-toothed big Acura style? The 2009 Acura TL starts at $34,995. That will buy you a 3.5-Liter V6 and an automatic transmission (a manual is coming next year). Speed freaks will want to spend up to the $38,505 Super Handling All Wheel Drive-equipped model with the 3.7-liter, 305 HP V6 (the most powerful Acura ever). The truly committed can plump for the $43,235 TL SH-AWD with 19-inch wheels, summer performance tires and Technology Package. None of those prices include the $760 destination and handling fee. Click through for full details from Honda’s press release.

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3:40 PM on Tue Sep 16 2008
By Wes Siler
2,193 views, 30 comments

Latest by Vrette: I've been meaning to ask, could someone with decent Photoshop skills graft the 3G grill onto the 4G so we can all see what the 2010 Acura TL will look like? Thanks! more »

acura nsx

Acura NSX-R To Come Statestide Causing Fanboys To Swoon For Spoon

Can't wait for the V10-powered 2010 Acura NSX? Good news, friend, as Japanese tuner Spoon is planning to convert left-hand-drive previous-generation Acura NSX's into fire-breathing Acura NSX-Rs and ship them to the US. The bespoke NSX-R will first be going on a crash diet: Body panels get replaced by carbon fiber, thinner rear glass is installed, lightweight wheels are mounted, the spare is replaced with a can of goop, sound deadening gets nixed and so on. Then comes the fun. More »

10:00 AM on Tue Aug 26 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
5,041 views, 41 comments

Latest by ClickHereForFire: This is a very fast car, and a very good looking car. I wasn't thrilled with the new headlights but this looks infinitely better than the new NSX (How dare they call that abomination an NSX, btw) and I'm guessing it's a hell of a lot more fun to drive more »

2009 acura tl sh-awd

2009 Acura TL, Revealed: SH-AWD Is The New Type-S

You'll be reading the boss-man's official review of the new 2009 Acura TL and the Type-S-replacing 2009 Acura TL SH-AWD later this week. But, since everyone else is doing it, here's our drop of embargoed details. For starters, mock the big buck-toothed front end if you will — frankly, we've already beat that horse to its second death, so we're going to spend our time checking out the back end with its centerline action, looking like Acura used their "good" design team on the rear. In addition to the new exterior, the interior has become more cockpit-like, utilizing a design direction seemingly straight from the Accord. That's not a bad thing. The real story's under the hood, as the base TL is getting a horsepower bump thanks to the 3.5-liter V6, bringing the four-door up to 285 HP. Reach up to the top-shelf SH-AWD TL and you'll get a beefier 305 HP 3.7-liter V6. Although both variants come mated to a five-speed auto tranny, we're told a manual 'box should be expected for the next model year. But you'll want to keep the hood up on the SH-AWD for a moment to admire Acura's picture-frame-perfect 3.7-liter engine cover. Perhaps Acura is making a statement about their powerplant designs? Hit the jump for the full press release.

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9:20 AM on Mon Aug 11 2008
By Andrew Stoy
16,199 views, 64 comments

Latest by tts10driver: @stoneman: No such thing as a "big block 350". Sounds like a Pontiac fan trying to say Pontiac had a big block when everyone should know that all Pontiac blocks from the 326 to the 455 were of the same external dimensions. I promise to quit drinking so much caffiene. more »

spy photos

2009 Acura TL Interior Gets Up-Close And Personal

We've seen plenty of the 2009 Acura TL's jagged exterior, but not much of what appears to be a newly-swankified interior until now. Though we're assuming from the language on some of the buttons that this isn't a US-spec model, the basic layout you see here will likely be much the same as what you'll find in stateside Acura showrooms this fall. If you're not excited by the slightly different take on the same black-and-beige (with silver trim!) theme that's been on pretty much every car for the past decade, Honda Acura has included a big shiny red start button to give your monotonous white-collar life a tiny whiff of excitement. [BurlappCars]

Spy Photos

11:00 AM on Mon Aug 4 2008
By Mark Arnold
8,486 views, 20 comments

Latest by mcryder: we could always drive it in reverse and pretend its RWD. but the grill, the horror, the horror!! dash is ok, no more complicated then the new generation MDX more »

2010 acura nsx

Edmunds Disrobes New Acura NSX

Edmunds' JDM friends at Auto Holiday Magazine have put together some rendered speculation of the new Acura NSX using the spy photos of the 2010 supercar spotted on the Nürburgring in Art Nouveau leopard print. If these sans-camouflage shots are spot on, the new NSX will look — according to Edmunds — "neat but not gorgeous...following the 2007 Detroit Auto Show concept car's lines closer than first thought." Of course it would.

