2018 Acura TLX Sneak Peek Review: More Than Just a Pretty New Face?
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I think the Aspec looks great...
That TLX A-spec is a beauty😍😍
C'mon Acura, the Civic's interior looks better than this....
Unchainedmaple888 Acuras interiors have looked the same since like 2005. This car already looks 10 years old inside.
Unchainedmaple888 meh the Civic interior has more hard plastic and fake plastic metal the tlx is far better
f181234 I'm talking about design wise. the Acura is extremely bland, and really, how often are you feeling up the materials of your dashboard? you'll be looking at it more often.
Agreed. The new Civic has a pretty kick-ass interior that's really cool to look at. This is just the same old boring, "meh" Acura design.
3.5 liter.....
I know. He was driving me crazy calling it a 3 liter. If he made a mistake like that on an American car review, he'd be tarred and feathered on here.
randall bollinger Annoyed me from the start
Sorry, Roman Misspoke and the engine is a 3.5L as you pointed out.
I was wondering. 3? 3.0??? Acura?
U sure?
Lol. Came on here after watching last night to let him know, and he said it more that once. I was expecting some replies correcting him, so y’all saved me. 🤪
I love the refresh. I was iffy about the front end when I first saw it but after looking at it in many different pictures and videos it's won me over. The A-Spec looks sharp! Now if Roman would just quit saying the V6 is a 3 liter when in fact it is a 3.5 liter.....!!!
Like on the 3G TL, the a-spec was only a visual package. The Type-S got a different engine and many other upgrades.
A-Spec also gets different suspension tuning.
I want to see a Type-S w/ the hybrid system out of the RLX.
The grille and the logo are WAY too big and the headlights are too small.
KentB27 headlights are properly sized for a reasonably sized grill. The grill throws everything outta whack
HerrPoopschitz what bothers me the most about it is that the corners of the grille don't line up with the headlights.
Yea, it looks like Acura tried to save some cost in the redesign of the grill but they didn't succeed. It looks a little dowdy and the Acura badge can be seen from the space station.
Exactly. I dont get why some companies think that their cars are advertising billboards for their corporate logos, its just terrible design.
KentB27 d
Love the new design! I will check one out in June when they become available.
I wouldn't call the Acura integra legendary it was basically a fancy civic same engines, same transmissions and even the interior trim was the same I would call the TL type s and first generation tsx legendary
f181234 tell that to auction houses. Acura Integras are actually on the radar for collectibility based on data from Hagerty.
i just bought a 2004 TSX myself :D
The exhaust finishers look nice, but where is the music. I was hoping for G35, or FX35 sound.
The Engine note it primarily determined by the engine design, then you apply acoustics using the exhaust. No car other than VQ engines can produce a VQ note. However, I see what you are saying with a nice exhaust note, it owul dbe nice if the a-spec had that. Maybe they will option our a sports muffler!
J Kav you bust rhymes bro?
who else sees that tiny man hanging on the exhaust for dear life at 4:35
To much chrome on the advance model.
I recently test drove the Honda Accord V6 sedan, the TLX, and the Nissan Maxima SR. Hands down, the Nissan Maxima beats the TLX in interior (more beautiful layout, instrumentation, real round buttons, beautiful LED layout, and ambience), exterior design (mean looking, aggressive, elegant, and the Koito LED headlights are just so beautiful to look at). As far as performance, they're almost equal. I do prefer the Honda J35 over Nissan's VQ simply because it loves to rev happily and doesn't feel pushed and the 6-speed automatic, in the Accord, feels perfectly matched to the engines output. Overall, the Maxima is superior, overall, but the Achilles heal of the Maxima was the CVT transmission. Between all 3 cars the Maxima, taken everything into consideration, is the winner. What did I finally get? Well, luckily, the Honda dealer had an Accord Coupe V6 6-speed manual (the color was red and the V-6 manuals are only offered in coupes). Within 5 minutes of driving that car I was completely sold. Even though the sound system in Accord Coupe car is ridiculously awful and has the ugliest tiered rims on the planet, the driving dynamics of the car were incredible for the price. So good that it more than over compensated for all the short comings the Accord had over the Maxima (yes, the overall driving feel of the car is that good: put some Summer tires and forged rims on the Accord coupe and you can easily see close to a full second drop in the 0-60 times... furthermore, the J35 is producing close to 300 horsepower and not the claimed 278 according to dynos). I had to order the Accord V-6 Coupe manual (in black because Honda has limited colors for the manual-which is odd) and had a wait time of about 2 months and it was worth the wait.
