iamitman

LOVE IT!

ssjoeboe9

Those are some crazy headlights

atlACURAboi

Cant wait to see what the actual production model looks like!!!

PyroDave

holy shit haha. looks pretty awesome. the toe in/toe out/neutral shit was fucking awesome, along with the regenerative wheels

tobwac

damm that is so sexy
i want those headlight in my tsx

ttk5

looks SICK. absolutely love it. veery boss. Interior looks gorgeous and the love the way the gauges light up at start up

TSXy Luster

everything but the wheels, and some bumper bits will make it into the production car.


FYI iamitman, there is already a huge RLX thread in the Automotive news section in the Off Topic area.

Simba91102

Wow! Do you guys all work for Honda? Looks like a Lexus with some ghetto wheels to me.

icky2unk

Don't really like it. I love lexus but hate this.

Its nice if it was a new TSX. But for a high end car, it looks like as I mentioned a 30k car.

It's a shame. But a decent looking car nonethless, just underwhelming for its price point.

apinwp09GBTSX

it looks like a bit like the Hyundai Equus combined with A8...it's not bad change the rims..
I can see the CEO's or managers in my company rolling up in this... Classy/VIP boss

The car isn't for me but I like the direction Acura is going can't wait for the TLX!!!

musty hustla

looks like a camry to me

Acura_Dude

IMO Acura seems to be going in the right direction for the RL(X). Can't wait to see the new TL(X).

TSXgal

It looks ok, but won't turn heads. IMO Acura needs to make bolder styling moves if it wants to legitimately compete with cars in this segment. Stacking two rows of lights isn't going to cut it. I do like the back of the car- reminiscent of the new BMW 5 series.

Grigio09

iTrader: (1)

Not a fan

ed_423

things i like:

- awesome interior
- great rear look
-cool headlights
- awesome sports mode button
- nice awd system

things i DONT like:

- wheels. wtf man?
- grille. does not flow with the car at all still.

TrojanTSX

I will wait for the TLX.

01ITR

It doesn't look bad, but the new ES/GS from Lexus is boss.

ParaSurfer1979

Wow what a beautiful car. Those tires are WIDE for a current Acura. It's nice to see something so fresh from the company. I still see gens from old Acura (3rd Gen TL especially). Thank you very much for sharing.

komplexZ

Honda's bringing back their 80s prelude tech with 4 wheel steering huh

headlights are interesting, the rest is nothing special to me

pickler

looks like a ford taurus with 760li rearlights

denwhat

http://www.autoblog.com/2012/04/04/a...new-york-2012/
I think it looks boring, especially for a brand new car. Acura really needs to step up their game, I remember when the 3G TL came out it was so popular because of how great it looked.

The all wheel steering is pretty interesting though it has been done before in the past by Honda if you guys remember the all wheel steer preludes of the early 90s. IDK why it was discontinued in the first place. Apparently the regenative braking works with SH-AWD to boost fuel economy and its basically a front wheel drive car with an electric motor powering the rear wheels.

The good thing is that Acura/Honda is finally putting in a new gearbox. I think this is the most exciting thing of all as its supposed to be a 7 speed double clutch box (finally!).

briq456

Hope they do a better job with the new transmissions. Pretty much everyone I know who has or has had an auto Honda has had to have their transmission replaced. Not a good record.

Oh and I liked the part where they showed the guy with the old Integra parked by Central Park. Nice throwback.

Acura_Dude

I wanna know what's so great with this tranny application. Not nitpicking at all, just want to know what made Acura go the double-clutch route for the tranny.

a77

I have appraised hundreds of auto Hondas and the only ones with replaced auto trannies I recall were older Odysseys. The third gear issue on some 6 speed manuals has been a bigger issue in recent years.

a35tl

Granted the wheels are hideous but I'm confident they won't be on production models. What I find awesome about the new RLX is that it is touted to have at least 370 hp and 30mpg city and highway. There's got to be some hybrid help in there somewhere but there is no car out there right now, (that I'm aware of), that can boast that much horsepower combined with 30 mpg city and highway. Acura is saying that it will have V8 performance with "better than 4 cylinder economy". It looks a bit conservative to me, almost Avalon-like, but it's hard to argue with those performance and mpg numbers. Just hope they don't price it too high. Rumored to be in the low $60k price range.

denwhat

The benefits of double clutch gearboxes are much faster shift times, faster than that of a professional driver in a manual transmission car. They also have big fuel economy savings as theres no torque converters. The only downside is that they are more complex and if it goes wrong, probably much more expensive to repair.

TrojanTSX

Ive seen a few accords eat through trannies in the past. Usually when they have well over 150K on the odometer.

Mr. NC

I want 3:10 of my life back, that video was just brutal to sit through and watch, who produced that shit?!


1) Front looks like a Camry/Taurus
2) Headlights stolen from the Lexus LS460 HL with the multiple projectors
3) sideview so slabsided...reminded me of a 300c
4) the c pillar kink....infiniti m45 much?
5) rear tails.....bmw 5/7 series
6) Whoa interior buttons bro slow down, less is more?
7) Rims are actually passable...if Acura is going for the whole advanced look...the turbine style is ok
8) The light up gimmick is cute...but really in a luxury car you want substance not style
9) Proly the best part of this car cant be seen and thats the SH-AWD Hybrid system and thats a shame

rgoldd

Two WVGA touch screens doesn't = amazing in car entertainment/navigation system.

That software is fugly.......

dallison

There were parts of it that i liked, but definitely not the rims.

ressling

why must cars be ruined by succumbing to the LED trend?

benben01

I would buy one

Acura_Dude

I think it's a trend that wont last more than a few years. Seems to me I see LEDs DRLs on almost everything that comes out now. Some cars they look good on, but thats just it, SOME cars.

rgoldd

I think it's here to stay. However Lexus, Porsche, and MB implementations don't look that great especially Lexus big LEDs in the lights.

I believe Audi was the first to do it with the A4 and it is absolutely stunning to me the LEDs are crisp and don't blur and then the others copy. Just my opinion

I forgot, BMW halos on the 3 seem original like Audis as well.

Acura_Dude

Exactly. BMW's corona rings look great as well as Audi's LED DRLs. They fit those models perfectly.

opboarding

I agree about the MB led drl's. The lights look too big and too far spaced apart. I also saw halogen headlights paired with the led drl (I think it was a MB) and it looked terrrrrrrible. Dull yellow headlights with 6000k leds...barf.

Audi however, absolute sex.

Acura_Dude

Audi absolute

BaoZZeR

I rather keep my TSX lol

ESHBG

The RLX concept and some info is now up on Acura's site:

http://www.acura.com/future/RLX?SP_R...ullsite=true#1

It's decent. Definitely going to be expensive, though.

Acura_Dude

Expensive yes.