View Poll Results: New TSX vs IS250 vs IS350
IS250
32
16.58%
IS250 AWD
24
12.44%
IS350
123
63.73%
Acura TSX
14
7.25%
Voters: 193. You may not vote on this poll
New TSX vs ISX50
Lead Lap
Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 578
Likes: 2
From: Connecticut
the reason i got the IS is becuase of the body i love it otherwise i would of gotten a es or gs. but i seem to like alot of other cars interior better then lexus/toyota i dont know it's just me. but i love the outside look it got me!
Driver
Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 112
Likes: 0
From: California
Wow on the Acura website it says the MPG is:
6 Speed Manual City: 20
6 Speed Manual Hwy: 28
Wow, thats not that impressive, especially since your getting a 4 cylinder.
You got to give it to Lexus for making one of the most refined V6's in the world.
I DONT KNOW OF ANY OTHER V6 THAT EVEN COMES CLOSE TO THOSE MPGS, THE 250, EVEN THE 350's V6, does anyone else know?
6 Speed Manual City: 20
6 Speed Manual Hwy: 28
Wow, thats not that impressive, especially since your getting a 4 cylinder.
You got to give it to Lexus for making one of the most refined V6's in the world.
I DONT KNOW OF ANY OTHER V6 THAT EVEN COMES CLOSE TO THOSE MPGS, THE 250, EVEN THE 350's V6, does anyone else know?
Driver
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 116
Likes: 0
From: ca
I voted for the IS250.
New TSX seems to be ugly in the front, like everyone else said.
I haven't driven it but the engine is the same engine as the 2008 TSX and along with a heavier car, probably won't be going very fast (and the previous TSX is not that fast to begin with). Mileage is deceiving. I'm getting a combined 50/50 city/hwy in hilly SF of 26mpg. Highway about 31-32mpg. I'm hoping to get more as the car breaks in.
Like someone said, TSX for value, IS250 for luxury/amenity, IS350 for performance!
New TSX seems to be ugly in the front, like everyone else said.
I haven't driven it but the engine is the same engine as the 2008 TSX and along with a heavier car, probably won't be going very fast (and the previous TSX is not that fast to begin with). Mileage is deceiving. I'm getting a combined 50/50 city/hwy in hilly SF of 26mpg. Highway about 31-32mpg. I'm hoping to get more as the car breaks in.
Like someone said, TSX for value, IS250 for luxury/amenity, IS350 for performance!
Pole Position
Joined: May 2007
Posts: 383
Likes: 0
From: Arizona
I was wondering how long it would take for someone to post a thread like this, what with the marketing of the new TSX being marketed directly to the "look at me, I'm a young hip junior exec and I'm money" crowd.
Driver
Joined: May 2007
Posts: 172
Likes: 0
From: Québec
The TSX might be a little underpowered but they will fix that when they will put the RDX engine in it, which they are supposed to do for the TSX type S. I have always been a fan of honda products, but I strongly agree that they missed their target with the new TSX, at that type of price they should truely offer some kind of RWD motors or even exterior design that is more appealing.
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Rookie
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 62
Likes: 0
From: Texas
Test drove it today with the wife. No soul to this car - no ***** - cheap feel to it. Ultimately the IS250 was pretty close to the same price when leased for us. So of course we are going to to with the IS250!
Pole Position
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 264
Likes: 0
From: CA
Is it really that hard to choose between our 2IS with TSX? Nothing in the honda family stands a chance. I'll take my old IS300 over the new TSX, and our 2IS over a TL Type-S, even with IS250. The new TSX looks worse than the last one, I hope the new TL doesn't follow the same design cues as the TSX... I just don't understand why the new Accord looks more like an Acura than Acuras, I guess they will never be able to step up to the level where Lexus, BMW, Mercedes, Audi are at.
Thread Starter
Pole Position
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 2,794
Likes: 0
From: Lake Country, WI
Good marketing by Acura... click on the link, see a stunning car, the impulse to buy rises (new, hip, cutting edge, etc.) but in the end they have not created a truly competitive end product.
Heard through contacts at Acura that they are VERY nervous on prospective buyers first impressions and feedback....
Rookie
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 74
Likes: 0
From: TX
I don't like the front of the new Acura's, it looks like a bird!
I also don't like the leather in honda's, though nice, I don't like the pleats in it.
I also don't like the gas pedal in the Acura's, it's too stiff.
I also don't like the leather in honda's, though nice, I don't like the pleats in it.
I also don't like the gas pedal in the Acura's, it's too stiff.
