scrb09

Interesting Article I read on AutoSpies:

Acura RL- A rare flop
6/9/2005

Funny how they're spinning this...Sales of RL up over 200%...From what? ZERO?

Dealers tell us this thing is the most dissapointing Acura's in a long time...

Press release

Torrance, Calif. -- Record May sales of 18,685 vehicles gave Acura its third best sales month ever and surpassed the previous May record set in 2004 by 9.1 percent based on daily selling rate, the division announced today. It is the 19th consecutive record setting month for Acura. Year-to-date Acura sales rose to 86,201 up 8.7 percent compared to 2004.

The TL performance luxury sedan was the top-selling model, with sales of 7,032 units, up 6.1 percent over last year and leading Acura to its fourth best total car sales month ever. Year-to-date TL sales reached 32,142 units. Demand for the all-new RL luxury performance sedan continued to grow with sales of 1,404, up 225.7 percent compared to 2004. Year-to-date RL sales of 6,867 surpassed last year's total by 191.8 percent. TSX sales of 3,367 units were up 1.7 percent compared to 2004.

"The sedan is making a comeback, and that's reflected in the continued strong sales of the TL, RL and TSX," said Dick Colliver, executive vice president, sales. "We've set sales records every month this year and in an unpredictable economic environment, that's a testament to the strength and depth of our product line."

Additional Acura information and downloadable high-resolution images are available at www.acuranews.com.

Monthly percentages are based on 24 selling days for this month versus 26 days for last May.

chill_dog

I saw that, too. Have to say, don't see too many around here...seen probably 4 or 5 since they came out. But then again, I don't see too many of the old RL around, either...

scrb09

Frankly and this is just my Opinion (no need to be flamed) I think $50,000 on an Acura is a bit too much, atleast I wont be spending that kind of money looking at the Built/Quality/Service that Acura has to offer.

$35 K on a TL is the most I would go on the Acura brand. I am convinced that the features that the TL offers in the $33-$35 K range are unbeatable no other brand comes close without going atleast $2-4 K over...but $50K opens up a lot of oppurtunities for other makers GS / 5 Series / M 45 / E class etc....

Treblig

The RL is quite pricey as it is ($50K), but consider this, I drove an A-Spec RL the other day and the price tag on that is $60K Nice car to be sure, but tough to justify either of those prices. It will be interesting to see what Acura does with the RL in the face of Infiniti's M cars.

Zeuser

Well, look at it this way:

For $70K (CDN) you get 300HP, sh-awd and a few more luxury features. Is that really worth the extra dough compared to a fully loaded $45K (CDN) TL ?

I don't think so and it looks like many others think the same way too.

And the TL looks better IMHO. I'm seeing lots of 3G TLs running around here but very little RLs (old or new).

Ron A

This thread might be more at home in the RL forum.

Since we are unable to move threads to other forums, I am closing this thread.