Type-S Production Numbers
#241
Cruisin'
Saw this one, they have it listed close to a month now.
Cars for Sale: 2008 Acura TL Type-S in Louisville, KY 40222: Sedan Details - 420438501 - Autotrader
Cars for Sale: 2008 Acura TL Type-S in Louisville, KY 40222: Sedan Details - 420438501 - Autotrader
#244
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I had an unofficial 2004 Type-S, but didn't know it. When I traded it in to buy my official 2008 Type-S, the dealer listed it for sale as a "sport" model. I had no idea.........
#249
So based upon the guesstimate of 4670 total Type S production in 2008, then applying the 40 to 1 ratio for 6MT models yields a total of about 120 total Type S 6MT models for 2008? That does not seem like a lot of cars, is it really that rare? I have pestered the service folks at my Acura dealership about the numbers and they just keep saying definitely less than 1000 6MT produced in 2008. I also reached out to Acura customer service and was explicitly told the numbers I was questioning were considered proprietary information and not available to the general public.
#250
So based upon the guesstimate of 4670 total Type S production in 2008, then applying the 40 to 1 ratio for 6MT models yields a total of about 120 total Type S 6MT models for 2008? That does not seem like a lot of cars, is it really that rare? I have pestered the service folks at my Acura dealership about the numbers and they just keep saying definitely less than 1000 6MT produced in 2008. I also reached out to Acura customer service and was explicitly told the numbers I was questioning were considered proprietary information and not available to the general public.
#251
Thank you for the clarification. I wish the dealership had more specific data. Two sources from my local dealer in Arizona seem adamant that 2008 saw less Type S 6MT vehicles than 2007.
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#252
i would suspect they are correct, 2008 had lowest production totals, and there was pent up demand for Type S in 2007. We will probably never know for sure though.
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#255
New guy with an '08 Type S rescue, Kinetic Blue Pearl 5a & cream interior, sitting in Dallas/Fort Worth which has billions of cars. There's at least one more in town, it was for sale for $10k and had the two-tone seats... then the ad disappeared.
As of Feb. 2020: there's a nice black one at a dealer and a handful of cheap beat-to-hell silver, black, and bronze ones on Craigslist and FB Marketplace. Have only seen 1 on the road in the past year or so, a silver 3 blocks from my house.
VIN
19UUA76508A031864
As of Feb. 2020: there's a nice black one at a dealer and a handful of cheap beat-to-hell silver, black, and bronze ones on Craigslist and FB Marketplace. Have only seen 1 on the road in the past year or so, a silver 3 blocks from my house.
VIN
19UUA76508A031864
#256
New guy with an '08 Type S rescue, Kinetic Blue Pearl 5a & cream interior, sitting in Dallas/Fort Worth which has billions of cars. There's at least one more in town, it was for sale for $10k and had the two-tone seats... then the ad disappeared.
As of Feb. 2020: there's a nice black one at a dealer and a handful of cheap beat-to-hell silver, black, and bronze ones on Craigslist and FB Marketplace. Have only seen 1 on the road in the past year or so, a silver 3 blocks from my house.
VIN
19UUA76508A031864
As of Feb. 2020: there's a nice black one at a dealer and a handful of cheap beat-to-hell silver, black, and bronze ones on Craigslist and FB Marketplace. Have only seen 1 on the road in the past year or so, a silver 3 blocks from my house.
VIN
19UUA76508A031864
#257
Beautiful!
My car actually lived in Plano & Frisco from 2010 to 2015, according to Autocheck. Now it's slumming with me in Hurst.
I have been seeing quite a few of these fine machines around the DFW metroplex: my neighborhood silver one is back, a black one on 183 in Irving, and a white one in traffic near my local Target.
Right now FB Marketplace has not 1, not 2, but 3 identical white over 2-tone Type S's, all auto and each with 150-160k miles. Guess that color combo sold well!
My car actually lived in Plano & Frisco from 2010 to 2015, according to Autocheck. Now it's slumming with me in Hurst.
I have been seeing quite a few of these fine machines around the DFW metroplex: my neighborhood silver one is back, a black one on 183 in Irving, and a white one in traffic near my local Target.
Right now FB Marketplace has not 1, not 2, but 3 identical white over 2-tone Type S's, all auto and each with 150-160k miles. Guess that color combo sold well!
#260
The amount of tl type s 6mt made, i think
Hi Guys, sorry for replying on this thread; I think I may have figured out the production value amount for the 3G tl type-s 6mt's. I recently got my hands on a 2008 Acura tl type s 6mt. I was seeing what services needed to be done to my car, so I plugged in a blue driver obd2 reader and started looking at the maintenance schedule. On the app, you also can look at vehicle specifications, and when I scrolled down to the bottom on a menu page, it displayed a transmission id number value out 2846. So if this was a proper way to see how many 2007-2008 6mt tl-s, I would say there were 2846 6mt tl's made. Do take this with a grain of salt. I am a young and a new enthusiast, so I don't know all the ins and outs of production numbers, but I hope this may help us get a picture of how rare these cars are. I am from Canada, so that may skew this value, so if it does, I am sorry about that. I will provide screenshots beneath this text; thank you for taking your time and reading this
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I have a 2023 TLX Type S and the last 4 of the vin is 1280--Curious I though All. 2023 cars were in the 2000's for builds? Anyone with a 2023 Type in the 1000s like me?
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