Road & Track First Drive '06 TSX Writeup
12-30-2005, 03:36 PM
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Road & Track First Drive '06 TSX Writeup
Just got my February R&T, they state that Acura claims a 13hp increase from '05 to '06 if the SAE Standards for 2006 are not considered. The picture of it makes it look really sweet.
12-30-2005, 03:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Zoopa
Just got my February R&T, they state that Acura claims a 13hp increase from '05 to '06 if the SAE Standards for 2006 are not considered. The picture of it makes it look really sweet.
Scan?
12-30-2005, 06:51 PM
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Originally Posted by TSXdawg
my bad...thanks for the scans...you put them on 1 min before I posted my reply 
Hehe, np.... since I'm in the spirit of img posting, check out my next reply to this thread...
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12-30-2005, 08:24 PM
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I still think if the TSX could not get 1st, at least give it to the Accord. Anything but the jetta! 
It should lose more points just for it's looks, let alone longevity.
It should lose more points just for it's looks, let alone longevity.
12-30-2005, 09:03 PM
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Nice scans...sad to see the TSX in 3rd.
However, you can kinda see why this was the case based on objective acceleration numbers. But speed alone does not make a car great.
However, you can kinda see why this was the case based on objective acceleration numbers. But speed alone does not make a car great.
12-30-2005, 10:53 PM
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I had to laugh.....Car and Driver said the Accord lacked visual pizazz...Yeah right...did they actually take a look at the front of that Jetta......UGH! And those rims look like they were pulled out of a Cuisinart food blender. 
12-30-2005, 11:35 PM
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Those car mags rarely add in reliabilty issues into their judgement unless they had issues during their tests. That being said they chose a car built in Mexico as their top car and I doubt they were unaware of it. Take that for what it's worth.
12-31-2005, 11:24 AM
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new jetta GLI is fugly. It's too bad, b/c the old ones were hot:
http://www.bentleypublishers.com/ima...a.gli.2005.jpg
http://www.bentleypublishers.com/ima...a.gli.2005.jpg
12-31-2005, 04:10 PM
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After looking at promo photos on the VW website, the Jetta doesn't look half bad - on the exterior. I was one of few to call it "fugly" in the other thread. The interior however looks like it missed the trip to the 21st century. Why the f... would anyone need sound control knobs (base, middle, treble, balance, fader) all lined up in the middle of the stereo console?
12-31-2005, 04:16 PM
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I agree the photos in the article looks fugly. The pictures of the Jetta on VW's website look pretty decent. Are they not the same car?
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^^^How can you look at the front end of the GLI in the pic above and not conclude that it's fugly? It's horrible.
12-31-2005, 04:18 PM
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Originally Posted by msterling21
I agree the photos in the article looks fugly. The pictures of the Jetta on VW's website look pretty decent. Are they not the same car?
12-31-2005, 05:33 PM
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R&T assigned a substantial number of the total available points to a "Gotta Have It" factor. WTF is that? The only other consideration seems to be how fast the cars go. I wouldn't be getting too upset over it.
12-31-2005, 08:00 PM
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The regular jetta model has chrome grill that's why it looks better. But the one in the pic, looks like it's missing the middle of it's front. So much for VW being "the people's car".... seriously, I can't justify current VW prices....
12-31-2005, 08:02 PM
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Originally Posted by The_Irritator
R&T assigned a substantial number of the total available points to a "Gotta Have It" factor. WTF is that? The only other consideration seems to be how fast the cars go. I wouldn't be getting too upset over it.
The "gotta have it" factor is an excuse. In Canada, the civic SI won the new sports car category. So where does that leave the Corvette Z06 you ask? Well, they created a category called "gotta have it" or some bullshit like that. And ofcourse the corvette won. Pathetic!
01-03-2006, 02:20 AM
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So much for VW being "the people's car".... seriously, I can't justify current VW prices....
01-04-2006, 06:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Zoopa
Just got my February R&T, they state that Acura claims a 13hp increase from '05 to '06 if the SAE Standards for 2006 are not considered.
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On the closed thread "2006 Road And Track first drive *SCANNED PIC
" you can see pic of the TSX better. Note that the TSX is a fabulous Royal Blue Pearl!
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" you can see pic of the TSX better. Note that the TSX is a fabulous Royal Blue Pearl!
Excited
01-18-2006, 12:28 AM
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Originally Posted by waTSX
God, the front end on the GLI is just butt-ugly. 
01-18-2006, 11:30 AM
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Edmunds Inside line also wrote very extensively about the TSX and the GLI and said they are so similar, and that it's one of the closest comparison tests thy have ever had. They also said 'Things were so close that if you removed the nav system and its associated price penalty from the TSX we're pretty sure it would have been a dead heat.'
http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do...ticleId=107677
http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do...ticleId=107677
01-19-2006, 08:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Newplay1
That jetta is soooo poor mans BMW E90 its not even funny almost like a toyota echo if you can't afford Camry...
Where does that leave the TSX in your opinion?
01-20-2006, 09:28 AM
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Considering the poor man's BMW is the lowest model of the 3 series, and the Jetta is a car I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy(unless it was a girl with rich parents), I think it'd put the TSX in pretty good standing. Just because Jetta's can be fun to drive but break all the time is not a good reason to compare them to BMWs. Compare them to Audis.
c&d lost a lot of cred points for me with this one. and just about everyone i know thinks the new vw don't look nearly as good as the older vws.
01-20-2006, 12:42 PM
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Originally Posted by cp3117
Thats an awesome compliment even mentioning jetta and bmw in the same sentence like that......but i do wonder about your comparison......if its a poor mans bmw and the new jetta still has better performance and value over the TSX.
Where does that leave the TSX in your opinion?
Where does that leave the TSX in your opinion?