docboy

The above display is awesome and practical. Combined with laser headlights, no wonder Audi is on a roll. Acura, take note.

weather

^^ I must be the minority but I am not a fan of this display. It looks too cartoonish and makes useful information lost in the cluttered background.....I know I know...I'm old

Art unique

I think adjusting the settings to get rid of all the service icons would fix that. I do agree with you, it looks too cartoonish.

docboy

Whatcha talking about? 50 is the new 30...

I like the new Audi display b/c it combines the nav/speedometer into the same space. That way I don't have to turn my head to the right to view that nav, and I can just raise/lower my eyes.

JM2010 SH-AWD

I agree. Too much going on. Looks kinda cheap too.

George Knighton

If 50 is the new 30..... I am still in trouble.

Acura_Dude

Not really, George.

Rocket_man

It looks like a very promising car except for me no folding rear seats lol. I've heard they have sold 12,000 in the first month in Korea. I think the US version will be a little dumbed down when it goes on sale here later in the year.

BTW they will put the Genesis wing emblem on the front but the Hyundai H on the back. Blech.

I think the display has promise but in that specific configuration it looks busy. I'm sure it can be configured in many ways. I'd rather have a more simple HUD display. But when I test drove the ATS with the HUD it was a little distracting since I kept trying to focus on it. I'm sure I'd get used to it quickly.

KeithL

I'm digging it, but agree a bit with weather, a bit cluttered, although if you watch the video you can customize what you see. My concern is the lose of the center stack display. I find it useful in my A6 to have one piece of info on the MID dash screen and something else in the center display. Also if it is only on the dash then your passenger would have issues seeing to assist or entering nav info. Having my A6 for almost 5 months and 4K miles I can say Audi is on a roll for a reason. Not a perfect car, but the best ride I have ever owned. Although there is a still a place in my heart for my 08 Type-S

thunderbt3

TLX GT race car will debut along side TLX Prototype at the Detroit Auto Show:
http://acuraconnected.com/2014/01/09...at-naias-2014/

Press conference placeholder:

George Knighton

0_o

A TLX GT?

An HPD and RTR homologated TLX GT?

And it's a McPherson suspension? I dunno about this....must be pretty trick.

Glashub

As a person who owned a 2012 Genesis I predict that it will have tech that other cars don't have, it'll be trouble free, rock solid, will be a smart blend of premium materials and cost cutting, and will look great. But it will leave much to be desired in the ride/handling/steering department.


The 2009-2013 Genesis had tech standard that started showing up in other cars years after the launch of the Genesis. I expect the same for Ver. 2. However, Koreans have always thought of cars as appliances and it seems that getting the ride/handling right is the biggest challenge.


Heck, Lexus finally did it with the IS and it took how long?

maharajamd

iTrader: (1)

Of course that gauge is completely customizable. You don't think that the NAV will be there 100% of the time do you?

AFAIK Audi is the first to put the nav and gauges in the same space. And it's ideal. I agree they are on a roll.

And I don't see the cartoonish thing at all. It's a 12.3 inch high res screen. Clean and crisp.

thunderbt3

I wonder if it will be a purpose built tube frame race car with a TLX body on it it will be an actual stripped down body-in-white production chassis converted to a race car. Mazda parnered with Riley last year with the Mazda 6's last year in the Grand Am to build a tube frame race car. I believe they also assisted SRT with the new Viper in the ALMS.

http://www.rileytech.com/PDF/GT.pdf

George Knighton

Is that really Honda's style? I have never seen them support a franchise like that, or a series like that.

I'm thinking this is just to give HPD and RTR something to use, like the DC2 ITR was produced specifically for homologation.

The little series in which they are interested require a certain number of cars on the road configured with the options being used in the race car, although exceptions can be lobbied (like the RTR DC5 rear chassis, and the 6 speed manual in the current J Motor TSX race car).

mondster

So the press preview for the detroit auto show is on monday and tuesday. Should we expect the prototype during those days or will it towards the end of the week?

weather

^^ My understanding is that its being released to the media on the 14th....Tuesday. Just a few more sleeps before the big reveal....and no leaks yet. Amazing!

