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  1. 05-12-2009 07:23 PM #1
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    Off Topic Rant: The new Acura TL is hideous...No idea what they are thinking.

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    That is far worse than anything Bangle ever created. In particular, the base model TL with 17" wheels and the chrome trim just looks so tacky.


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  2. 05-12-2009 07:36 PM #2
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    Re: Off Topic Rant: The new Acura TL is hideous...No idea what they are thinking.

    Agreed. That is the ugliest car.
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  3. 05-12-2009 07:39 PM #3
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    Re: Off Topic Rant: The new Acura TL is hideous...No idea what they are thinking.

    i think the new hondas look like shit too. the old accords look way bettter than the new ones. and the acuras are now ugly. and they are stopping production of the s2000.

    are they trying to go out of business.

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  4. 05-12-2009 07:42 PM #4
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    Re: Off Topic Rant: The new Acura TL is hideous...No idea what they are thinking.

    ^^^ they call it the superman grille, and they're trying to be the next subaru
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  5. 05-12-2009 07:45 PM #5
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    Re: Off Topic Rant: The new Acura TL is hideous...No idea what they are thinking.

    agreed. TL looks like a total POS.
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  6. 05-12-2009 07:47 PM #6
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    Re: Off Topic Rant: The new Acura TL is hideous...No idea what they are thinking.

    Same opinion here. The previous gen TL definitely look a lot better.

    On the other hand, the TSX doesn't look too bad though.
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    Re: Off Topic Rant: The new Acura TL is hideous...No idea what they are thinking.

    Cant believe they are going to stop production of the s2000....the only one I would drive if just wasnt a Honda.
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    Re: Off Topic Rant: The new Acura TL is hideous...No idea what they are thinking.

    Yeah total shiet. The front grill on the TL looks like the Joker.
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    Re: Off Topic Rant: The new Acura TL is hideous...No idea what they are thinking.

    At least they're always smiling at you. Same smiley face as the new Mazda 3 and the old Neon.
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    Re: Off Topic Rant: The new Acura TL is hideous...No idea what they are thinking.

    The first gen TL looked fantastic

    this one looks horrendous...like an armadillo or an armoured car
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  11. 05-13-2009 09:21 AM #11
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    Re: Off Topic Rant: The new Acura TL is hideous...No idea what they are thinking.

    agreed...looks to beefy or somethin, bad move for Honda/Acura
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    Re: Off Topic Rant: The new Acura TL is hideous...No idea what they are thinking.

    Saw one this weekend....HORRIBLE!
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    Re: Off Topic Rant: The new Acura TL is hideous...No idea what they are thinking.

    When i sold my TL A-spec to get into my S4, i knew i wasn't gonna have any problems selling it due to the styling of the new one.
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    Re: Off Topic Rant: The new Acura TL is hideous...No idea what they are thinking.

    I don't think its THAT bad. The older ones were definetely a lot nicer though.
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    Re: Off Topic Rant: The new Acura TL is hideous...No idea what they are thinking.

    this is just like what happened to the Ford Taurus a loooong time ago. There was a time it's styling was what most people liked. Then the design changed and transformed the Taurus into a cross between a boat and a spaceship. Fail....
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    Re: Off Topic Rant: The new Acura TL is hideous...No idea what they are thinking.

    the front grill reminds me of Optimus Prime's face, lol!





    (maybe they were hoping to get into the new transformers movie)
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    Re: Off Topic Rant: The new Acura TL is hideous...No idea what they are thinking.

    Beauty and the fugly beast...I guess Honda engineers dropped out of college, to work for the company.
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    Re: Off Topic Rant: The new Acura TL is hideous...No idea what they are thinking.

    Quote Originally Posted by 'mk4-turbo View Post
    the front grill reminds me of Optimus Prime's face, lol!
    +1

    Germans are great engineers but the styling of their cars is not awesome by any means. Japanese are awesome engineers but the Honda designers seem like one-armed Stevie Wonders. They make Germans look like Michelangelo.
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    Re: Off Topic Rant: The new Acura TL is hideous...No idea what they are thinking.

    Quote Originally Posted by sakimano View Post
    The first gen TL looked fantastic

    this one looks horrendous...like an armadillo or an armoured car
    The first gen TL looked alright ... Unless you're talking about the previous gen (i.e. third gen), then yeah, it does look fantastic.

    Old Honda/Acura design used to be stately, safe, if not boring, but never ugly. I guess they got tired of blending in. I think the Civic, and Accord were on the right track, but after that, things got out of hand.
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    Re: Off Topic Rant: The new Acura TL is hideous...No idea what they are thinking.

    Quote Originally Posted by Hyde View Post
    The first gen TL looked alright ... Unless you're talking about the previous gen (i.e. third gen), then yeah, it does look fantastic.

    Old Honda/Acura design used to be stately, safe, if not boring, but never ugly. I guess they got tired of blending in. I think the Civic, and Accord were on the right track, but after that, things got out of hand.
    I completely agree, and I shall clarify that I was referring to the latest design discussed here. I do like the older Acuras a lot.
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