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Friday, May 15
First Drive: 2010 Lincoln MKT EcoBoost and MKS EcoBoost
CA There are no on-center dead zones like we've experienced in the Acura TL and TSX, but the effort is a bit on the light side under some conditions. Overall, it is a good effort and the steering engineers will no doubt continue to tweak the calibrations. ...
Wednesday, Apr 15
Review: 2009 Nissan Maxima, return of the four-door sports car?
CA The leather-wrapped tiller provides precise control over the heading with no free-play and a measured reaction to torque in proportion to cornering forces. Compared to the Acura TL, the Maxima's steering feels much more natural and fun to toss into ...
Wednesday, Apr 1
Acura becomes first brand to achieve top marks from NHTSA and IIHS ...
CA On March 25, 2009, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA*), as part of its New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) testing, awarded the all-new 2009 Acura TL performance luxury sedan a 5-Star rating - its top rating - for side impact ...
Wednesday, Jan 7
Detroit Preview: 2010 Buick LaCrosse breaks cover
CA - existing car has been abandoned in favor of the increasingly fashionable fastback look of other competing premium sedans like the Acura TL and Lexus GS. ...
Monday, Nov 24
In the Autoblog Garage: 2009 Acura TL SH-AWD
2008 has been a busy year for Acura's design and manufacturing engineering staff. It's not often that a brand refreshes its entire sedan lineup in the span of just over six months. Of course, in Acura's case that only amounts to three cars, but includes two completely redesigned cars with th...
Tuesday, Nov 18
Nissan GT-R crowned Motor Trend Car of the Year
Do you sense a pattern here? Not only has the Nissan GT-R won just about every comparison test on the planet, but it's also racked up a Popular Science Best of What's New award, Car of the Year honors from Automobile Magazine, and now the GT-R can add Motor Trend's CotY trophy to its mantle, as...
Tuesday, Nov 4
SEMA 2008: Ronn Motor Company unveils the 200-mph Scorpion HX
CA - Nov 4, 2008 The 3.5-liter DOHC VTEC-equipped V6 is pulled from the 2008 Acura TL Type-S and mated to a close-ratio six-speed manual sending power to the rear wheels ...
Monday, Oct 20
Acura dealer takes the TL's nose in for rhinoplasty - Autoblog
2009 Acura TL priced from $34955 (48 days ago - 49 Comments); Acura finally caves to the Magic 8 Ball (15 days ago - 52 Comments); Mugen JDM Honda Odyssey puts the "get" in grocery getter (Today - 25 Comments); First Drive: 2009 ...
Sunday, Oct 19
Acura finally caves to the Magic 8 Ball
CA - Oct 19, 2008 And the new TL may have the company's most powerful V6 to date, but even in today's socio-economic climate, luxury consumers still want V8 muscle. ...
Monday, Oct 13
Rumored and Rendered Speculation: Honda S3000
Filed under: Concept Cars, Convertibles, Sports/GTs, Honda, Rendered SpeculationHonda's S2000 may not be the newest thing on the market, but that doesn't mean it'll be easy to improve upon. The balance is sublime, the driving environment is nearly perfect, and it really comes alive af...
Wednesday, Oct 1
Motor Trend reveals COTY contenders
Motor Trend says on its blog that they are busily putting 17 new or newly redesigned cars through an "exhaustive evaluation process" that will result in 10 finalists for their Car of the Year award. With cars like the BMW 1 Series, Nissan GT-R, Audi A4, Acura TSX and Pontiac G8, we'd have a har...
Thursday, Sep 25
Honda announces 6-speed manual for 2010 Acura TL
Acura is again tossing enthusiasts a bone with a new six-speed manual transmission option for their 2010 Acura TL SH-AWD model. While the 2009 model is only available with a five-speed automatic with paddle shifters, next year will mark the return of the stick shift -- and the first time Ac...
Tuesday, Sep 16
2009 Acura TL priced from $34,955
Acura has finally revealed the pricing structure of its new 2009 TL sedan, and the base price jumps to $34,995, a little over a thousand bucks more than the last entry-level model. Replacing last year's Type-S is a new model with a version of Acura's SH-AWD and, at 305-horsepower, the most p...
Monday, Aug 11
Autoblog First Drive: 2009 Acura TL [w/VIDEO]
Filed under: Sedans/Saloons, Acura, First Drive Click above for high-res gallery of the 2009 Acura TL Gallery: First Drive: 2009 Acura TL Gallery: 2009 Acura TL Photos Copyright (C)2008 Sam Abuelsamid / Weblogs, Inc. Continue reading Autoblog First Drive: 2009 Acura TL [w/VIDEO]
Saturday, Aug 9
2009 Acura TL fully revealed
The floodgates will open on the '09 Acura TL soon enough, but in the meantime, Inside Line has posted a set of press photos and confirmed the car's final specs. As has been previously reported, there are two versions: a base 3.5L car with 285 horses and front-wheel drive; and the range-toppin...
Monday, Aug 4
Acura line to grow, new model to bow before 2010
Acura's aim of becoming a "Tier 1" luxury brand has been thwarted by a lineup that some view as nothing more than decked-out Hondas. Dan Bonawitz, Honda's vice president of corporate planning and logistics believes that broadening Acura's line of vehicles is the way to compete with Audi,...
Monday, Jul 21
Spy Shots: 2009 Acura TL in the buff
The 2009 Acura TL has been spied enough times to rival the Chevrolet Camaro and Nissan GT-R, and even though Acura has already released a teaser of the TL ahead of its official launch, the overly airbrushed glamour shot doesn't accurately reflect what the TL will look like in the flesh.
Thursday, Jul 10
2009 Acura TL shows its face, AWD confirmed
The 2009 Acura TL is coming this fall, and Acura has released the first official image of the car. Acura's love-it-or-hate-it new shield-grille face is affixed to the front end of the new sedan, which also sports thin, slanted headlamps and a pair of angular lower intakes. A pronounced acce...
Tuesday, Jun 24
Spy Shots: Even better pics of the new '09 Acura TL
We just showed you some spy pics of the 2009 Acura TL yesterday, but when one automotive photog saw the lo-res cellphone pics we ran, he knew he could do better. Our buddy Rich Truesdell of Automotive Traveler sent over a small patch of pics that he shot of the new mid-level Acura in action out i...
Saturday, Apr 12
Rumormill: 2009 Acura TL coming in 2 flavors, gets AWD
Filed under: Sedans/Saloons, Acura, RumormillHonda/Acura had its 2009 dealer meeting in New Orleans last week, and a little birdie that claims to have attended has whispered some details about the 2009 Acura TL in our ears. According to our anonymous tipster, the '09 TL range will consi...
