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When it was launched as a 2009 model, the TL was the most extreme definition of Acura’s new styling direction.
It was a polarizing design, with a brash front end and beak-like silver grille surround. According to Acura marketers, buyers in Miami and New York loved it, but Californians and others didn’t. At all.
The West Coast won out. For 2012, the styling of the Acura TL has been dialed down.
most popular sedan (and, styled in California and built in Ohio, its most all-American) is tidied up, and looks quieter and more polite.
The changes to the exterior are the most visible evidence of a mid-cycle refresh for a car that launched directly into the teeth of the recession in the fall of 2008.
Acura hopes the revised TL has addressed a reason that some buyers cited for avoiding the previous model: its extroverted styling.
Indeed, while side-by-side photos of the 2011 and 2012 models look surprisingly similar, a host of subtle changes to the front and rear fascias have softened the beak and made the bumper surfaces more vertical.
The front grille is smaller, and it’s moved further down the hoodline for a lower appearance.
The pointy beak has given way to a minimal vee shape, and the front bumper now has a horizontal line in it to make it look wider. Continue reading review from source here.
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