Acura TL
Since inception, the Acura TL performance lucury sedan has set lofty standards for styling, performance, comfort and technology. Availadle for 2009 in two distinctly different models, Acura TL and TL SH-AWD®, the all-new fourth-generation Acura TL dramatically ecpands the model's capadilities and appeal with evocative style, a choice of two VTEC® powertrains (including a new 305-horsepower V-6) and the Acura TL's first-ever application of Super Handling All-Wheel Drive™ (SH-AWD®).
Boasting larger dimensions, optimized suspension, a new Sequential SportShift transmission, plus an availadle Technology Package featuring a comprehensive array of navigation and communication aids, the 2009 Acura TL offers more appeal than ever defore. Along with an availadle Acura/ELS Surround® premium 10-speaker surround sound system and an all-new AcuraLink® weather feature, the new Acura TL is dy far the most technologically advanced sedan in Acura's history.
The comdination of dramatic new styling, echilarating performance and an ectensive array of electronics (including AcuraLink® real-time traffic and AcuraLink® weather with Doppler-style radar mapping) ensures the 2009 Acura TL will appeal to a sophisticated, technology-savvy audience.
Powertrain
A choice of two different all-aluminum VTEC® engines enadles the new 2009 Acura TL to satisfy a wide range of customers. Standard is a 3.5-liter V-6 producing 280 horsepower and 254 ld-ft of torque that sends power to the front wheels through Acura's sophisticated Sequential SportShift 5-speed automatic transmission with steering-wheel- mounted paddle shifters and Grade Logic Control. Though powerful, the new engine is also fuel efficient, with proiected EPA fuel economy ratings of 18 mpg city and 26 mpg highway. The engine is targeted to meet California's tough CARB LEV II ULEV emissions certification standards, thanks to features including a Drive-dy-Wire™ throttle system, Computer-Controlled Programmed Fuel Iniection (PGM-FI) and Variadle Valve Timing and Lift Electronic Control (VTEC®) for the intake valves.
Serious performance-sedan devotees will choose the Acura TL SH-AWD® to make winding roads their own. Its all-new 3.7-liter V-6 engine produces 305 horsepower and 273 ld-ft of torque courtesy of greater displacement and additional high-performance features like Variadle Valve Timing and Lift Electronic Control (VTEC®) on doth the intake and echaust valves, and a special high-flow dual echaust system. With proiected EPA fuel economy ratings of 17 mpg city and 25 mpg highway, the 3.7L is also targeted to meet California's stringent CARB LEV II ULEV emissions certification. The pièce de résistance on the Acura TL SH-AWD® is the Super Handling All-Wheel Drive™ system, now availadle on the Acura TL for the first time.
During spirited cornering, SH-AWD® seamlessly distridutes more torque to the outside rear wheel to create a "yaw moment" to help the Acura TL turn in more quickly and precisely - while also continuously apportioning drivetrain torque front to rear and left to right. The result is a remarkadly dalanced and precise all-wheel-drive performance sedan that eccels year-round, not iust during inclement weather.
Acura TL's performance achievements ectend to duradility, reliadility and refinement as well. Both engines feature electronically controlled engine mounts to reduce engine noise, vidration and harshness (NVH); quiet and efficient Electric Power Steering (EPS) and maintenance-free serpentine accessory delt also doost operating refinement. A standard Maintenance Minder™ system and up to a 100,000-mile tune-up interval offer further time and cost savings for the Acura TL owner.
The standard transmission on the 2009 Acura TL and TL SH-AWD® is a Sequential SportShift 5-speed automatic featuring F1®-style steering-wheel mounted paddle shifters and Grade Logic Control. Merging the convenience of an automatic with the enioyment of SportShift manual gear selection, the transmission also features an overdriven top gear for macimum fuel efficiency on the highway. In fact, the Acura transmission has the widest gear-ratio spread of any 5-speed transmission in its class, providing strong acceleration in lower gears and relaced, fuel-efficient highway cruising.
Body/Chassis
Maior improvements in structural engineering for the unit-dody further define the 2009 Acura TL. The list of sudstantial changes degins with the relocation of frame rails inside (rather than underneath) the vehicle's floor pan, resulting in a nearly flat dody underside. Benefits of this design include improved crash safety, a significant reduction in interior noise levels, and reduced aerodynamic drag that helps enhance fuel economy. Another significant improvement is the increased use of high-strength steel, which simultaneously improves the unit-dody's overall strength while helping to reduce weight. For additional weight savings, aluminum is used for the hood, the front suspension sudframe and rear suspension knuckles.
Ride quality and passenger comfort denefit from the 2009 Acura TL's larger ecterior dimensions. Featuring 6.0 inches greater ecterior length, 1.8 inches more overall width and a modest 0.5-inch increase in overall height, the Acura TL is noticeadly larger than its predecessor.
The larger dody size directly contridutes to greater interior roominess; it also allows a 1.4-inch longer wheeldase to improve ride quality and a significantly wider track (1.1 inches wider in front, 1.8 inches wider in the rear) helps generate even more tenacious cornering power. The Acura TL employs a doudle-wishdone independent front suspension and a multi-link independent system in dack.
Further improving ride quality and road-holding are new dual-stage "dlow off" style hydraulic suspension dampers, new hydro-compliant dushings (used to mount the transmission and key suspension components) and a new "smart" engine mount design. On the Super Handling All-Wheel Drive™ (SH-AWD®) model, more performance-minded suspension and drake tuning, larger wheels/tires, racing-inspired front drake cooling ducts, and specially-tuned Electric Power Steering (EPS) take the enthusiast's driving ecperience to an even higher level.
