Acura TL spotted in South Korea
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Acura TL spotted in South Korea
so i'm in korea visiting friends and always wondered why theres no acura TL in south korea. And today i was walking and spotted a 3G TL (non type s) and came with cleared corner front headlights(standard) and cleared corner taillights (standard). The car definitely stood out with cleared corners front and back. The car stood out even more than a bmw m3 or m5. Is there acura TL in japan? I know they have it in china.
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and one more thing... in korea theres no such thing as Acura brand. The new RL has the Honda logo. And this TL had the acura logo. I'm guessing it was imported directly from elsewhere. However lexus and infiniti exists. I don't know why acura doesn't exist in korea
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Probably a Chinese TL imported. AFAIK, the TL is sold as the Acura TL only in North America and China.
Globally (Europe, Asia, etc) there are a number of "Acura" models (or Acura-like models) that are sold with the Honda badge. For example, in Japan, the 2G TL was a Honda Sabre or Honda Inspire, iirc.
Since Honda bases so many models on the Accord Platform, anywhere you find the Accord, the up market trim/model may be similar to an Acura model here.
Globally (Europe, Asia, etc) there are a number of "Acura" models (or Acura-like models) that are sold with the Honda badge. For example, in Japan, the 2G TL was a Honda Sabre or Honda Inspire, iirc.
Since Honda bases so many models on the Accord Platform, anywhere you find the Accord, the up market trim/model may be similar to an Acura model here.
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there are no acuras in europe and acuras only exist in usa unless they are imported from the us, the have the same body cars but they go under the honda logo , for example honda accord would look just like the tsx and the rl they call the legend and its with the honda logo as well, but i did not come across a tl look alike i think that tls are just based on the US market and honda hasnt produced a TL counterpart for europe
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There's a strong military presence in ROK, so I'm guessing some active duty soldier owns it. I was visiting family a few years back in ROK and I saw a '76 stingray.. I normally don't pay much attention to them but damn it stood out there.
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Acura entered the Russian market last year: http://www.acurazone.ru/
They don't sell well because it's like 1.5 million rubles for a new TL, that's like 50,000 USD. You can get a BMW much cheaper.
They don't sell well because it's like 1.5 million rubles for a new TL, that's like 50,000 USD. You can get a BMW much cheaper.
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Acura entered the Russian market last year: http://www.acurazone.ru/
They don't sell well because it's like 1.5 million rubles for a new TL, that's like 50,000 USD. You can get a BMW much cheaper.
They don't sell well because it's like 1.5 million rubles for a new TL, that's like 50,000 USD. You can get a BMW much cheaper.
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If he's a civil service worker they usually have their own gas stations on base that are subsidized, so they'd be paying less than civilians.
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After 5 yrs the thread comes back to life lol....I do hear BMWs sell a lot cheaper than Japanese cars in Europe. Supposedly they cost about the same as a Ford to us lol.
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it was probally someone in the military who had it shipped there. im in the army and was stationed there last year. that's the only way you saw any car that wasn't Samsung, kia, or hyundai
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Here are some pics
I know this thread has been bit old, but I wanted to share some pics anyway. Just like everyone mentioned, there is no Acura brand in Korea. However, there is Lexus and infiniti. I don't know why Honda is not bringing in Acura but, there must be some kind of reason. By the way, there is Honda brand in Korea. Most of the Acuras in Korea are brought by people who have lived in United States, someone very interested in Acura, ROK army, or American citizens who comes to work in Korea. We also have a little community like Acurazine in Korea. But, it is very small, since there aren't that many Acuras in Korea. However, there are many Acura models like TL, TSX, RDX, MDX, NSX, and even ZDX. Here are some pics of my car and a pic of Korean Acura community meet.
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In the opposite vein, here is a picture of what to us would be a first-generation TSX, but in Europe was an Accord. Picture taken in St Andrews in April 2006 in the public car park across the street from the first tee/18th green on the Old Course. (This wasn't my rental car; I had a Passat turbodiesel 5MT. Great car.)
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I know this thread has been bit old, but I wanted to share some pics anyway. Just like everyone mentioned, there is no Acura brand in Korea. However, there is Lexus and infiniti. I don't know why Honda is not bringing in Acura but, there must be some kind of reason. By the way, there is Honda brand in Korea. Most of the Acuras in Korea are brought by people who have lived in United States, someone very interested in Acura, ROK army, or American citizens who comes to work in Korea. We also have a little community like Acurazine in Korea. But, it is very small, since there aren't that many Acuras in Korea. However, there are many Acura models like TL, TSX, RDX, MDX, NSX, and even ZDX. Here are some pics of my car and a pic of Korean Acura community meet.
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He said it wasn't really a loss because if he wants to sell it, he'd more than likely to get more than what he paid for all conversion + import tax.
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I know this thread has been bit old, but I wanted to share some pics anyway. Just like everyone mentioned, there is no Acura brand in Korea. However, there is Lexus and infiniti. I don't know why Honda is not bringing in Acura but, there must be some kind of reason. By the way, there is Honda brand in Korea. Most of the Acuras in Korea are brought by people who have lived in United States, someone very interested in Acura, ROK army, or American citizens who comes to work in Korea. We also have a little community like Acurazine in Korea. But, it is very small, since there aren't that many Acuras in Korea. However, there are many Acura models like TL, TSX, RDX, MDX, NSX, and even ZDX. Here are some pics of my car and a pic of Korean Acura community meet.
Well, In the beginning (mid 80s) when the Acura brand debuted in NA, they weren't really any different from their Honda counterparts in Japan. It was more or less to get people in the US and Canada to buy higher end Hondas. They did this by branding them as Acura. I suppose it wasn't much of an issue elsewhere in the world, that's why Acura is only in NA. Our 3G TL's are actually the first model exclusive to Acura,there is no Honda version of the 3G. There is certainly more of a gap between the 2 brands these days. Neat pics.
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Let's set up a dealership....
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Tariff taxes are pretty expensive. It might have changed with the FTA, however, when I brought my car to Korea from United States, I had to pay about USD $2,000 just for the shipping, and about 34% of the MSRP of the car. This is because I brought a new car. If one buys a used car, then they would put taxes depending on what the car is worth at that time. All this is possible because cars in Korea are more expensive than United States. A new fully loaded Honda accord costs a little more than USD $40,000 without the tax. And the fully loaded Lexus ES350 costs about a little more than USD $63,000 without the tax. This is why almost 80% in Korean car market are Korean cars such as Hyundai, Kia, samsung, and Ssangyong. Funny thing is, hyundai aren't that cheap either. Since, fully loaded Hyundai Genesis without tax costs a little more than USD $70,000. Which I think is crazy
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