Originally Posted by kazi
Same can be said that the Acura RL doesn't compete against the LS430, it competes against the GS330 and does it very well.
Nah, GS300 is a sportier model, it competes with the TL. The RL is a luxoboat that is targeted at LS430, and Q45, and at 50,000 it just falls short. All it needs is 2 more cylinders and .5L of displacement and I would give it all the props in the world, but it doesn't...
Originally Posted by kazi
You know what sounds even more gay? Someone making assumptions like this without ever test driving the car, let alone a car that has NOT made it into production and then magazine comparing it to cars a step above its class.
I'm not just blindly assuming, I'm basing my assumptions on the experience I had with the current "untuned" version of the 3.5 V6 in the MDX. And it's Acura that's playing catch-up, so in order to succed, it must offer more than their competitions at lower price, but it offers less. The current RL was a failure, and it looks like the new one is heading the same way.