Seems it was taken out of the Middle Eastern Market as well after 2 years.

http://www.vcar7.com/2010/11/honda-l...les-in-europe/

Went to the Honda EU sites and it is gone.

 

But the car will live on elsewhere as the Acura RL

 

Not if sales stick around like this:

OCTOBER 2010 SALES OF MID-LUXURY VEHICLES
E Class- 5,568 (includes coupes)
5 series- 4,925
M37/56- 1,175
MKS- 1,085
A6- 824
XF-612
GS- 557
STS- 364
RL- 251

 

The European nations are celebrating

 

RL/Legend sales have been a hard one to swallow. Will Honda learn? No.

 

Wow RL sales of 251 in a month, sadly that was a good month for 2010. Weak.

 

RL might have been an great car, but it simply didnt look as expensive car here in Europe... I had one in car wash next to my GS, and everyone was starring at GS (everyone does in Europe, not many around), while nobody cared about Honda

 

As CAR stated "Legend only in its own mind". It doesn't sell anywhere, not sure why they are going to try AGAIN after failing with it since 1996. Expensive Hondas/Acuras simply do not sell anywhere.

 

Seriously, Honda should be embarrassed.

 

Honda's too arrogant to think that.

 

It's rare to see top-of-the-line mainstream cars on the roads here. A fully-loaded Passat or Citroen C5 is a rarity here. Unlike Americans, most Europeans don't want fancy gadgets in their mainstream cars (they'll usually go to luxury brands for that). That's, at least, from what I understand (and have observed). The Honda Legend, like the Hyundai Grandeur, is pretty much an exotic car here. It doesn't help that both come only with a thirsty and overpowered V6 engine. I can't remember the last time I saw a Passat, C5, Laguna, Superb etc. V6 on the road here.

I've only seen two Honda Legends in Stuttgart this far and in both instances they had "dealer car" written all over them...

I think quite simply, it's just a case of selling the wrong car in the wrong market. Selling an overpowered Honda Legend in Europe is almost the same as if say BMW sold a 116i in the US. Nobody would want one.

 

I don't know if you guys know this, but used RL's have actually increased in value. Prior to the (ugly) model update, RL's were coming off lease and selling for $15k. Now that same RL is $18k.

The model update actually caused first gen RL's to increase in value. Lol.

 

Almost all used car values are up right now.

Big SUVs (as used vehicles) are especially popular right now with rising values today and supplies of clean well-equipped ones are low.

(Although ugly beaked new models does help value of more attractive older models for sure)

 

Yes, that is very true and likely has an effect on RL pricing also. In addition, there just weren't a whole lot of RL's sold to begin with, so finding a clean example is difficult, bolstering prices.

 

That is disappointing to hear. The Legend is one of the best cars ever. Well it was until about 1996...

It is sad the Legend name is dead.

Legends never die...