Acura RLX
03-28-12, 02:22 PM
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Acura RLX
Acura has big plans for the New York Auto Show next week, notably with the reveal of the replacement for the aging RL. The new vehicle, which will likely be called the RLX, will still make use of a V6, all-wheel drive powertrain, but will rely on electric motors to spin the rear wheels.
Car and Driver reports the system will actually be lighter than the components found on the current RL while still offering torque-vectoring capability. Acura has already gone through the pains of registering the RLX name with the U.S. Patent and Trademark office, and the move seems to be part of a larger effort to expunge two-letter names from the company's stable.
With the RL on the way out the door, the TL is the last of the old guard still hanging around, and word has it that model may be on the short list for execution as well. As Car and Driver points out, Acura is also in the process of registering the TLX name.
We have to wonder if the name swapping will do the company any good. From our vantage, it seems like Acura is simply swapping one meaningless moniker for another. Expect to see more details emerge as we get closer to the 2012 New York Auto Show next week, but in the meantime, feel free to peruse the brief press release after the break.
Car and Driver reports the system will actually be lighter than the components found on the current RL while still offering torque-vectoring capability. Acura has already gone through the pains of registering the RLX name with the U.S. Patent and Trademark office, and the move seems to be part of a larger effort to expunge two-letter names from the company's stable.
With the RL on the way out the door, the TL is the last of the old guard still hanging around, and word has it that model may be on the short list for execution as well. As Car and Driver points out, Acura is also in the process of registering the TLX name.
We have to wonder if the name swapping will do the company any good. From our vantage, it seems like Acura is simply swapping one meaningless moniker for another. Expect to see more details emerge as we get closer to the 2012 New York Auto Show next week, but in the meantime, feel free to peruse the brief press release after the break.
03-28-12, 02:33 PM
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Lexus Fanatic
YUP!! So its going to a new RL with the same old SHAWD system they use on everything. Doesn't seem very innovative. Aren't these flagship model supposed to represent the apex of what the engineers can put together with all of the newest current technology
03-28-12, 02:45 PM
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Its funny to me how the TL can get as expensive as a new GS....or damn near it. Its like their 2 most expensive sedan dont line up with competitors
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03-28-12, 03:32 PM
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Lexus Fanatic
I find it hard to believe that the Acura cant make a V8 for its flagship. I dont care what the price of gas is. A luxury flagship needs a V8 . Luxury doesnt just mean comfortable and quiet. It also means the luxury to pass easily and to never have to hear the engine screaming. I am not saying that when gas jumps more that most manufacturers will not downsize but they have to learn to keep up. Acura has fallen way behind
03-28-12, 03:43 PM
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Watch for Mitsu's similar system as well.
03-28-12, 04:31 PM
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Lexus Test Driver
Adding an "X" to the name will do nothing but confuse customers. Honda/Acura is (still) clearly struggling to get oxygen to the corporate brain.
03-28-12, 05:31 PM
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https://www.clublexus.com/forums/car...wd-system.html
03-28-12, 05:49 PM
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Acura making 1sick right since 2000 
Name it the "O'RLY" I'll take a page from the Rock's book...ILX..RLX...etc etc
So they will offer a GS 450h competitor 7 years later but with AWD. This engine and AWD system seem to be the preview for what goes in the American made NSX though the RL(X who cares) is made in Japan. Then with no Acura network, this will still be the Honda Legend elsewhere in the world. Why change the name, the name is the least of its problems and RLX sounds no better than RL.
I am going to assume with them going with the electric AWD, they will then offer a FWD RLXdoesn'tmatterwhattheycallit powered by the V-6 only and then the AWD model where the electric motors power the rear so they can offer a FWD flagship for more sales. No doubt it will be a cool system from what we have heard so far.
Bingo. How many names that make no sense will they use?
Name it the "O'RLY" I'll take a page from the Rock's book...ILX..RLX...etc etcSo they will offer a GS 450h competitor 7 years later but with AWD. This engine and AWD system seem to be the preview for what goes in the American made NSX though the RL(X who cares) is made in Japan. Then with no Acura network, this will still be the Honda Legend elsewhere in the world. Why change the name, the name is the least of its problems and RLX sounds no better than RL.
I am going to assume with them going with the electric AWD, they will then offer a FWD RLXdoesn'tmatterwhattheycallit powered by the V-6 only and then the AWD model where the electric motors power the rear so they can offer a FWD flagship for more sales. No doubt it will be a cool system from what we have heard so far.
We have to wonder if the name swapping will do the company any good. From our vantage, it seems like Acura is simply swapping one meaningless moniker for another
Last edited by LexFather; 03-28-12 at 06:03 PM.
