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Likes
Head-turning style
Athletic capabilities
Superlative iPod interface, excellent stereo
Typical Acura quality touch, feel, and operation
Dislikes
Head-turning style
Thick pillars mean spotty outward visibility
Overwhelming sea of buttons in center stack
Slow-to-react automatic transmission
The 2009 Acura TL has been completely redesigned by Honda’s luxury division. It’s wrapped in a controversial skin from stem to stern, full of angles, furrows, creases, and rather long overhangs front and rear. Its Honda Accord underpinnings give it generous room front and rear, but also mean that even in all-wheel-drive guise it’s a front-heavy beast that’s not quite a performance match for rear-wheel-drive competitors.
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| Positive Points |
- Head-turning style
- Athletic capabilities
- Superlative iPod interface, excellent stereo
- Typical Acura quality touch, feel, and operation
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| Negative Points |
- Head-turning style
- Thick pillars mean spotty outward visibility
- Overwhelming sea of buttons in center stack
- Slow-to-react automatic transmission
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