According to Forbes the Hyundai Entourage minivan is the worst selling car in the US to date with 5405 units. It seems are beloved RL is probably worse than that based on the 300-400 unit/mo reported on this board

http://www.forbes.com/2008/12/03/wor...hisspeed=25000

 

Why do people prefer beemer or MB over the RL? Well, IMO, and I am European, German duo are considered more luxurious even though they are not and we all know it. ESPECIALLY if we compare apple to apple, $ to $. Americans are shocked when they go to Europe and see MB as a cab. This whole aura follows here. They are not better. I think Japanese are ahead in the game.

 

i keep telling ppl that
when i was in germany the cabs were all mb 300's
great prestige...lol

 

Considering those cabs go 100,000 to 200,000 miles with tens of thousands of people in them and still run says they are good cars.

 

good isn't being debated

 

Acura has sold 4272 RLs as of November 30th. If they have another 300 sold this month, that'll be just short of 4600 for the year. Last year in the same timeframe time, Acura had sold 5676 RLs.

Yet more evidence that
a) Forbes should stick to reporting on stocks rather than cars
b) The luxury market is tanking
c) The lack of marketing of the RL hurts it disproportionately to other mid-luxury cars

 

a) AGREE. I read numerous reports on cars by Forbes and these people sucked! Persona non grata.
b) AGREE. Which market is not today?
c) AGREE. And Honda pulling out of F1 and putting on hold the NSX to me seem like a good move. Let's not forget it's not anybody but the BIG 3 asking for money today. OK, Ford does not need it. Yet.