beanertypes

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

rockstar143

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wonder if 105k was done to it?
someone should really jump on that car for that price.

DMZ

Or the 'unofficial' Type-S for '04/5/6.

I have to have the rarest combo of them all! Maybe that's why there's always someone at an Acura dealer that wants to buy it.
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NBP04TL4ME

Dealer has less than stellar reviews, so might not be that easy to buy it.

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.........

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rockstar143

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AZsun

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.

seinfeld-bassline

If you do the math using a take rate of 2.5-5% for the manual you get between 5,687-11,371 base TL manuals ("sport" models, 04-06) and 2,632-5,265 TL-S (07-08) manuals. 120 is way too low. The CL-S guys have managed to pin down exactly how many manuals were made (~3,500) so probably not super far off using a number closer to the 5%.

AZsun

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.

seinfeld-bassline

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.

Dustin James Hamilton

I don't know of they are rare or not. I can say here in Oklahoma mine is the only one I have ever seen. I also live in a small town but travel to Tulsa daily.

GhostTL09

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i enjoy being the only MRP Type-S in my area. I have purposely sold a Type-S because i saw too many of the color i owned like WDP, ASM ......lol

I like to make myself feel like I'm driving a rare color

Catzilla

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

tltypes4life

Hello from Plano, TX ....

Catzilla

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!

gatrhumpy

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Billions?

Catzilla

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Sahil6mt

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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521ranger

Good job. An enjoyable read/view if nothing else.

I have a 2008 type s manual with 69,980 miles on it so I read it intently!!

aar

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?