There are numerous trite sayings about cooks, substances, and the like, as they relate to tuning a automotive. All of which I wish to say in regards to the facelifted 2025 Acura TLX Kind S, as a result of it’s a lesson within the significance of execution over uncooked elements. With its 355-horsepower single-turbo 3.0-liter V-6, frankly glorious all-wheel drive, and dual-wishbone entrance suspension—it has no excuses. But it falls simply quick.
Kind S has been round since 2001 as a sub-brand inside Acura. It at all times represented one thing accessible but forbidden—near Honda Kind R’s however not fairly, due to a luxurious twist. The primary was the 2001 Acura CL Kind S, however probably the most really memorable Kind S automobiles have been the Acura RSX Kind S and TL Kind S from 2002. The RSX bought a 200 horsepower, 8,000 rpm K20 four-cylinder engine, whereas the TL bought bigger Brembo brakes and a dealing with package deal to higher complement its 286-horsepower 3.5-liter V-6.
The TLX Kind S, then, represents an excessive Kind S product. Acura painstakingly developed the aforementioned 3.0 V-6 only for the MDX and TLX Kind S. The TLX is a automotive distinctive to Acura, with particular physique development permitting a big (for a front-drive primarily based automotive) dash-to-axle ratio. Even with each ingredient, it commits just some essential (and fixable) sins. Watch our latest YouTube video to seek out out the place it fell quick.
