Does the structure of the 04 TL suggest AWD option next year?
02-22-2004, 04:54 AM
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Does the structure of the 04 TL suggest AWD option next year?
I was just wondering if there would be any dead giveaways on the structural design of the 04 TL that would suggest/indicate that AWD would be an upcoming option. If there were, and AWD happens in the TL, then there is at least hope for an AWD coupe based on the TL platform.
I also think a new coupe would probably sell better as a TL coupe than as a CL. The CL has a bad reputation as a success story.
I also think a new coupe would probably sell better as a TL coupe than as a CL. The CL has a bad reputation as a success story.
02-22-2004, 07:36 AM
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i give the tl till 2006 2007 to be awd, once alot of people start complaing about tourqe steer. there is nothing in my car now that would suggest it, but hey i might not have realized it.
02-22-2004, 08:40 AM
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Don't start thinking that the structural design has any bearing on anything. The 2nd gen Legends had the structural design which indicated that an AWD offering was in the future ..... and that was over a decade ago.
02-22-2004, 09:17 AM
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Yeah, I know. I was just curious if there was a rough out already placed in the TLs frame for the addition of something like this.--not that I can say I would know what I was even looking for, but someone else might.
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Originally posted by JZ
Yeah, I know. I was just curious if there was a rough out already placed in the TLs frame for the addition of something like this.--not that I can say I would know what I was even looking for, but someone else might.
Yeah, I know. I was just curious if there was a rough out already placed in the TLs frame for the addition of something like this.--not that I can say I would know what I was even looking for, but someone else might.
02-23-2004, 01:12 AM
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i'd rather wait for the tlx
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4MT will be coming about 2006
Service manager at my dealership told me the 4MT AWD system used in the MDX should be available on the TL by 2006. I am sure it will be a down scaled version but still cool. That will be my next car. 
02-24-2004, 12:15 AM
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Re: 4MT will be coming about 2006
Originally posted by runis
Service manager at my dealership told me the 4MT AWD system used in the MDX should be available on the TL by 2006. I am sure it will be a down scaled version but still cool. That will be my next car.
Service manager at my dealership told me the 4MT AWD system used in the MDX should be available on the TL by 2006. I am sure it will be a down scaled version but still cool. That will be my next car.
There isn't a straight path for a drive line so a conventional AWD system would take some re-engineering of parts.
Honda doesn't like to do stuff conventional though so we will see later this year when the new RL is unvieled and see if it has a hybrid AWD chassis.
It could be an interesting or disappointing year though.....
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