ErwinSchrodinger64 you can't really compare the Accord with the other as Accord is like 8-9k cheaper than the other two. So of course you going to get less quality sound system. I like Maxima interior as well but I don't like the CVT and exterior design. Good choice on your purchase though.
Andrew Draxlar honda accord kills all of them for cheaper...
The Accord Touring (the highest end model) is 2,500.00 more than the base model Maxima. The highest priced Maxima is about 40,000.00 and the highest priced Accord is around 34,800.00. Believe it or not, the Touring model has a lot of amenities that the Maxima has. However, yes, you're correct that the Maxima is a tier above the Accord because it offers levels of options like a superior sound system, ambient lighting, heated and cooled seats, heated steering wheel, quality of leather, vastly superior seating, all around camera, unique moon roof, and so forth that are not available in the Accord at any trim. But as far as driving dynamics, there about equal with a slight edge on the Accord due to the engine and transmission.
I quite don't understand the Maxima's segment in the market. Is it suppose to be between a full sized sedan and full size luxury car like the BMW's 5 series or the Audi A6 (the lower variants, of course). And does the Maxima have any direct competitors? I'm stumped because in many respect, the Maxima seems to overlap a lot with Nissan's offerings in the Infinite line up (but that's changing now since Infinite introduced their V6 twin turbo).
ErwinSchrodinger64 Yeah, Nissan pushed the Maxima too far upmarket in my opinion. The only car I can really see it somewhat competing with is the Toyota Avalon and that has more of an emphasis on comfort over sportiness. I also think the maxima having a CVT puts a lot of people off of buying it. I would hate to spend around $40k on a vehicle that has a CVT.
looks like a 2006 generic model car .. FUGLY
If it makes anyone feel better I believe the reason the badge is so large is to accommodate the Radars/Lasers/Lidar that is needed for auto-cruise and auto-brake and whatnot.
The reason I think this is because it is acrylic rather than the traditional hollow metal badge on the front and you don't see any obvious round black radar 'eyes' you see on a lot of cars.
Mazda does the same thing. On the lower models the badge is metal, on the i-sight ones it's acrylic.
I guess 'ugly for a purpose' is better than 'ugly for no reason'?
That a spec is sick!
Looks like the early 2000's TL. Sold well then, hopefully it should sell well now. Just don't overprice it.
Performance my ass. No V8s, no Turbos outside the 6 figure supercar, and no RWD = no performance.
the logo is big, but Mercedes logo is just as big and people don't complain about because its German so its ok. But I really do hate all that chrome its not a good look acura.
Todd Medium Wellington I don't like how big the Mercedes logo is either.
Todd Medium Wellington its where the forward facing radar is for the saefty tech, it has to have a flat face infront to work properlyso they made the logo big and hid it behind there
Acura did the same thing on the TLX and the MDX since they both come standard with adaptive cruise control.
splice247 I know that tom.
Wow, you got the first driving review that I know of. Been waiting to hear the exhaust note.
I personally like what they're trying to do, and their marketing ideas aren't bad. However, seeing an nsx hybrid system in a TLX is pretty unlikely, unreasonable, and expensive. Although cool, it would loose it's novelty and would just be too heavy and wouldn't contain the appropriate technology because of the price range they are aiming at. I wish they'd offer a manual transmission, but that's probably unlikely because they're a luxury brand and all. It looks great, I hope to see a more in depth review, and let's hope they continue the Honda reliability!
