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supafamous 08-28-2021 08:41 AM

I don't get a lot of Acura's engineering decisions - a turbo V6 that's their best engine and it makes less power than all of their competitors AND they have a turbo 2L that's top of class so why a measly ~80hp more than the 2L? Should have been at least 120hp more - 380-390 to be class competitive.

Then you've got an oversized car in the TLX with no compelling tradeoff (like amazing styling or way more space) to speak off - it's cramped, heavy, and big. WTF?

The Civic and Accord are world beaters in their class - you couldn't take that and build off of that? You couldn't take those engineers and build something new that's great?

JDMDreams 08-28-2021 09:14 PM

But sh AWD la :lawl:

snowball 08-30-2021 10:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by supafamous (Post 9037853)
I don't get a lot of Acura's engineering decisions - a turbo V6 that's their best engine and it makes less power than all of their competitors AND they have a turbo 2L that's top of class so why a measly ~80hp more than the 2L? Should have been at least 120hp more - 380-390 to be class competitive.

Then you've got an oversized car in the TLX with no compelling tradeoff (like amazing styling or way more space) to speak off - it's cramped, heavy, and big. WTF?

The Civic and Accord are world beaters in their class - you couldn't take that and build off of that? You couldn't take those engineers and build something new that's great?

Honda should stick to family, city, and "sporty" cars, clearly they are out of their element when it comes to luxury and top notch performance; I'm a big Honda fan so I wish they would stop embarrassing themselves.

EvoFire 08-30-2021 11:37 PM

The beak TL was last of the pack in terms of power a decade ago, it made it up by having handling in the bucket loads.

Seriously seems like Acura missed on this one as lots of complaints about weight AND handling on this car and add to that class losing power.

bcrdukes 08-31-2021 06:24 AM

Acura's current focus is on the NSX of which privateer teams have chosen to enter into IMSA racing as part of the platform. The TLX is too new for any privateer or factory race teams to adopt, so perhaps it's such a flop, they don't even want to put it no the track. (half-joking)


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