IMO any lexus vehicle is nicer than any Acura... please no flames, my opinion. Acura to me has always been a just a "nicer" honda, due to the fact that they arent much more expensive, but that there arent that many "luxury features" like auto sensing wipers, etc.... that you will find on expensive luxury cars like MB and lexus. For the most part, lexus's are more expensive than Acuras, and i would be willing to pay that extra difference if i wanted one. In my eyes, Acuras are for people want a wannabe luxury car at a budget price. A TL is a fancy accord that only costs a few $k more. The RL is nothing... its almost like a bigger TL with just less HP than a TL-s. If Acura truly wants to compete with MB, lexus, BMW etc.... they need to offer a more expensive 4 door luxury sedan with all the features + the power, especially since hondas new accord has 240hp, even more than the $20k more RL- which is kind of ridiculous. There is definately a difference between todays new Toyotas & Lexus's both in features and especially price, which IMO keeps them more separate then what Honda does with Acura. I think they need to boost up the Acura line, to keep them farther away from the Honda lineup.
This is my opinion, you do not have to agree with me
Mike