Who here misses when Acura named their cars? ie. Integra, Legend, Vigor.

 

Nice grille

 

The names def sound better then TL, CL, TSX. It's makes Acura's seem like fricken robots or some shit...

 

I read a case study back in college and it said something about these "lettering" appeal to high-end consumers. And I agree that it does.

 

Acura learned the hard way about car names. Lexus started off with LS400 and ES250 from the start. It took Acura a decade to go to the TL as a name when their marketing surveys discovered people knew Legend better than Acura!

 

When you think about it, nearly all luxury manufacturers use an alphanumeric naming system (BMW, MB, Audi, Lexus, Infiniti, Acura). Obviously, Acura wanted to make itself seem more like the luxury makers than the lower end companies, which give their cars proper names.

 

Naming your car after an explosive FTL.

RDX =

 

Does anyone know if the lettering means anything?

I always assumed TL was like Touring Luxury
CL Compact Luxury

shit like that

 

I was wrong the first Acura badged car with letters was the NSX, only 4 years after their start.

 

The TL does officially stand (or did) for Touring Luxury, there are brochures and press releases that say so.

 

Wow...research fail.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RDX

 

meh, really doesn't matter to me. I think the letters make it seem more upscale... so if that was what they were going for then works for me

Personally I wish they'd actually make a car I would want to buy rather then focusing on naming it something cool...

 

TSX = Touring Sedan XTREME!!! ??
RL = Really Long

 

I personally like the names as they are right now.

 

RL=Replaced Legend???

 

CL officially stands for Contemporary Luxury.

 

NEVER!

anyways, i don't really care either way. the only name i miss is the legend.

 

Really Legend.

Lol

 

Touring Sport? X (because it's a cool letter)

 

Letters definitely seem more upscale...

 

What's your opinion on just numbers?

Ford 500

 

the x is for experimental in the nsx anyway

vigor was one of the worst names ever, was that a 5 cylinder?

 

Yes it was an inline five.

 

sadly weve even had a discussion on the five cylinder

 

I even wrote a song for it!

 

Well, sales have bombed so they may have got the name right.

 

BTW guys correct me if I'm wrong , but I always thought
TL= Touring Luxury
RL= Refined Luxury
TSX= Touring Sport Cross
EL= Entry Level
CL= Coupe Luxury
MDX= Mid size crossover
RSX= Racing Sport Cross

As for the CSX I'm not really sure...civic sport cross? sport cross?

 

this thread is a repost of a repost of a repost of a repost of a repost of a repost of a.......................

 

RL....the R means it's our Flagship....ok?

MDX.....the X means it's our "SUV"....ok?

TL......the T means it's our mid-level sedan....ok?

RDX....the R means.....oh wait...it's not the flagship.....focus on the X...it's an "SUV"
pay no attention to the R.

TSX...the T means...oh wait ....it's not a mid-level sedan....focus on the X....oh wait it's not an SUV either.......it's an entry level sedan......the S means something...not sure.

RSX....nope not the flagship......not an SUV......the S means "super"?

 

I do miss the old names. The Integra lasted 8 years, which has to be longest run for any one Acura model. It's kinda strange that they didn't drop the Integra name in '98 and switch to the RSX.

 

its actually the ford fivehundred

there still called integras in japan


Look at how bmw does there naming. i think theyve got it spot on.

1,3,5,6,7,8 defines the size of the car in a sensible order
x signifies an suv
z signifies a roadster
then they use engine size as the second two numbers, and finally, the model lettering. i, standard, l, long wheel base, x, all wheel drive, Ti, hatchback, iT touring(wagon)

doesnt get much more self explanitory then that

 

^^ To be fair...Acura's lettering system is easy to understand and follow too.

 

the fawk thread what? huh? T, R, S, X what?

 

poop

 

I agree with you I like "names" better than Letters. I've been disappointed a lot of car makers been going to letters or letters with numbers for example:
H2,H3,whole BMW line,whole the whole Audi line, whole Benz line, newer Lincolns(except the Navigator), the Jaguar line.
to me the numbers with the letters almost sounds like miltary codeing.

 

yes that was 5 cylinder and the axle shaft went THROUGH the oil pan. I know WTF.if you ever have to replace an axle shaft you'll cuss Honda for their excellent engineering on that one.

 

Perhaps because the model didn't change at all in '98. It made sense to change it in 2002.

 

actually that's 1/2 right. in 1996 model year Acura launched in America the RL that 1st gen style ran 8 model years. then in 2005 it got restyled. so if you wanna go ahead and count 2010 as a year on the RL it's been around for 14 years and only 2 generations. they've done "touch ups." but the only Model overhaul for the RL came in 05 model year.

 

You guys should try living here....

Honda Legend (RL), Inspire (USDM Accord), Accord(TSX), and MDX are really slow sellers. This being a small car market, the Fit sells decently. I digress.

All the car companies here have idiotic names on their vehicles. Here's a quick list from memory(some are OK, some are not):

Toyota (Lexus): Soarer (SC), Harrier (RX), Celsior (LS), Windom (ES), Altezza (IS)

Nissan (Infiniti): Cima / President (Q line), Fuga (M Series), Skyline (G series), Bluebird (I series)

I'll take the simple letter designators, thanks.

 

Correction, the model didn't change, minor cosmetic changes don't qualify it to change a name.