Acura_Dude

types1fan

I wonder if we will see a shell of the car, or maybe they will show show interior of the car.

Rocketsfan

They already said Tuesday is the release day. The question is whether or not we'll see leaks before then. But with that being only about 3 days away, it doesn't really matter to me. All I know is I'm kicking somebody's ass if this thing doesn't look good.

Rocket_man

I'm expecting a car on a turntable and maybe 4-5 minutes of talking. I doubt there is even a finished inside of the car. This is just a prototype and the inside may not be very mature. But all you need to do it look at the RLX and MDX for ideas. I'm hoping the talk will get into details of the powertrain and features. Less marketing, more info please Acura. Maybe they shows pics of what the interior may look like???? In 3 days we'll know. Can't come soon enough.

I'm going to the Houston Auto Show that starts on the 22nd. I hope they bring the car here so I can see it in person. Cars always look different in person.

Rocketsfan

That's the sad thing. When the RLX prototype was released, I don't think we saw the interior, but my memory is fuzzy on that.

KeithL

This far in the TLX I would hope is almost done, if they show only a shell that is sad. It is funny the more I drive my A6 and the more I drive the gf's RDX I realize how lost Acura is. I am not comparing the two directly I am comparing execution. The TLX needs every feature from the RLX and then some.

a35tl

I've seen the "Wish List" thread and suspect that some, if not most, of the wish list items will not happen. So let's say the TLX averages 50% - 60% on most of the wish lists and that its looks are a 7 or 8 on a 1-10 scale. Who will be among the first to own it? I'll pose this question again after the unveiling on Tuesday.

LADHAR

If this is the new tlx I am not buying it

VQPower37

where is this picture from? is it photoshopped or is this a leaked pic? ... interesting, now that i look back at some of the spy shots from last year this could be it

ostrich

Seems like this came from this thread on TOV:

http://www.vtec.net/forums/one-messa...tem_id=1173271

I have no idea whether it was a photoshopped thing by the OP there, but I am guessing that it is.

VQPower37

^ seems like a photoshop after reading that thread

blakura

It does look like a natural evolution of the 3G mixed with updated family look of the RLX and MDX...I don't think that'll be good enough, unless the powertrain more than makes up for it.

LADHAR

Hope it's photoshoped
If it's true acura is losing sales
Acura is out of the completion

docboy

I agree, likely a photoshop.

Even so, I suspect it's likely a very close interpretation of the TLX's front end, fairly non offensive/tamed down chrome, yet very "RLX-ish" and "ILX-ish." I'd much prefer if the new NSX grill trickled down to the TLX.

We'll find out in 2 days!

a35tl

Personally, I don't think it's all that bad. I see quite a bit of 3G TL there. I hope the real TLX is better but this rendering isn't awful.

VQPower37

^ i do see the 3g in there esp the foglights. hopefully the profile of the car will be more aggressive give the car an overall great look

boe_d

Is it just the beak that turns you off? I completely understand if it is, I was just curious if there was something else that was as offensive about it that turns you off.

a35tl

^^(VQPower) You're right. If the profile is bold and aggressive, it could really be a hot looking car. I just want it to look bad a** and have a hunkered down muscular look to it............and have the guts (powertrain) to back it up.

LADHAR

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v...type=2&theater

check this video guys

a35tl

^^ That video is cool! Man, I hope they get it right. The engine in the video sounds delicious!

keith7120

My reason is that it seems like a step backwards. We all loved the 3G but its time to let it go. This reminds me of a 3G with Jewel Beam headlights. I don't care to go backwards.

Timmy18

Trying to find stuff lol
http://www.hondanews.com/channels/acura-automobiles-tlx

weather

I am getting really anxious to see this TLX! I am in Montreal/Ottawa this week for a work related trip then will be coming back on a personal trip the week after for the Montreal car show. I am wondering if they'll bring a TLX here like they did with the RDX back in 2012.