Does anyone know if Acura plans to replace the CL with another Coupe?

It seems that coupes are getting harder and harder to find...

 

right now, no... there are no plans for a coupe in the Acura lineup other then the RSX and the NSX. I have a feeling that come 2005 or so there may be another one launched... but right now... nothing exists.

 

The market is going towards sport sedans, and the trend for buying SUVs (which a portion of them should be called SAVs like the X5) makes the coupe market very competitive.

Honda will need to rethink their strategy for the market of upscale coupes, where it will clearly compete with RWDs (G35, 350Z, 330 Ci, etc.), and separating more the Acura brand from Honda, where the letter H should be taken from the Acura car in their parts or Honda Lease Trust changing name to Acura Financial Services (like Inifniti does) IMO.

 

i wouldn't be surprised if acura comes out with a new mid-priced sport coupe with models that include a convertible. with the market that acura is competing in, it's going to be where they step to the plate and show the other companies what's made them a reputable company, or they back down and let the other companies win

Nissan's got the 350Z with a convertible,
Infinity has the G35 (who knows if it'll ever be avialable with a convertible in the future)
Mazda of course now has the RX-8
Mercedes has the CLK
BMW has the 330ci

so there's some stiff competition out there, but i have faith in acura to step to the plate and come up with something that will be kick ass. give it a year or two. Who knows maybe they have something that we dont' know of that they are working on.

 

Nope, but we all hope so. And I hope it doesn't look like a supersized TSX like the 04 TL. Come on Acura:shakehd:

 

That's a question I asked myself several times lately. I think we will see a coupe from Acura, but not before we see a smaller-than-MDX SUV and an RL replacement.

I am optimistic because Acura showed with the new TL that it dares to move upmarket. That means that a possible CL replacement will be way better than the current offering. And that's a good thing. No V8 needed. Just a high reving 3.5 liter V6 making between 300 and 350 HP. Starting at low $40Ks? No prob if AWD is there and it looks great.

We'll know in about 2 years I am guessing.

 

Roadsters and Sport Sedans rule the market. Not many coupes left nowadays.

 

BMW did just come out with the 6 series coupes....so there's gotta be a market that they're trying to get into again

 

i'm sure the CL model is just taking a hiatus for a few years.
acura did that between the 1st gen and 2nd gen CLs, they skipped the 2000 model year....

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by YuppieCL
i'm sure the CL model is just taking a hiatus for a few years.
acura did that between the 1st gen and 2nd gen CLs, they skipped the 2000 model year.... [/QUOTE

I'll be happy if they did the same again and bumped the HPs another 60 horses to 320hp AWD

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by nandowong

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Originally posted by YuppieCL
i'm sure the CL model is just taking a hiatus for a few years.
acura did that between the 1st gen and 2nd gen CLs, they skipped the 2000 model year.... [/QUOTE

I'll be happy if they did the same again and bumped the HPs another 60 horses to 320hp AWD

i'd be happy if they just made it a rwd!

 

If you want RWD, there is plenty of 'em out there. I wouldn't expect it from Acura tho'.

BMW, and Infiniti have 'em, and when I go back to RWD that's probably where I'll buy from.

 

oh i know, i'm happy with my CLS, i doubt that acura will produce a mid priced RWD. But we can all dream.