2014 Acura TLX Concept

2014 Acura TLX Concept

2014 Acura TLX Concept Acura unveiled the Acura TLX Prototype showcasing the layout and overall performance course for the all-new 2015 TLX overall performance-luxurious sedan launching mid-12 months at Acura dealerships nationwide. The TLX become developed around the theme"Red Carpet Athlete" to deliver a compelling mixture of luxurious refinement and sports-sedan athleticism, with exhilarating overall performance better with the aid of subsequent-era Acura powertrain and dynamic dealing with technologies. The TLX will be a part of the ILX compact luxury sedan and the RLX luxury performance sedan because the 1/3 car in Acura's sedan lineup.

"The Acura TLX Prototype is a precursor of a few tremendous matters we have in save for our Acura sedan clients," stated Mike Accavitti, senior vice chairman, American Honda Motor, Co., Inc. "As you would assume from an Acura, this absolutely new model will offer revolutionary technology that damage down the obstacles among the driver and the device to supply a greater intuitive, related and private driving enjoy."

The TLX Prototype, bathed in Acura Athletic Red Pearl, presents a lithe outdoors shape, taut frame surfaces and sports-sedan proportions. Its sporting character is further highlighted with the aid of its low and wide stance, shortened front and rear overhangs, dynamically sculpted fender arches, and practical individual lines. Acura's signature Jewel Eye™ LED headlights imbue the TLX Prototype with an advanced and vivid-eyed look while generating advanced down-the-avenue illumination. The prototype's custom-designed 5-spoke 20-inch alloy wheels and 265/35ZR20 low-profile tires accentuate its athletic stance, whilst the sculpted hood with its sharply creased bilateral ridgelines tips at the performance abilties of the advanced new Acura powertrain. Another prototype-exceptional feature is the tailored aspect mirrors. Keying off of the Jewel Eye LED headlights, each reflect has a row of LED lighting fused into its base. Click on the turn indictor, and the LEDs come to existence, spreading a shifting glow round the lowest of the reflect for a high-tech, 3-d look.

Dimensionally, the TLX Prototype presages the production 2015 TLX sedan and is 3.8 inches shorter in overall period (one hundred ninety.2 inches) than the current TL, but rides on the equal 109.Three inch wheelbase because the TL. The prototype's right-sized dimensions area the new TLX smartly in among the smaller ILX and larger RLX sedans. Despite its extra compact outside footprint, the TLX design goals the maximum spacious indoors inside the midsize luxury sedan magnificence - more or less on par with the current TL - with an open and ethereal greenhouse, commanding sight strains, sufficient cargo potential and cozy seating for five adults.

Like any definitely international-class athlete, the TLX will pair electricity and performance with deft agility. With its low and wide stance, inflexible yet lightweight body, and nimble and responsive chassis, the TLX is designed to supply assured, specific and subtle ride and managing performance in almost any driving situation. From low-strain city commutes to relaxed long-distance cruising, or adrenaline-inducing runs down twisting united states of america roads, the TLX is designed to be an intuitive and self assurance-inspiring riding companion, a car that epitomizes Acura's dynamic idea of "overall performance at the desire of the driving force."

The TLX Prototype additionally communicates the various variety of advanced technologies and overall performance alternatives with a view to be to be had to Acura TLX customers - together with two-wheel and all-wheel force configurations;  excessive-performance, enormously gas-efficient new engines; two new superior transmissions; and the subsequent generation Acura Super-Handling All Wheel Drive™ (SH-AWD™) and Precision All-Wheel Steer™ (P-AWS) dynamic overall performance and handling technologies.

In maintaining with the "Red Carpet Athlete" layout and development idea, the 2015 TLX's superior new powertrains will supply relatively responsive, subtle and green power transport. An all-new 2.4-liter 16-valve inline 4-cylinder engine employs direct-injection and Acura's i-VTEC® valvetrain, and is substantially lighter than preceding Acura engines of comparable configuration and displacement. The new engine is mated to an all-new 8-speed twin snatch transmission (DCT) with torque converter. This new eight-speed DCT takes full benefit of the two.Four-liter engine's large power band, turning in highly brief and clean gear changes, expertly matching engine revs on down shifts, and placing the energy down in a responsive and intuitive way.

For even more strength and overall performance, there is a 3.Five-liter SOHC V-6 that also employs direct injection and VTEC variable valve manage and cam timing in conjunction with fuel-saving Variable Cylinder Management™ (VCM™) cylinder deactivation generation. The 3.Five-liter V-6 is mated to a brand new nine-speed computerized transmission with closely spaced tools ratios and a huge usual ratio range to similarly extend engine overall performance and gas efficiency. Both the two.4-liter and 3.5-liter TLX fashions will goal EPA fuel economic system rankings on the pinnacle of the midsize luxury sedan class.

Two-wheel-power models with either the two.4- or 3.Five-liter powerplant will utilize the next technology of Acura Precision All-Wheel Steer™ (P-AWS™) era with impartial left and proper rear wheel toe manage. As 4-wheel steerage will become an an increasing number of famous generation on excessive-overall performance motors, Acura continues to adapt and enhance the abilties of its present day P-AWS system, first launched on the RLX sedan in 2013, to deliver even extra responsive dealing with, specific guidance control and high-pace stability.

The TLX SH-AWD™, to be had solely with the 3.5-liter V6 engine and 9-pace transmission, employs a new era of Acura's signature Super-Handling All Wheel Drive™ technology this is 25 percentage lighter and carries new torque-vectoring manage logic.

Understanding that customization is a key aspect of luxurious, the TLX will function an Integrated Dynamics System (IDS) to allow for further personalization and a sportier using experience. The 4 using modes - ECON (Economy), Normal, Sport, and a new Sport+ mode - take complete benefit of the TLX's high-performance competencies. Depending on which mode the driver selects, the Integrated Dynamics System will regulate Electric Power Steering (EPS), throttle response, SH-AWD and P-AWS manage common sense, transmission shift mapping, Active Noise Control settings and HVAC manage in accordance with the alternatives of the driving force.

Also in keeping with its luxury sedan status, the TLX become designed to supply vault-like quietness in all riding situations, with principal enhancements in noise discount thru improvements to frame stiffness, frame sealing and sound insulation, and the application of electronic Active Noise Control.

The TLX utilizes Acura's next-era Advanced Compatibility Engineering™ (ACE™) body shape and is predicted to attain the highest to be had protection rankings - a 5-big name Overall Vehicle Score from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and a TOP SAFETY PICK+ rating from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). The TLX could be available with Acura's most superior safety and driver-assistive technology including Collision Mitigation Braking System™ (CMBS™), Forward Collision Warning (FCW), Lane Departure Warning (LDW), Lane Keeping Assist System (LKAS), Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) with Low-Speed Follow and Blind Spot Indicator (BSI).

The TLX turned into designed and developed within the United States via Acura engineers working inside the corporation's Los Angeles design studio and Raymond, Ohio new-automobile improvement middle. The new TLX may be produced using home and globally sourced elements at the corporation's award-prevailing Marysville, Ohio automobile plant, which currently manufactures the 2014 Acura TL overall performance-luxury sedan.