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Click on the above image for our high res 2009 Acura TL galleryAcura is again tossing enthusiasts a bone with a new six-speed manual transmission option for their 2010 Acura TL SH-AWD model. While the 2009 model is only available with a five-speed automatic with paddle shifters, next year will mark......
2009 Acura TL priced from $34,955
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
Click above for high-res gallery of the 2009 Acura TLAcura has finally revealed the pricing structure of its new 2009 TL sedan, and the base price jumps to $34,995, a little over a thousand bucks more than the last entry-level model. Replacing last year's Type-S is a new model with a version of Acur......
2009 Acura TL fully revealed
Saturday, August 9th, 2008
Click above for more photos of the 2009 Acura TL
The floodgates will open on the '09 Acura TL soon enough, but in the meantime, Inside Line has posted a set of press photos and confirmed the car's final specs. As has been previously reported, there are two versions: a base 3.5L car with 285 horses a......
Acura line to grow, new model to bow before 2010
Monday, August 4th, 2008
Image: Photoshopped Acura TL coupe courtesy of Acurazine.Acura's aim of becoming a "Tier 1" luxury brand has been thwarted by a lineup that some view as nothing more than decked-out Hondas. Dan Bonawitz, Honda's vice president of corporate planning and logistics believes that broadening Acura's lin......
Spy Shots: 2009 Acura TL in the buff
Monday, July 21st, 2008
Click above for more shots of the 2009 Acura TL.The 2009 Acura TL has been spied enough times to rival the Chevrolet Camaro and Nissan GT-R, and even though Acura has already released a teaser of the TL ahead of its official launch, the overly airbrushed glamour shot doesn't accurately reflect what ......
2009 Acura TL shows its face, AWD confirmed
Thursday, July 10th, 2008
Click above image to enlargeThe 2009 Acura TL is coming this fall, and Acura has released the first official image of the car. Acura's love-it-or-hate-it new shield-grille face is affixed to the front end of the new sedan, which also sports thin, slanted headlamps and a pair of angular lower intakes......
First Drive: 2009 Hyundai Genesis
Friday, June 27th, 2008
Click above for high-res gallery of the 2009 Hyundai GenesisUnless you've been living in a mine deep in the hills of West Virginia, Hyundai's newest addition isn't coming to you as a surprise. Around these offices, we've been anticipating the rear-wheel-drive Genesis platform and its offspring of lu......
Spy Shots: Even better pics of the new ‘09 Acura TL
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
Click image above for additional pics of the 2009 Acura TLWe just showed you some spy pics of the 2009 Acura TL yesterday, but when one automotive photog saw the lo-res cellphone pics we ran, he knew he could do better. Our buddy Rich Truesdell of Automotive Traveler sent over a small patch of pics ......
Spy Shots: 2009 Acura TL continues triangular theme
Monday, June 23rd, 2008
Acura is in the midst of a major restyling of its entire range of sedans. While we've already seen the new TSX and RL (though an even newer RL has been spied), it's the TL that is the bread-and-butter model of the line. From what has been seen already, we're expecting a version of the blocky metal t......
Spy Shots: 2009 Acura TL
Monday, May 19th, 2008
Acura is in the middle of a total makeover, and while we've already seen the RL and TSX, the Japanese automaker's bread and butter TL has been out of the spotlight, until now. Spy photographers have snapped up a couple shots of the 2009 TL sans the requisite crazy patterns and without most bras, lea......