http://www.acura.com.cn/acuranewsite/tl/tl.html

My friend just came back from China, and he said the TL is more expensive than BMW X5 in China. It starts at $800,000 Chinese Dollars, which is equal to $114,000+ Canadian Dollars!

PS: sorry if it is a repost...!

 

WTF? are u serious? i guess import tax since its made here.... but still, i didnt think itd be that much. gotta b something wrong in the conversion.

 

we should start shipping Used TL's there, I bet if someone filled a container with them we could sell them cheap their.

 

dont' forget the tax...

 

YEP, SERIOUSLY ~

 

wow hold all the presses... they've got something quite nice going on here

that is not USDM, that is JDM... it might be manufactured here, but what is good with the lights on the bumper and the cleared out tails... I WANT THAT ASAP

 

who do I have to kill to get my nbp to look like this?

 

^^^^^Exhaust tips need to be bigger, much bigger.


You can't use the dollar sign, as in = $800,000 Chinese Dollars. $ means US dollars. It doesn’t start at $800,000, it is 800,000 RBM. All currencies generally have their own symbol as in the British Pound = ₤ or the Euro = €. That is my education for the day. Class demised.

 

demised rofl? I guess you put that there on purpose

 

wait is kosstick correcting grammar now, anyway... is any1 going to china any time soon, that wants to bring back some of those tail lights and bumper reflectors (fit perfectly on the type s mesh)

 

Hmmm...those lights on the bumper are the reverse lights and I think the 3rd brake light or reflector. Maybe could use them as reverse spot lights. That'll be cool.

 

800 000 Yuan Renminbi= US$105,242 as of today. Can't imagine paying that for my TL here, thankfully.

 

Stillhere do you have a problem with me? Or are you bored out of your mind?

 

definitely bored out of my mind...

but yeah they are the brake light and reverse light, I would sooooo love it if I could get that on my type s... that would be a beautiful accessory, as for the clear corners, those are just tooo awesome

 

sorry to break the joy.....

the TL is MSRP for $430,000 (RMB chinese dollar), and i heard somewhere that it is on sale... for like $390,000 right now.

I think they moved the reverse light because of the license plate design in china

 

yeah I figured that... but where to get them....?

 

according to the numbers on XE.com then that would be something like $50k(US)

 

No wonder they've only sold 200 over there lol.

Top 10 Most Unpopular Cars in China (with sales figure during first half of 2007):

1. Acura TL: Less than 200
2. Mitsubishi Galant: 4,062
3. Fiat Perla: around 2,000
4. Kia Rio: 4,996
5. FAW Vitz: 904
6. Suzuki Liana: 5,416
7. Hyundai Sonata: 7,808
8. Ford S-Max: 2,260
9. Toyota Prius: 176
10. GM Park Avenue: 934

http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2...26/056316.html

 

How can a car that's sold more be less unpopular than a car that's sold less. Shouldn't the list be ranked by sales? Therefore if it were to be ranked by sales it would mean the Acura would be 2nd behind the Prius.

 

yeah that order is all f*cked up

Top Ten Under Selling Cars
1. Toyota Prius: 176
2. Acura TL: Less than 200
3. FAW Vitz: 904
4. GM Park Avenue: 934
5. Fiat Perla: around 2,000
6. Ford S-Max: 2,260
7. Mitsubishi Galant: 4,062
8. Kia Rio: 4,996
9. Suzuki Liana: 5,416
10. Hyundai Sonata: 7,808

 

Although it does work I meant to write dismissed...man do I feel stupid. Good catch.

 

oh, i thought thats RMB... not RBM... rite? well, this teacher is fired!

 

You can't fire me I quit! LOL. Yea...I just copied that off some website...I suck.

 

I heard lots of car makers are opening shops in China, like Bimmer, Audi, Buick, VW, etc ...not to mention Honda ... so for Acura to sell TL, it would be 100% tax added on top of the price ? (correct me if I'm wrong here)

Tl is pretty rare here in US (it's getting more popular), so I don't feel it as a surprise to see TL on top of the not-so-well-known list ...

 

As mentioned above, I suspect TL has higher price than BMW 5 because one is import (TL) and another (BMW) is domestic made. China produces BMW 3 and 5 series.

 

once we get them bottom reverse light, someone bound to put LED on it.

 

but that tailight is starting to grow on me because of the clear corner =(

 

I'm going to China in October, I think I'll go visit a dealership.

You all have to understand that most people in china do not have personal cars like us. It's alot of company cars. Audi and BMW have been in China much longer and thus are selling more. If you look at VW and Buick, they've done really well in China. Acura only started recently compared to the other guys so I'd give it time. There are still alot more bicycles in China than cars. :P.

 

i think ua6spec has those tail lights on his?

 

Here's some more pics of the TL in China...

Oh yeah, check out this concept version...



Here are the main pics

 

I absolutely love those tail lights seriously. Also you figure that maybe the tax on goods from the US might be higher than those from other countries. If the TL is around or equivilant to $50,000.00 USD you would figure there is a tax of roughly 60%. Which would make a $35,000.000 USD car close or near to $50,000.00 USD.

 

that is nothing. if that car in my country. it would be 200% tax.

 

does the front of the car look anydifferent?

 

yeah, they get clear turn signal lights as well

 

Anyone see the buttons that they have on the A pillar? If you go to the website and you click on the fifth group of letters/symbols that are just below that lighter blue stripe at the top (should pull up a picture of the TL with little orange circles in different places on the car) then click the letters/symbols that are second from the bottom on the right side. It then pulls up this picture of these 3 buttons that are on the A pillar, I wonder what they do?

 

I just figured it out they are bluetooh related buttons...why in the world would you put buttons for the bluetooth on the A pillar?

 

I want their clear corners and their side mirrors. I like these side mirrors more than the 07-08 ones.

 

Nice lighting features now I understand y the new 07 models have those blacked out notches on the bottom of the bumpers

 

I wonder if they use different navigation system then ours if they have that.... with no XM, HFL, voice command.... I guess it's stock to the bone no goodies....

 

There's also a button at the top that says, "View in English" or something like that. Makes it a lot easier than trying to navigate by Chinese buttons (unless you can read Chinese of course) :wink: