Acura has the Stinger in it's sights......................

[westcoastGT]

Acura Has Kia Stinger In Its Sights

 

[RUFFSTUFF]

Nope.

 

[Clearly Canadian]

I like the concept except for the nose. Hopefully Acura is also attempting to clean up it's infotainment system.

 

[westcoastGT]

I like the concept except for the nose. Hopefully Acura is also attempting to clean up it's infotainment system.

doesnt look very practical , small rear seats for sure and the hatch space would be limited I'd say

 

[Jimmer]

The concept car is gorgeous...good luck with them making anything close to that .

 

[MerlintheMad]

Tiny rear doors; token rear seats? That GRIN. The "cheek" scoops on the Stinger are there for a reason. These just look like accents.

 

[Jacques]

The RL/RLX needs to go away and bring back a proper flagship sedan that fits the Legend name. That car was solid back in the day.

Before I picked up the Stinger, I was looking at the TLX A-Spec. I actually don't mind the look of the TLX...better than that beak look Acura was doing for awhile (except for the NSX, that's the hotness). Handling-wise, the SH-AWD is sweet. I was disappointed in the performance of the n/a 6 cylinder, and the ZF auto is equally disappointing. They need a Type S variant (like the TL Type S a decade ago) stat!

 

[Craig Mabrey]

Looks interesting if they can build it to look like the concept. Acura seems to have fallen down in the design department over the past decade in my opinion.

 

[Manaz]

That thing has a face only a mother could love, and a rear-end she'd turn her nose up at.

The side profile isn't hideous. There's hope based on that at least.

But of course, production cars generally look nothing like the concepts that spawned them - if this gets to market, we can be thankful for small mercies such as that.

 

[NS_Stinger]

The RL/RLX needs to go away and bring back a proper flagship sedan that fits the Legend name. That car was solid back in the day.

Before I picked up the Stinger, I was looking at the TLX A-Spec. I actually don't mind the look of the TLX...better than that beak look Acura was doing for awhile (except for the NSX, that's the hotness). Handling-wise, the SH-AWD is sweet. I was disappointed in the performance of the n/a 6 cylinder, and the ZF auto is equally disappointing. They need a Type S variant (like the TL Type S a decade ago) stat!

I also like the TLX but only the a-spec model. I agree the 3 main places it's showing its age or lacking is the engine, transmission and infotainment. The engine is a great reliable engine but it way down on power for the segment its going after. They're working on a type s variant right now so it will be interesting to see what that looks like when it's done. They changed their slogan from "Advance" back to "Precision Crafted Performance" so hopefully they can get that edge back that they used to have with the Integra Type R and the Acura TL Type S.

I traded a 2012 TL for my Stinger, the TL was a great car but when it came time for something new the A-Spec wasnt cutting it for me. The service from my local Acura dealer is top tier and their dealership is beautiful though...

 

[19GT-AWD]

"Renderings" are indicative of two things: a) that design may never be built b) it may look nothing like that if it is

 

[KikoTheAkita]

The practicality of the big rear hatch sets the Stinger apart from sedans with tiny trunk openings.

 

[ecko04]

 

[Oryan]

I regularly completely forget the fact that Acura even makes new cars still.

 

[Manaz]

They're not even a thing outside of North America as I understand it.

 

[RUFFSTUFF]

They're not even a thing outside of North America as I understand it.

Acura, Infinity, and Lexus are just for stupid Americans. Everywhere else you have Honda, Nissan and Toyota...

 

[Flameangel]

That thing has a face only a mother could love, and a rear-end she'd turn her nose up at.

The side profile isn't hideous. There's hope based on that at least.

But of course, production cars generally look nothing like the concepts that spawned them - if this gets to market, we can be thankful for small mercies such as that.

Never heard of the Acura, and like you mentioned I only like the side profile.I don't like the interior , that pattern around the infotainment system is too busy for me, if I was prone to seizures caused by overstimulating patterns I think that may set me off.

 

[Manaz]

It's a sub-brand of Honda - like Lexus for Toyota, or Infiniti for Nissan. Holden tried it with Opel, that backfired.

 

[Manaz]

Acura, Infinity, and Lexus are just for stupid Americans. Everywhere else you have Honda, Nissan and Toyota...

We have Lexus and Infiniti in Australia. Lexus is fairly well entrenched, Infiniti is struggling. Hyundai are considering making Genesis a stand-alone brand in Australia as well, I don't think it will work any better than Infiniti has.

 

[Oryan]

We have Lexus and Infiniti in Australia. Lexus is fairly well entrenched, Infiniti is struggling. Hyundai are considering making Genesis a stand-alone brand in Australia as well, I don't think it will work any better than Infiniti has.

I wouldn't be so sure. The G70 and G80 in my opinion are worlds ahead of the Q50 and Q70. I'd have given the Q60 a look but 40-50k for a two door sport coupe with 300-400HP and an open diff is ludicrous.