JD M I agree, but acura instead insists on all automatics after 2014 (I think...), and are putting in their new 9speed DCTs in everything with that weird button thing down the center in the car. It's not bad, and is probably better for marketing purposes, but I miss that "fun".
that's a wild ass honda
cant believe all the jealous haters beautiful car better than most cars i see on the road daily .. bmw audi benz getting old aspec looking good on the road no dout .white platinum pearl .
Acura was never lost in the wood they had the beautiful Acura TL type s after that they got lost💯
This car is in no way is in no way ugly. Looks better then the 2016/2017 model. Next generation will be key to their survival tho
Rather save the money and get the new 2018 accord v6. Also they need to totally redesign that hideous grill.
Unfortunately that grille is going to be around for years to come.
yup acura fell to trying to get a piece of lexus's ugly grills. where do they come up with these designs and do they actually ask actual buyers if it looks good before hand?
2018 Accord will not have a V6. 2017 was the last year of V6 for the Accords.
Turbo 4 in the '18 Accord
Jeff Martin really?
I embargoed Acura a long time ago,like you said lost in the woods and still searching for an identity.
It's amazing how much better the A-SPEC looks...
No matter what Acura does to change the cars. Always people complain about design. I'm a Acura TLX owner love the car. I also owned in the past the 2006 Rsx type s awesome car also. My personal experience Acura is doing a great job going in the right direction. People are always going to want more..And never be satisfied. Acura reliability at its finest.
I love the look of the A spec ,it's so damn beefy and that face is beautiful, I love the black chrome finish to the grille and the big emblem
I believe the A in A-Spec stands for "Appearance". So I don't think that would ever include an upgrade in performance. That would be the S-Type or Type-R. I love to see the same Sports Hybrid tech in the MDX used in a TLX S-Type.
And I don't know why so many folks hate this looks. It looks much more mature than the new Civic. I do love the new Civic look but I also love this TLX look. Different target audience.
I only dislike the
fact they're still using that 9-speed transmission. Hopefully the next generation TLX will get that 10 speed auto honda is currently working on. I love the sound of that v6 though
Eric Thach
The best or nothing
Sh awd
Acura
''Augmented Sound''. I remember cutting milk cartons and clothes pinning them to my bicycle spokes and Playing Pretend
correction, it's a 3.5L V-6, not 3.0L
Girlfriend has a 2015 and we love it. Good dynamics for fwd, more than enough power for a daily driver, comfy, surprisingly great interstate mpgs, and understated but attractive body. Please tell me why they had to go and f w/ the grill?!?!?
The grill looks way better now...the shield looked lame af
I really can't wait for Acura to offer Aspec models for the MDX, RLX, and RDX.
I love everything about the styling of this car I don't understand why people think it's hideous
willis jordan cause they drive accord
That Aspec looks nice
The blue is nice this car isn't bad I grew up loving Japanese cars and Acura was one of my favorite, I also like their SH awd system one of the best.
Interestingly enough I hardly see any comments regarding the awd v fwd debate. Anyone in the northern parts of the states and the like will never pick a fwd vehicle w snow tires over an awd vehicle w snow tires. Personally I would prefer an awd system (i.e. a tlx) over a fwd system (i.e. accord). TLX awd v6 > Accord fwd v6
You guys need to realize that this is JUST A REFRESH, so y'all can't expect BIG changes... Acura updated the grille & applied it to this car. You guys have to wait til Acura makes new generations of their vehicles to see if their designs will get better looking... Next vehicles that will be getting redesigns will be the next ILX and RDX, so hopefully, they have some really interesting, nice looking designs to make it look better than others in its class... Until then, everyone has to be patient. I have a feeling Acura will wow us with their future designs.
The older acura's are so much better looking than the newer one's.
Really need to know if Acura has fixed the chronic Dual Clutch problems they're plagued with.
