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Old 07-10-2008, 11:45 PM
 
Location: The Frenchie Farm, Where We Grow 'em Big!
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And it sports AWD! But the face!!!! Oh dear GOD!!!!! Put a bag over it. Now imagine putting that nose on the new NSX!!!

2009 Acura TL shows its face, AWD confirmed - Autoblog
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Old 07-11-2008, 12:53 AM
 
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haha im sorry your post really cracked me up.
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Old 07-11-2008, 02:57 AM
 
Location: Chicago
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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.
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Old 07-11-2008, 02:06 PM
 
Location: San Jose, CA
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It looks a lot like the new Nissan Maxima.
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Old 07-11-2008, 02:17 PM
 
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sonarrat,
Curious.... do you mean this one (2009)
First Drive: 2009 Nissan Maxima - Autoblog

or this one (2007)
Preview: 2007 Nissan Maxima - Autoblog
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Old 07-11-2008, 02:29 PM
 
Location: Phoenix metro
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Yeah, that new front end is hideous. I think Car and Driver put it best when they said "honey, what happened to your face?!?!"
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Old 07-11-2008, 02:34 PM
 
Location: The Frenchie Farm, Where We Grow 'em Big!
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It looked like the Honda designers had their hands tied behind their backs while they were using their left foot to design this TL. And then had Gibbons and Mandrils give inputs of final designs. Looks like a normal day at Acura!
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Old 07-11-2008, 03:01 PM
 
Location: San Jose, CA
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sonarrat,
Curious.... do you mean this one (2009)
First Drive: 2009 Nissan Maxima - Autoblog

or this one (2007)
Preview: 2007 Nissan Maxima - Autoblog
Now that you mention it, it looks a lot more like the '08. The '09 is sweet looking.
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Old 07-11-2008, 03:43 PM
 
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It looked like the Honda designers had their hands tied behind their backs while they were using their left foot to design this TL.
Then what did Pontiac do when they designed the Aztek? Have a quadriplegic blind person design it? lol Or what about the Rendezvous?
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Old 07-11-2008, 04:06 PM
 
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Then what did Pontiac do when they designed the Aztek? Have a quadriplegic blind person design it? lol Or what about the Rendezvous?
Nope, Pontiac had elephants do their duty on a sheet of paper. For the Rendezvous, they just added water and smeared it around!!!!
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