Acura shows it's (ugly) Face of the new TL (sedan, trucks, Cadillac)

[Steve-o]

Originally Posted by brikag

Nope, Pontiac had elephants do their duty on a sheet of paper. For the Rendezvous, they just added water and smeared it around!!!!

Good one! But I think youre giving the Aztek and Rendezvous a little too much credit.

[brikag]

What?! Should they have used chimpaneze, instead? Chimps would probably throw it at them!!!!!

[Tek_Freek]

Was that snout designed after a cartoon character? Or is it a ripoff of a smiley face?

I agree, ugly. Ruins the car.

[Sayantsi]

Originally Posted by Drover

It's about time on the AWD. The FWD platform is the only thing that had me excluding a TL from any future shopping lists. And it better be Honda's SH-AWD system and not one of those so-called AWD systems that are really FWD 98% of the time like on so many other cars.

As for the snout... yeah, it's like, "wait, I forgot -- is that the Autobot emblem or the Decepticon emblem? Because I don't want to be driving an evil car." I think I'd be looking to get an aftermarket grill put on.

It is Honda's SH-AWD, as opposed to its fwd "awd" on its other cars like the CR-V. AWD is nice, but Acura design really dropped the ball on this, and really, all its latest redesigns. I've seen a couple of the shield nose cars on the road and they are truly ugly cars. Id doesn't help that all that faux metal catches sunlight and blinds you, but maybe Honda did that on purpose to hide the bad design of the car.

Pound for pound, Infiniti's cars offer everything an Acura does and much more car from a performance standpoint. You have to be a real fan of Honda to buy an Acura imo.

[f_m]

This is in the style of the new MDX and TSX. Even the RL has this look now.

[southernnaturelover]

Originally Posted by brikag

sonarrat,
Curious.... do you mean this one (2009)
First Drive: 2009 Nissan Maxima - Autoblog

or this one (2007)
Preview: 2007 Nissan Maxima - Autoblog

OMG, the front of the new '09 Maxima is ugly too! Looks like they stole it from the Honda Ridgeline.

[nevergoingback]

I like it.

[mr.man]

The TL looks bad, but what is Nissan doing? The 09 Maxima is a disgrace and so is the new Murano.

[ArizonaBear]

Originally Posted by Steve-o

Then what did Pontiac do when they designed the Aztek? Have a quadriplegic blind person design it? lol Or what about the Rendezvous?

The Aztek if painted white rather resembles the shuttles used in the original Star Trek episodes----------I have seen many uglier vehicles.

[ArizonaBear]

Originally Posted by f_m

This is in the style of the new MDX and TSX. Even the RL has this look now.

TSX: that is the mini 'SUV' type of Acura? If so; it is an ugly son-of-a gun.

The grille of that thing screams ghetto to me.