Next Acura RL?

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1. I highly doubt that’s the RL. It looks chopped.

2. RL, TL, TSX… same sausage different lengths. All bad. What used to be a sporty, stylish division of Honda, is now just cheezy.

3. dang! thought i was looking at a saturn … that is not a complement to honda.

4. It would make an excellent snow plough.

5. not sure about acura current styling direction. it seems more flash than enduring (tho that usually means super conservative). the stance(s) of recent models aren’t great, and greenhouse/body balance isn’t as good as the 90’s cars.
   and this looks like a photoshopped TL

6. Looks like a mix between the TSX and TL. It looks original in it’s own right even if it’s photoshopped.

7. That is clearly a TL chop (and an awful one at that).

8. “dang! thought i was looking at a saturn … that is not a complement to honda.”

   That’s not a compliment to Saturn either.

9. Yes, this is a chop. Honda as a car company holds its cards close to the chest as far as releasing production ready pictures. You never see a picture like this of any Honda/Acura product that far before its release.

   Unlike GM and others. The Camaro hasn’t even been released yet but I’ve been seeing pictures of it for so long, I’m already ready for the next generation pics to appear.

10. Well given honda/acura latest attempts at design no one woould care if they were released early. Although they could be used as examples of what not to do to your cars.

11. So Vince, what makes you so certain the price of gas is going up to over $4.50/gallon soon? I’m nicely below $3 in Austin, and the price of a barrel keeps going down.

12. “Although they could be used as examples of what not to do to your cars.”

    Of course unless you want to sell boat loads of them, quite unlike the “better looking” competitors.

13. Look closely and you will see that is clearly a chop from the Cadillac STS with the homely TL front end grafted on.

14. Ray B said…
    “Although they could be used as examples of what not to do to your cars.”

    Of course unless you want to sell boat loads of them, quite unlike the “better looking” competitors.

    I never said there were not alot of sheep out there.

15. I don’t think Honda is ‘caving’ on the V8 but rather being pushed by umm.. Hyundai with their Genesis (nice car btw, drove one).

16. Let me see, the back end is definitely a civic one, the top is a mercedes or a lincoln, the front end is a chopped (an horribly done) acura. In conclusion that would be the worst acura ever.

17. The back half looks like that of the 08 Malibu.

    Surely, I can’t be the only one that sees it.

18. “Of course unless you want to sell boat loads of them, quite unlike the “better looking” competitors.””

    Since when have these things sold at all? The RL has historically sucked wind. The only TLs and TSXs that I’ve seen have had dealer plates. I want them to do well, but I just don’t see it happening.

19. Anonymous above is right.. the doors and greenhouse are definitely from a Cadillac CTS or STS. That front end is horrifying no matter what body they slap it on.

20. Ready the complete quote from the poster above. I was responding to the general criticism of honda design. The RL IS a dud, don’t get me wrong. I sell Acura, but I have only sold 1 RL.

21. Hi Vince!! :o)The next ‘RL’ [Which I HOPE Acura will – once again – call the ‘LEGEND’ – when it goes on sale in North America] will most likely look more like the one you see here…. [click on url]At least I would hope so. The one you posted is nothing more than a photoshopped 2009 TL. Craig!! :o)

22. That pic is a TSX front and either a Lincoln LS or MB E Class middle and a TL back Its scary that all those cars look so similar that you can chop them into one car lol The new RL will look like this hopefully