Honda announced today that Acura achieved a historic first in safety testing today by earning top government and IIHS safety ratings for every vehicle in its lineup. The historic first came after the NHTSA awarded the 2009 Acura TL a 5-star rating for side impact for both front and rear passenger seating. In Nov. 2008, [...]
It seems like dealer Dave Conant really believes in Acura and Honda’s U.S. executives when they say Acura will soon be a top-tier luxury brand playing in the major leagues with Lexus, Mercedes and BMW. So much so that Conant spent $20 million upgrading his Acura dealership in suburban Los Angeles betting that this time [...]
Acura has announced that it will ‘further up its game for performance minded TL driver’ (right…) by offering a manual transmission on the new 2010 Acura TL SH-AWD. The 6-speed manual transmission TL SH-AWD will hit the showrooms next fall as a 2010 model year. This is the first time Acura is ever offering a [...]
Acura has announced the pricing for the new 2009 Acura TL which will arrive in dealerships with front-wheel-drive on Sept 24th followed by the all-wheel-drive models in November. Acura is offering two trim levels for the 2009 TL with the base model starting at $34,955 powered by a 3.5L V6 engine producing 280-hp. With the [...]
Honda has finally released the official press release along with a bunch of images of the 2009 Acura TL. The completely redesigned 2009 Acura TL will be available in two different models including the TL and the TL SH-AWD. The 2009 Acura TL is larger, with an upgraded suspension, a new Sequential SportShift transmission and [...]
While we wait on the full official press release and images from Honda for the 2009 Acura TL, we thought we’d let you know that it has already unofficially hit the web via Edmunds – who has all the details and specs. We don’t know where Acura’s design team is headed with this but the 2009 [...]
