Look what Honda did to the Acura TL

srishiva · 31st August 2008, 08:52

The looks are not good is not new news. Drives great with SH-AWD though.
Cars generally are getting better looking. Luxury cars are getting ordinary or uglier.

Aditya · 31st August 2008, 10:16

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Originally Posted by kuttapan

Looks like they are screwing up the grille of all the new acuras. Anyone seen the 2009 MDX? I liked the 2008 one better.

Must be some new grill design theme.

Take the grille of the Honda City Type 4, remove the Honda Badge, remove the chrome strip that runs along the centre of the grille and attach it to the chrome that runs along the top. Voila! You've got the new Acura grille.
They could have made the design more subtle like the CLS or the XF.

Vid6639 · 31st August 2008, 11:28

I fell in love with the old TL here. The lines are so clean and the car looks so sharp. I can't believe they are replacing it with this. Looks like implants and botox job. Yuk.

speedzak · 31st August 2008, 11:43

Oh no! Please pray this comes to an end.
What really is happening to the car manufacturers? They're competing with one another in making their products as dirty and ugly as possible.
The latest example being this car.

The grill is the ugliest part.

CaliforniaKnight · 1st September 2008, 00:04

The side high waist line resembles the current Nissan Altima.
What a disaster!!

amit · 1st September 2008, 12:59

You know what? I hope the design cues don't trickle down into cheaper Honda's. Imagine the next generation Accord that may look like this!

31st August 2008, 08:52	#16
srishiva Senior - BHPian Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Bengaluru Posts: 4,375 Thanked: 2,256 Times	The looks are not good is not new news. Drives great with SH-AWD though. Cars generally are getting better looking. Luxury cars are getting ordinary or uglier.
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31st August 2008, 11:28	#18
Vid6639 Team-BHP Support Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 17,757 Thanked: 43,811 Times View My Garage	I fell in love with the old TL here. The lines are so clean and the car looks so sharp. I can't believe they are replacing it with this. Looks like implants and botox job. Yuk.
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31st August 2008, 11:43	#19
speedzak BANNED Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: India Posts: 4,347 Thanked: 27 Times	Oh no! Please pray this comes to an end. What really is happening to the car manufacturers? They're competing with one another in making their products as dirty and ugly as possible. The latest example being this car. The grill is the ugliest part.
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1st September 2008, 00:04	#20
CaliforniaKnight BHPian Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: IND + DXB Posts: 980 Thanked: 141 Times View My Garage	The side high waist line resembles the current Nissan Altima. What a disaster!!
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1st September 2008, 12:59	#21
amit Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Mumbai Posts: 3,717 Thanked: 450 Times	You know what? I hope the design cues don't trickle down into cheaper Honda's. Imagine the next generation Accord that may look like this!
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