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| 2005 Acura Rl Review | |||
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| Introduction | |||
Don't look now, but Honda's premium marque just got its second car. Sure, the RSX, TSX, TL, and RL have been around for a while. But aside from the exotic NSX, all Acuras over the company's 19-year history have shared the humbling commonality of being heavily derivative of existing Honda designs like the Accord and Civic. Among those who know their cars, the absence of distinction served as a penalty on all Acuras - the supposedly special RL most of all. Dropping a low-output V6 into a front-wheel-drive sedan works better in some leagues than others.For 2005, the car that most nations still know as the Legend gets a more ambitious set of blueprints. The rear wheels were hired to join the fronts in full-time propulsion duty. 75 more horses were crammed into the same 3.5-liter stable. Anyone else would have enlarged the engine or added more cylinders, but it's the Honda-Acura way to do more with less, and with 300 horsepower, what's there to complain about? Even the Active Torque Transfer System from the 1997 Prelude SH was put to use, and of course VTEC is here. About the only Honda innovation that didn't make its way to the RL is 4-wheel steering. This time, Acura pulled no punches when it came to engineering. |
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