micwiltay

Not too pretty from behind.

http://jalopnik.com/cars/spy-photos/...-it-252024.php

darksom1

I agree with those posters that say it looks like a Solara from behind! An older one at that!

Damn! This better not be a sign of things to come for the TL (Acura TL usually follows Accord lead in design)!!

2k5_AcuraTL

maybe it'll look better once those stickers come off the tail lights.

TMLInfinity

I don't know if that is the Accord 2008 model. Is it confirmed????

But even the person who posted it from howardforums was asking if the car can be identified.

If you look at the headlights of that car, it looks "LEXUS-like".

I think it is a Toyota????

mrproul

the rear of the car looks like a chrysler 300 but the front looks like the old 2001 accord coupe. If this was the accord they are not trying very hard to make it not look like a civic

mrproul

dragonlord

Looks totally Solara with Lexus style front end. I don't think this is the Accord.

ggesq

iTrader: (1)

^^ i agree- doesn't look like a honda to me more toyota/lexus

micwiltay

If you look past the tape, it's almost a dead ringer for the concept. The first link below shows larger pics so you can see the tape on the front, side and rear.

http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=1143586

Concept...

http://jalopnik.com/cars/concept-car...ept-227015.php

ding069

you cant tell a thing with all the tape. we don't know if it is even a honda?

ding069

i don't know if its a honda. most new honda's are all coming with LED tail lamps, which this car doesn't have. (yet?)

it looks like a domestic to me? maybe a saturn aura?

darksom1

I once told someone that I planned to be in this 3G TL a long time. I didn't know how truthful I was being with myself until I saw that pic. Don't want nothing that looks like that! (future TL I mean)

Although, AWD and a few tweaks can change my mind!

rondog

iTrader: (1)

def the accord, trust me. Just look atr the overall shape and compoare it to the concept, its dead on. The headlights and tails are all covered with tape, so they won't be distinguishable.

jupitersolo

Acura has their own design studios now.

csmeance

also lok at the bumper, look at the current acorrd with the fogs and without the fogs and look at the concept with fogs and without fogs. It is the same design that honda uses.

darksom1

Ok, 2010 or 2011 TL-S is back on!

rimz

eh...looks like a mix between the new altima/galant on the back...

sixsixfour

just by looking at the side mirrors they are almost identical to the recent accord side mirrors

carguyrob

If you look at micwiltay's two links above, he is right...it is a dead ringer for the '08 Honda Accord coupe concept. The back, the front and even the side creases. That is an '07 Accord coupe test mule.

sixsixfour

a closer examination:

from the first photo, cropped to side mirror:


standard accord:



cropped to side mirror:



side by side (accord mirror, prototype mirror):



plus that accent line along the length of the door screams Acura TL to me

JAB00

The concept coup introduced at the LA auto show looked better than this monsterous big butt thing

leedogg

I'm not worried. There's barely a resemblence between full sized accords & TLs for me to think that this coupe will provide any indication of what the TL will look like.

yohan81718

i agree with ron... plus that spy shot looks awfully similar to current civic coupe... just longer to the back...
so it must be the new accord coupe

Kostyan

pics of new 2dr cpe Accord have been floating around for a few months now, but someone help me find pics of next Accord 4dr sedan....

jazznut

I agree with some people, looks more like a Toyota than a Honda. If it's a Honda, I hope they revised or make some changes to that rear.

TMLInfinity

Hmmm. the concept pics and the actual spy shots look similar. the rear is sloped more than the concept model.

I like the front but I do not like the back.......

I still think styling for new TSX and TL will still be far better as the Accord has naturally been designed to look less agressive than Acura line.

NJSGTI

I see the same thing. To me it is the next Accord, maybe 2009.

S L I C K

That's definitely the 2008 Honda Accord Coupe.

TL1999

looks alright...

dampfnudel

That's the new Accord coupe, no doubt about it. We'll see how bad it looks when the tapes come off. Maybe it's not that bad.

S L I C K

http://automobiles.honda.com/future-...+coupe+concept

ggesq

iTrader: (1)

thanks for the link. i stand corrected. it is the accord coupe.

SHYUperman

iTrader: (1)

just for further proof, edmunds just posted it...

http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do...ticleId=120437

AnothaTL

Lights on the rear look like Toyota's work. Wheels look straight off the Camry XLS. Looks good but pics from Detroit's show look nothing like this. I will stick with the one from the auto show.

AnothaTL

Okay, I take back everything I just said! lolz

CleanCL

iTrader: (4)

what's the mystery? the accord was at the NY auto show, here are some shots i took:

micwiltay

More hi-res pics surfaced, one with a peek inside. Check out the huge opening in the center console. Perhaps Honda is moving toward larger nav screens

http://www.vtec.net/news/news-item?news_item_id=674666

ding069

why doesn't acura make a TL coupe?

Tungo

they made a lot of changes from the concept. you should check out
http://www./forums/showthread.php?t=82069

it's a cool looking photoshop of a sedan.

here is my photoshop of the coupe... however, it will probably be nothing close to this



and with shorter headlights



the wheels are volks =P

neuronbob

This thread belongs as part of the very long 2008 Accord thread in Automotive News. Becasue we cannot move threads across forums, we ask you to continue the discussion there.