2014 Acura RLX


The 2014 Acura RLX, the tech-laden successor to the Acura RL flagship sedan, debuted on Wednesday at the 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show.
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The 2014 Acura RLX, the tech-laden successor to the Acura RL flagship sedan, debuted on Wednesday at the 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show.
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Hmmm...didn't know you had a chance to drive it.
BTW, only the hybrid version will have AWD. Please know your facts before you start bashing.
Just cause you were criticized for being bland does not mean you have to go for Ugly.
Yours Truly
Hyundai.
Honda using the accord chassis = fail.
I have two Hondas (Accord and Odyssey) and an Acura (TL) in my family so I am hardly anti-Honda. This is not about how the car drives nor have I reference that anywhere in my initial post. So please read carefully before you jump to conclusions.
Also, I'm not enjoying the Insideline-to-Edmunds transitions going on recently. When I click on an article in Insideline, I expect to stay at Insideline. When Insideline is completely merged back with Edmunds, I'm afraid that you guys are going to lose a reader or two, myself included.
As for the car, I'm sure that it will be top quality but it really doesn't do anything for me. Too much like the old RL and from what I've seen of the interior, it doesn't look like anything special. Acura knew that they had to really change and improve the RL to keep it viable, and this car doesn't do that. I'm not impressed with the fuel economy numbers, either.
This article is incorrect as well in that SH-AWD will be no more - Acura will instead call the system P-AWS (no joke), which stands for Precision-All Wheel Steer. They are seriously going to put a badge on the car that says P-AWS.
If anyone reading this lame article wants some real info and pictures of the new RLX, check out Autoblog. As soon as Insideline is done I'm switching to that site. A lot more information, a lot more pictures, and less mistakes. SMH, Edmunds, SMH.
http://www.autoblog.com/2012/11/28/2014-acura-rlx-la-2012/
Coming on the heals of the homely ZDX, hastily tweaked TL after its disastrous launch in 2010, and the on-again-off-again-on-again saga of the NSX, Acura desperately needed to get the RL replacement right with the correct upscale, halo sedan. This RLX franken-car is an embarrassment that will languish in show rooms when there are so many superior alternatives in the $50K~$60K segment.
Were Honda engineers smoking crack (supplied by Hyundai and Kia I suspect) when they were tasked with designing this hugely important car? And the fact they've decided to add an "X" to the back end of all of their models (TLX is on the way) is just more proof of the total lack of creativity and anal retention lurking in the halls of Honda.
But I admit the new Accord is a very nice car. I'll give them that.
This car is a bore (visually). When Hyundai (which I admire for its tenacity [and Gangnam Style]) outshines Acura in the exterior design component, that is where I draw the line. Looking at a Genisis R-spec, which takes it’s design cues from a 2006-ish BMW 5 series while the new Acura takes its from a Honda Accord (legendary for never requiring a second look---ever).
I’m sure the car will drive wonderful, handle even better and provide all the electronic gadgets we now require to maintain our daily sanity but I will ask this question before I end; Would you drive a BMW M5 sedan if it appeared to everybody else as a 2007 Ford Crown Victoria? That is the rub with this new car design. I wanted the design to engage positive conversations not have the design disappear in a crowd.
And I just love how people keep bringing up Hyundai as if they could even begin to match Honda's or Toyota's level of refinement, build quality, or reliability.
Now Honda will have to engineer another larger and more tech laden car from scratch to compete with its luxury rivals.