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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 line of vehicles is the way to compete with Audi, BMW and Mercedes.

The first step is to introduce an all-new vehicle that will arrive before the new NSX in 2010. A coupe is a possibility, filling the gap left by the dearly departed RSX and older CL. A retractable hardtop could be part of the package, and there's also talk of a four-door "coupe" that could contend with the M-B CLS and Audi's upcoming A7.

Whatever it is, it needs to be packing more than a just a four-pot driving the front wheels. A serious competitor the 1-series would be a welcome addition to the Acura line, and would fulfill the automaker's previous claim of pursuing niches generally left unfilled by other luxury brands.

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CDUBB1

I love Acura, but they need new designers. If that is the new TL for 2010, it needs help. It looks like a current TL choped into a 2 door with a bodykit. Acura is falling way short of Benz and Audi. just my 2 cents.

LSATYD

that is photoshopd lol ^

anyway new hondas and acuras make me sad hondas designers need to get off teh crack lol

well right now the current acuras look good but i saw a spy photo of the new TSX thats coming out and its almost as bad as the new accord and the new fit coming out looks like a 4door hatch version of the yaris "barf"

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l4zy415

That's hella sad

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92drls

Hmm.. I dont know what to think

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dumplingcorp

the op's image looks like some guy bought an rsx then decided to look like he paid more money to get the tsx, then did the tsx conversion...feel free to correct me.

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L3GDKANG/JDMKANG

i dont think Acura will ever compair to Benz's long ways off just my 2 cents!

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Originally Posted by Blackend
Good to meet you too Willie. I tell ya, when we were walking the Auto-X course and you guys started pulling in, I had no idea who it was until I saw the green machine and we're all like "ooohhhh, that's Willie and the Acuraholicks!"

Glad you guys made out, and nice meeting all of you.

NuclearSymphony

^I'll second that motion. Or at least not without a LOT of work. They were on the right track when they started out in 1986, but after the mid-90s they started slacking off (ie softening up the Legend, refusing to give the TSX more than an average 4-cylinder to work with). Mercedes has continued to innovate and evolve (despite their late 90s issues with build quality). Acura needs to follow the lead set by the Germans and Lexus and stop trying to stretch themselves out too thin.

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