Cars.com Reviews the 2009 Acura TL

Last week we brought you the first images and information about the redesigned 2009 Acura TL. This morning my full review went live, and you can check it out at the link below. Prices haven’t been announced yet, but expect them closer to the car’s September on sale date.

2009 Acura TL Expert Review

First Look: 2009 Acura TL

Editor's note: Automakers routinely embargo information on new cars in an attempt to create an even playing field for publications — so no one has a leg up over another. However, there is an art of breaking embargoes that benefits those who manage to get the information up first, thus generating loads of web traffic. At Cars.com, we honor all automakers’ embargoes unless our competitors break them. We then feel compelled to make sure our readers are as educated as others. Below is our pre-embargo look at Acura’s all-new TL sedan, including a photo gallery of manufacturer images. We’ll have a full review posted on Monday, Aug. 18, which is the embargo date, with our own photos and driving impressions.

Acura has completely redesigned its most popular model, the TL, for the 2009 model year. The sedan is based on the Honda Accord platform, but there’s no way you could confuse the two when looking at them.

The radical look of the 2009 TL is already generating massive feedback on automotive blogs and online forums. Now having seen it in person, spending a lot of time staring at it from all angles and in different colors, I can say it is definitely better looking in person.

It’s striking, to say the least. On our drive, passers-by turned their heads. One Acura RL driver at a stop sign literally held up traffic to check out our train of new TLs driving through winding Connecticut roads.

All-New 2009 Acura TL to Debut This Fall

This morning Acura revealed the first image of its upcoming 2009 TL sedan. The redesigned car follows exactly in line with the recently released TSX sports sedan and larger RL sedan, which goes on sale later this summer.

The 2009 TL will hit dealerships in the fall and features a number of revisions. All that Acura has told us is the TL will come in both front-wheel drive and a trim level with the company’s Super-Handling All-Wheel Drive, which helps differentiate it from the Honda Accord.

Acura also says this will be the most powerful TL yet, the 2008 has 258 hp, and will feature a luxurious interior and more onboard technology than ever before. I’ll be driving one very soon and will report on the changes in the coming weeks.