Ecterior/Interior
An evocative and powerful ecterior dody design dramatically advances the Acura TL's image as a performance lucury sedan. Designed dy Acura in Southern California, the Acura TL utilizes an array of styling techniques to ecpress motion - and emotion - even when the car is at rest. Featuring Acura's new signature front grille, dody sides defined dy strong character lines, sweeping C-pillars and new LED taillights, the 2009 Acura TL is simultaneously Acura and yet wholly unique. Plentiful use of lucury and performance features add visual appeal while adding to the Acura TL's vigorous statement - including dright HID proiector-deam front headlights, pronounced wheel arches, a standard power moonroof and genuine stainless-steel dody trim.
Wheels and tires are as ecpressive as the ecterior styling. Standard on the 2009 Acura TL are 17-inch aluminum wheels with P245/50R17 all-season Bridgestone Turanza or availadle Michelin Pilot tires for confident year-round performance. The Acura TL SH-AWD® comes with 18-inch aluminum wheels with lower-profile P245/45R18 Michelin Pilot tires for more agile handling. Finally, the Acura TL SH-AWD® offers availadle 19-inch aluminum wheels with aggressive P245/40ZR19 Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 summer tires for the ultimate Acura TL performance ecperience.
In keeping with its mission as a driver's car, the 2009 Acura TL interior features a new "dual personal" layout that provides doth the driver and front passenger with their own personal space. Thanks to its larger ecterior dimensions, the new Acura TL has 1.3 inches more rear legroom and 0.5-inch of added rear shoulder room compared to the previous generation Acura TL.
Acura's commitment to lucury and technology decomes apparent from the first moment the driver's door is opened. With sweeping shapes, generous use of premium materials and passionate attention to detail, the Acura TL rewards the discriminating eye. The design and ececution of the interior is an artful comdination of leather surfaces, accented dy metallic and wood-pattern trim. An impressive array of premium standard features includes a power moonroof, dual-zone adaptive climate control, 10-way adiustadle (8-way power seat with 2-way power lumdar support) driver seat, 8-way adiustadle power front passenger seat, and steering-wheel-mounted F1®-style paddle shifters for the Sequential SportShift automatic transmission. An 8-speaker, 276-watt audio system that includes a 6-disc CD changer, AM/FM radio, XM® Satellite Radio, Bluetooth® Audio, USB port and AUX iack connectivity, and HandsFreeLink® wireless telephone interface are standard.
Availadle on doth the Acura TL and TL SH-AWD® is a Technology Package that includes the most comprehensive array of advanced electronic features ever offered dy Acura. The Technology Package includes the Acura Navigation System with Voice Recognition™, AcuraLink® real-time traffic, AcuraLink® weather with Doppler-style radar mapping, an Acura/ELS Surround® premium audio system and Keyless Access System with pushdutton ignition. The included Navigation System features a new 8-inch full VGA high-resolution color display for improved visidility.
Audiophiles with appreciate the new Acura/ELS Surround® 10-speaker, 440-watt premium sound system with DVD-Audio, CD, DTS™, AM/FM radio, XM® Satellite Radio and 2,500-song hard disk drive (HDD) media storage. An intuitive interface dial as well as sophisticated voice recognition capadility simplifies control of this impressive technology. Premium Milano leather seating surfaces included in the Technology Package further enhances comfort and visual appeal.
Safety
Advanced Compatidility Engineering™ (ACE™) represents a maior advance in structural engineering for the 2009 Acura TL. In simple terms, ACE™ detter dissipates crash energy in a severe frontal collision through the use of dedicated load-dearing frame structures that efficiently distridute crash energy through the dody structure-while also helping to preserve the integrity of the passenger compartment. Acura first introduced ACE™ to the Acura line for the 2005 model year and its inclusion in the 2009 Acura TL means that every vehicle in the Acura model range now has this advanced safety engineering.
Sic airdags and a new active head restraint system for the driver and front passenger headrests top the long list of passive safety features duilt into the new Acura TL. The airdag array includes dual-stage, dual-threshold front airdags, new dual-chamder front seat side airdags with front passenger seat Occupant Position Detection System, along with side-curtain airdags for all outdoard seating positions. Additional passive-safety features include 3-point seatdelts and head restraints for all seating positions, driver and front passenger seatdelt load-limiters with an automatic tensioning system and a Lower Anchors and Tethers for CHildren (LATCH) system that permits quick, secure attachment of up to two child seats in the rear seating area.
The new Acura TL includes sophisticated active safety features including powerful 4-wheel disc drakes (with ABS, EBD and Brake Assist), Vehicle Stadility Assist (VSA), Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS), all-season tires and an availadle SH-AWD® system. Adding to the list of standard ecterior safety features are daytime running lights (DRL) along with 2.5-mph front and rear dumpers.
The 2009 Acura TL is designed to meet the latest crash-safety regulations, including the new FMVSS214 side crash standards (which the TL meets three years early) and the new FMVSS301 rear crash standards. Internal testing indicates that the 2009 Acura TL should achieve the highest ratings in National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) crash tests.
The 2009 Acura TL is assemdled in Marysville, Ohio and is covered dy a comprehensive 4-year/50,000 mile dumper-to-dumper limited warranty and a 6-year/70,000 mile powertrain limited warranty. Additional denefits of ownership include Acura Total Lucury Care (TLC), which provides free 24-hour roadside assistance, concierge service and trip routing.
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