Can someone give me a brief description in the differences in model years from 2001 to 2003. Ive read a bit online but cant get a clear cut answer. Is there a huge difference in handling etc?

 

6speed for '03 w/o the VSA is the biggest difference... everything else is hardly worth noting

Hmm.. maybe this is why the CL died out

 

outside mirrors are diffent shaped, 02+ are supposed to be quieter, 03s get different rims on the type s and body color door handles and grill frame, also 03s dont have driving lights

 

they don't come with the note pad and pen anymore. and also the '03 has two emergency trunk release inside that glows in the dark in case you fall into your trunk and it locks you in. the head lights have black housing. I think thats everything.

 

Rear taillights are different on the '03.

 

'02's got thicker glass in the side windows and sunroof. Outside mirrors in addition to being smallerare tinted. Did they do away with the whole tray on the non-navi models Bullaculla? I use that tray all of the time! At least Acura didn't "decontent" their vehicles after the initial launch like a lot of auto makers do, they made some nice minor improvements

 

just thicker glass in the sunroof, not the windows. I don't have navi, but there's some talk aout the earlier ones being disk driven and new ones are dvd based

 

i have 03 non nav and have the note pad tray, but no pad

 

Also:

OnStar system with Navigation option in 2003!

5W-20 recommended oil in 2002 & 2003 model

Helical Limited Slip Differential in the 2003 manual transmission model.

Manual Transmission car is lighter then automatic Type S by 64 pounds.

No bowling ball trim finish in 2003 model.

 

Nope, the 2001's have a DVD-based NAVI.