Speaking on a very generic level, this is how it needs to be...
Sporty = Blacked out
Chrome = Classy
Some companies find a nice balance and some just mess it all up, like this Acura.
its about time they started showing exhaust pipes
Definitely the sport version looks better. I don't know why companies need a 'grill design language' so badly. They spent a lot of time overstyling the front and back, but sides and the interior looks rather bare. That 3.5 v6 should be over 300hp by now too but at least it has awd. Out of Japanese luxury brands I think Lexus and Infiniti offer more interesting options.
Acura is still out in the woods. They need to find what made them great, a manual gearbox and simple sleek style
I have a 2017 TLX and tbh it looks wayyy better than the redesigned one tbh
Still love the 3rd gen Acura TL 04-08 !!!
Peter Vuong 4th not 3rd l2count
If it had the NSX hybrid tech, then the price would probably be so high that they couldn't sell any.
I agree with you on the NSX hybrid system, but that can't reasonably be called an "A Spec" its much more than that. But, I could also see a version of the Accord's E-CVT. maybe one with the 1.5 L for fuel economy that would put just about every other competitor to shame.
Side profile and rear end are great! Front fascia still lacks something. Doesn't say "fun" "happy" or "respect me". Looks like it has nothing to say or worse yet, "durrrr". The rest of the car though looks fantastic!
Acura needs to go more upmarket. The Germans and the new Alfa have it beat. Also they need to watch out for the new Kia Stinger.
JD M buy one then
this car would be PERFECT if it was all this sort of packaging in a TSX! imagine a TSX with SH awd.....soooo much better...although this refresh makes the outside lot more appetizing, the interior just doesn't do it for me like the TSX's did
Kind of disappointed...fake engine noise in the cabin really?? I am going to lease a Giulia Ti instead..
Rushil Patel the majority of cars use fake noise not just acura.
Shiraz A haha I know about the m3 and I don't like that idea either but why a TLX? I don't know for me it doesn't make sense. I mean ever since they stopped making the TL I felt like they have gone down hill. Me y brother previously owned a 2008 TL Type S and that was a great vehicle.
As for the Giulia Ti, I honestly want it just cause it's different and it isn't your standard 3 series, C class, or IS. Looks are subjective and I think it looks way better than those other 3 which I have listed.
Todd Medium Wellington yup that is true but Acura never did that from what I know this is the first time that they are implementing this. I guess you have to deal with the new times...
i wonder if they fixed the transmission problems from the previous years. I really want to buy this car, but im concerned about all the transmission "jerking" complaints.
they need to step up their game a lot more than that to capture hearts....
They're still lost in the woods. Car is not much different than the 2010 version, except I had a 6sp manual in mine. A-Spec needs 350HP at least to be called an "A-Spec".
Why is Acura always Messing up the grill?
I have a 2015 accord v6. Got it for 27K 278 HP 0-60 just under 6 seconds. Don't waste money until next generation.
The Honda Legend should return to compete with the Lexus LS.
I like the grille but my problem is with the angle of the Headlights.....
Acura and Lexus have a contest going to see who can design the ugliest car front.
nappiral Lexus is winning for sure.
I had 2 Integras and 1 TL, but thats it if Acura keeps making ugly cars!
nappiral how do you like your accord / 03 acura?
i actually think in Aspec trim its looks alright..I'm excited to check one out in june
This car looks okay. Maybe I need to get use to it like the shield in the past. Acura designs the rear and headlights very well but front looks a bit awkward. This grille looks good on MDX but this grille (must be the size) a bit too big on TL. May be I have to get use it and see it in real life. Why didn't they keep the same shape as previous design but without the shield?
I'm looking for a mid 30's sporty sedan, this may be something to look at.
04-08 model years Are still the best looking by far
double screen isn't the best approach.
