Are they maybe creating a cheaper base trim of the car? Those wheels looks really patheic as well. If they get rid of the jewel eyes it would be sad.

 

HEAVILY CAMOFLAUGED TEST MULE.

you guise been in the game long enough to know auto companies use parts bin parts to camoflauge their new vehicles....
dont be a newb

 

Beat me to it. Like the Odyssey test mule that had the Acura beak.

 

Brochure photo?

Burlappcar: 2018 Acura TLX

 

Looks fake to me, it has the same rims as the 15-17 model.

 

May be fake, but this looks a lot closer to what Acura is doing on other models than any prior renderings. It's fine. Not awesome, but a heck of a lot better than the beak.

 

This really looks like the Kia grill. Also, this does not look as swooped down in the front as what I'm assuming is a photochop from Burlappcar.

 

vs

 

I'll take the top one you posted

 

I am with you, Kia looks better

 

Which makes a guy wonder... How the hell is Acura struggling so much with finding a design language that doesn't look like it was put together by a pack of blind monkeys?

 

That looks Dated already. The current TLX looks way better. Man what is Acura doing??

 

Kia is kind of reminiscent to the VW Passat

 

Looks fine to me :

The shield/beak was a big blunder.

If you can't beat em' join em'

 

That's probably because the Optima was designed by Peter Schreyer, a former VW group design director for Bentley, Audi, and Lamborghini.

 

Is Honda/Acura the only Japanese company that isn't partnered with another group, i.e. Toyota/MB and Infiniti/MB? Kind of curious

-DeL

 

My first thought was Mazda, but they've licensed the Mazda 2 to Toyota & are co-opted with Fiat on the 124.

 

McLaren. But that's F1.

But imagine if Honda and McLaren worked on a car together. ZOMG!!!

 

What about the new NSX.. Wasn't McLaren involved with the engine?

 

wasnt it cosworth?

 

Ah, that's who it was. My bad.

 

I cant believe I remembered that. I had never heard of Cosworth until the NSX.

 

I'm sure if Honda/Acura actually partnered with another group like its competitors, more evolved products would come out.

-DeL

 

^well yeah, thats what open sourcing/partnerships does/do. helps bring better products to the table

 

Never heard of the Cosworth Escort?



Also, rally.

 

nuh uh.
of course after the NSX said that they were teaming(or having Cosworth build the engine) up with Cosworth is when i started to research and learn about them

 

Damn, that brings back some memories. That car was the shizznit back in the day. I wanted one almost as badly as an NSX, almost.

 

My fav Ford Cosworth was the RS200

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_RS200

 

 

^Andy's!!!

 

Yeah, that pretty much sums things up.

Link: Can The Acura TLX Make BMW 3 Series Buyers Think Twice?

 

Spied! 2018 Acura TLX Prototype Shows off New Grille - Motor Trend
8 PHOTOSWe caught the sedan sitting in Southern California traffic

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Sometimes, camouflage only serves to accentuate what an automaker is trying to hide. That’s certainly the case with this Acura prototype, which can’t hide its new diamond pentagon grille in these photos.

We 1st saw this grille design on the Acura Precision Concept, and then again on the refreshed 2017 Acura MDX that went on sale earlier this year. On the camouflaged prototype, which we believe is the refreshed 2018 Acura TLX, this grille contributes to a more athletic front end that we’ve been waiting to see on a production Acura sedan. The headlights maintain their narrow, angular shape as before, but this mule doesn’t have any silver window trim like we typically see on the TLX. The back end keeps its large lip at the top of the trunk, but it looks like Acura may have changed the shape of the rear a bit.


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A while back, Acura debuted a production-ready TLX show car with visible exhaust outlets, which could potentially make their way to market because Acura owners have been requesting them. All current Acura models hide their exhaust tips. When the concept debuted, we spoke with Acura Global Creative Director Dave Marek, who hinted that an updated TLX would feature more compelling styling. “The next round of styling will be more premium-brand, performance feeling, and more noticeable,” he said.


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The current-generation Acura TLX debuted in 2014 for the 2015 model year, so it’s due for a mid-cycle refresh in the near future. Today’s TLX offers a choice of 2 engines: a 206-hp 2.4-liter inline-4 and a 290-hp 3.5-liter V-6.

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Looks like it's going to have best in class ground clearance again. Look at that wheel to fender gap.

 

^^^^^

The low profile test tires make the wheel/fender gap look worse.

Production models will have thicker sidewall tires to ease out the look.

 

In before the "its topspeed will be over 250mph" posts.

 

230.. Those dont look like expensive, best in class aerodynamic mirrors

 

^ But it seems the Camo one already has upgraded tires. So in reality it is 270mph.

 

Are those circular exhaust pipes I see at the back?

looks like the tires are 245/40R19 Michelin Primacy MXM4.

 

 

lol, and thats with 4 passengers! But seriously, what is so hard about cosmetically making the fenders 1/2 inch lower and keeping all the suspension engineering the same? The wheels are already tucking and BMW seems to have been doing it for the longest. It's like they are avoiding the tightly engineered look on purpose?!?