Acura/ELS Surround 410-watt Premium Audio System with 10-speakers, DVD-Audio, CD, DTS, AM/FM tuner, XM Radio with Note function music reminder, Bluetooth Audio, Song By Voice, speed-sensitive volume control (SVC), and 15 gigabyte hard disk drive (HDD) music storage
INTRODUCTION With athletic and emotional styling, powerful engine performance and a Super Handling All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) model, the fourth-generation TL is nothing less than the most exciting performance luxury sedan in Acura history. After a complete from-the-wheels-up redesign for 2009, Acura aimed to enhance every aspect of the original model. Featuring a stiff unit-body construction … Read more
POWERTRAIN OVERVIEW For 2012, the 3.5L V-6 engine benefits from several technologies that team to deliver a reduction of internal operating friction. As a result, the friction reduction measures are a significant element to improve city, highway and combined fuel economy. The 3.5L V-6 engine makes use of a new plateau honing technique for the … Read more
OVERVIEW The 2009 TL’s dynamic and bold styling was designed at the then-new Acura Design Studio in Torrance, California. For 2012, the Acura Design Studios team worked to incorporate newly sculpted lines and more sharply honed trim appointments to improve the overall look of the TL. In addition, the TL’s styling changes more closely align … Read more
OVERVIEW The 2012 TL is engineered to live up to the highest standards for a performance luxury sedan. Both the TL and the TL SH-AWD are rewarding and entertaining to drive, whether around town or on a long, winding road to adventure. When equipped with SH-AWD the TL is as confidence inspiring on wet or … Read more
INTERIOR OVERVIEW The 2012 TL’s interior represents the pinnacle of Acura’s driver-oriented sport sedan thinking matched with outstanding luxury. The interior has a “dual personal” layout, with a feeling of personal space for each of the front seat occupants. Sweeping shapes and high quality materials blend a luxury aesthetic with a feeling of advanced technology. … Read more
As a result of Acura’s “Safety Through Innovation” initiative, the TL emphasizes safety for everyone from the driver and passengers, to the occupants of other vehicles, as well as injury mitigation to pedestrians. The 2012 Acura TL provides a high level of standard safety equipment. Key safety technologies include the Advanced Compatibility Engineering (ACE) body … Read more
Strong sales of the MDX luxury sport utility vehicle, RDX crossover SUV, TSX sport sedan and TL performance luxury sedan led Acura to February sales of 10,796 units, up 20.8 percent versus last February based on daily selling rate (DSR)*. These results helped Acura to achieve the thirteenth consecutive month of posting double-digit sales increases. … Read more
Additional photography and exclusive video interviews from the 2011 Chicago Auto Show are now available at www.acuranews.com. If you missed the press conference, an archive of the live event is now available. The video interview includes discussions with an executive from Acura and the lead designer for the newly refined 2012 TL. To view, please … Read more
Making its debut at the 2011 Chicago Auto show, Acura’s newly refined TL delivers fresh looks, improved performance and upgraded technology. Most apparent are the visual changes that incorporate new front and rear styling, but also present is a new Sequential SportShift 6-speed automatic transmission for improved performance and fuel economy, a revised interior and … Read more