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Old 07-21-09, 09:52 AM
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holy crap... i was "lucky" enough to miss the thread yesterday. just saw the pics now, and wtf? are they even serious? considering my reaction when i see the TL, if i see this pile of crap on the road almost for sure i need to stop otherwise i will crash...
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Old 07-21-09, 10:16 AM
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Funny they couldn't even spring for some LED or Lexus-like CFL rear license plate lights.
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Come on people, it's not that bad comparing to the TL.

But even as a Honda/Acura fanboy here, when I see the ZDX. I was thinking "what the heck is Acura thinking". So disappointted
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Old 07-21-09, 11:22 AM
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Originally Posted by MPLexus301
I just want to know what was so "wrong" about this design that they had to go off the deep end and create the buck tooth and all of the other stylistic monstrocities:



How do you go from THAT, to what we have now?



Well somewhere along the line they produced this mutation.
To those that ruined one of my favorite near lux cars I say: YOU MANIACS! DAAAAMN YOOUUU! DAMMN YOU ALLLLL TO HELLLLLLLL!
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Old 07-21-09, 12:35 PM
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At first I thought it was a Acura version of the Honda Insight, but then one look at the hp rating, I knew it wasnt. Thats too bad, a new Acura Hybrid may have a better idea at this time.
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Old 07-21-09, 01:31 PM
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Originally Posted by MPLexus301
The most "enthralling" part of this release is that it will have a 6AT.
That's pretty much the only thing that caught my eye. It's about time Honda put out a 6AT. How long will it take for them to phase out all their 5AT's?
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Old 07-21-09, 01:40 PM
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looks like straight *** to me huge
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Old 07-21-09, 01:49 PM
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How the hell do you open the rear doors. Seriously WTF!!
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Here's the designer of the ZDX, not sure why she's smiling:

http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2009...r-baby-arrive/

And here's the head designer/douche (Dave Marek) of Acura/Honda:


Hiring a designer with a mullet is a big mistake.
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Old 07-21-09, 02:12 PM
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Originally Posted by RX300-BV
That's pretty much the only thing that caught my eye. It's about time Honda put out a 6AT. How long will it take for them to phase out all their 5AT's?
The real question is how long it will take them to design and implement 7 and 8 speed automatics like the competition has been doing for the last three years. My honest guess is 8-10 years, based on how long it took them to make a 6AT.
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Not saying much but from the front the ZDX > new TL

Talk about parts bin engineering from a design perspective looks like they designed both at the same time. I know I've commented, as others have too, that the front of the new TL looked SUV'ish, well now we know why.
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Originally Posted by MPLexus301
I just want to know what was so "wrong" about this design that they had to go off the deep end and create the buck tooth and all of the other stylistic monstrocities:



How do you go from THAT, to what we have now?
I agree and I don't think there was anything wrong with it. In 2005 when I bought my IS this was on my short list. In fact if it had AWD I might even be driving that car ipo of mine, not sure.
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Wow and I thought the last gen TL had a multi layered passenger dash.
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Here's the designer of the ZDX, not sure why she's smiling:

http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2009...r-baby-arrive/



And here's the head designer/douche (Dave Marek) of Acura/Honda:


Hiring a designer with a mullet is a big mistake.


Acura killers.

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Old 07-21-09, 11:49 PM
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holy hell...
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