Originally posted by MPM77
And to add to his comments, if Acura is content selling the RL to Grandparents, that's fine. Not! Catering to the "grandparent" generation does not work.
Well the RL is the ONLY Honda product that does appeal to older people. I don't think that this means Honda is going down the Cadillac path.
Honda still has a younger average customer age than Nissan and Toyota, and Acura still has a younger average customer age than Lexus or Infiniti. Honda make cars for younger consumers. I don't think it will hurt that much to keep on a little longer a single, ridiculously low volume car in their worldwide lineup that appeals to the 65+ crowd. Especially knowing that the car is overdue for a replacement, and the replacement will easily not be the same, boring and cushy RL.