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8:00 AM on Tue Jul 29 2008
By Ray Wert
9,508 views, 59 comments

Latest by iomatic: @NewbiusMaximus: That's what you get in the school-free Summer time. Sigh. more »

2009 acura tl

2009 Acura TL Caught In Natural Habitat, The Golf Course

We've already seen the big-nosed front end reveal of the 2009 Acura TL, but Flickr user buckeye01 managed to snag a beautiful close-up set of pics while out at the links. We finally get an up-close look at the rear of the new TL and also a peek inside. Unfortunately, all we see in the cabin is some shapely dash elements, and perforated leather seats. At the back we see a pair of dual-quad exhaust tips, huuuuuge bumper mounted reflectors, tasteful tail lights and a nice use of chrome. Does that make this the 2009 Acura TL Type-S?

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6:00 PM on Mon Jul 21 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
22,227 views, 64 comments

Latest by JLP at AllFinancialMatters: Wow! That thing is UGLY! more »

2009 acura tl type-s

2009 Acura TL Type-S Shows Us All Four Pipes In Tacoma

We've already had a good first look at the 2009 Acura TL so when we got a tip from Exit133 that they had a long-range photo of the new TL being used for a commercial in Tacoma we weren't hopeful there would be much news. Alas, unlike the rear end of 2009 TL we've already spotted around town a few times, you can make out quad-pipes, a clear sign this is almost certainly the 2009 Acura TL Type-S. Another good sign is the fact that there are clearly production staff running to move the car. So what should we expect from the new 2009 Acura TL and 2009 Acura TL Type-S?

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4:00 PM on Mon Jul 14 2008
By Matt Hardigree
25,868 views, 16 comments

Latest by superbmtsub: Unlike the herd, I'm starting to like the design cues of the upcoming TL. more »

over the back fence

Acura NSX V10 May Get Cylinder Deactivation, Acura RL May Get V10

According to 7Tune, Honda is concerned about their environmental image with the new 5.5-liter V10 they plan on dropping between the rails of the new 2010 Acura NSX. We're now told Honda plans to employ "Variable Cylinder Management" to deactivate an entire bank of cylinders in the V10 in cruising situations to greatly improve fuel economy. That's all well and good, but what do the prospective power numbers look like on this new engine? And what of other rumors for the big V10?

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11:20 AM on Mon Jul 14 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
3,646 views, 24 comments

Latest by neosoul: 500+HP on V10... meh... 500+HP on a screaming 9k rpm redline, (relatively speaking) small displacement N/A V10 with aluminum space body, mid-engine configuration, rear wheel drive, 10+ years of racing experience-built suspension, ~3000 lbs? YES! YES! YES! more »

2009 acura tl

2009 Acura TL Shows Us Its Rear End Yet Again

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2010 acura nsx

Even More Of The 2010 Acura NSX Rounding The 'Ring

Yes, we've seen the 2010 Acura NSX making a big splash with its camouflaged world debut in Germany. We've also briefly seen the car making its way around the Nürburgring's Nordschleife. Now, however, we're going to sit back and soak in that V10 symphony thanks to a new video providing over three minutes of footage straight from the 'ring. Our assumption is Honda wasn't content with that 7:37 'ring run after hearing all the hubbub about the 2009 Corvette ZR1 making a run in 7:26.4. So they've gone back out — testing and tweaking away. The life of a test engineer must be a heavy burden to bear. Video after the jump.

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10:20 AM on Mon Jun 30 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
2,935 views, 28 comments

Latest by Joseph: "Silly foreigners, calling an Acura a Honda." Silly Americans thinkin' that it's anything more than a Honda. more »