The only people who are hating on the style of the tlx are the people who think the civic looks good
Looks much better than outgoing model, while still not crazy about the front end it's head & shoulders above the abomination they self-inflicted upon themselves after the TL. Back looks great but if not Honda-special (numerous Hondas over the years have had a special Honda design DNA that, while may not be the best looking, is special and stands out).
They need to hire somebody who knows how to make a front end on a car. The 3rd gen TL (2004-2008) was the last time they made a decent looking sedan. The rest of the car is pretty good. How can this front end be from the same people who made the NSX?
I want it in white
2.4 l needs some love Acura and no manual ?? 😡
I'm a gm guy and I like this.
Wish there would be a long roof. It would be a great alternative to the Volvo V60 or XC60. Or Buick Regal wagon. For me at least.
Nice. They took a Honda Accord Touring v6, make it shittier, and sell it at a higher price.
sil Bah how do you like your accord 2.4l
It is the same exact car as the 2017 TLX. Only difference is cosmetic. Front and rear bumper are the same but the same power train, Acura needs to listen and what Honda did to revamp their name.
i think Acura needs to take some pointers from dodge when it comes to design....i personally would never buy a dodge but i do admit their cars look pretty good.
I like the TLX but man I miss the TSX and TL nameplates... infact I still have an 04 TSX.
Acura needs to bring back their 6MT. I loved it in my TSX.
the front of this car is ugly and please upgrade the horsepower on this car. I'd much rather get a new accord it looks waaaay more appealing.
manny14 but it has less hp.
Todd Medium Wellington lol this guy said upgrade the hp but I'm guessing he wants more hp right? But would rather go for the accord that has less power 🤔😂
I really dislike how incongruent the headlights and grille. I preferred the beak. The rest of the styling is nice but I will never ever buy a car with alcantara. Chamois are for drying the car not for the seats.
Can't wait to see what the modding scene we'll make of this awd system
So maybe I misheard you but it sounded like you kept calling the V6 the 3 Liter when it is in fact a 3.5 Liter for the V6. The best sports sedan Acura ever made was their TL from 2004-2008. That car was the closest thing you could buy to a FWD 3 series. After that, as you said they lost the plot. If this 2018 TLX is anything like the 04-08 TL (especially the 07-08 Type-S) then we can definitely say Acura is on it's way back. :)
Cheaper and more reliable than 3 series. At least as good looking as 3 series, and you'll actually be able to afford to repair it if you do need to.
I like TFL but the camera was too fast and shaky in this video
Adam Gottsch i like nfl and kfc
small correction, it is a 3.5 litre and not 3.0 litre.
Heard augmented engine note and stopped the video. Can we find the marketing/sales director that first came up with this idea and get her drawn and quartered?
Did they finally add rear heated seats? I did see that all doors now have smart access, as supposed to the current model.
n/a v6's haven't evolved much in terms of hp output my 11 year old G35 coupe has 298hp out the box. This only has 290. V8's from that era made around 300 hp today they make 400 plus
Honestly Acura has lost it's way a long time ago. The 3G TL was brilliant and while the 4G drives and handles great the styling is terrible and Acura has ordered a stop sale on them because of air bag issues. I'm not sold on Honda quality anymore, they are giving too many little and major problems to consider them anymore.
I think the new design is better looking with the A-spec.
3.5 v6 ... couldn't add a twin turbo for the A-spec ?
They are going to have trouble with Genesis in this category once it gets off the ground...much more powerful engines.
precision is not a word I would use to describe that
What makes the All Wheel Drive on the Acura TLX a "Super Handling All Wheel Drive"?
So it’s passed may 18th HOW DOES IT DRIVE!
The front brake calipers look kind of weak. Maybe they work well but they certain don't like anything special.
The last best looking Acura ever produced was the 2007-2008 TL Type-S
the new 1's are either too bulky or hideos or both
"Acura's grill from last year was ugly."
Acura "hold me beer."
Acura just doesn't have anything somewhat affordable that gets me excited. I wouldn't call these luxury cars, either