http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/12/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-acura-rl/ Autoblog Comments for In the Autoblog Garage: 2008 Acura RL http://www.autoblog.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.autoblog.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/12/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-acura-rl/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/12/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-acura-rl/Nov 12th 2007 12:11PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/12/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-acura-rl/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/12/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-acura-rl/Nov 12th 2007 12:41PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/12/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-acura-rl/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/12/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-acura-rl/
I think it is strange how many people here quickly dismiss it and then think the competition is so much better. I have been in and driven all the competition(5 series, E class, M45, GS, A6) and when you actually compare the cars and what you get and not name brand and prestige the RL is the better car and better deal, it has the nicest interior of them all and that is where you spend all your time driving your car not on the exterior. Also I see plenty of RLs all over so they are not super rare. I ask to honestly say what the competition has over the RL when you are just considering the actual cars. Aside from v8 options they don't really offer anything else nor do they do anything better then the RL. The 5 series has no more interior room, the Lexus GS has less and feels cramped. The Infiniti M and Lexus GS have not been selling that well either and the GS was put on Consumer reports not recommended list. Getting a similiar Merc or BMW optioned out like the RL will easily cost 5-10K more and you have to deal with a horribly unrealiable even when you pay more compared to the RL. Sure the exterior could use some spicing up but so could the Lexus GS which looks like a Nissan Maxima and the Infiniti M which looks like a Nissan. I don't find the 5 series attractive inside and out. The RL is a great car, people discounting most likely have never driven or even sat inside the car and under some kind of dillusion that the competition is really better.]]>Jan 25th 2008 8:59PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/12/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-acura-rl/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/12/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-acura-rl/Nov 12th 2007 12:14PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/12/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-acura-rl/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/12/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-acura-rl/Nov 12th 2007 12:15PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/12/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-acura-rl/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/12/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-acura-rl/Nov 12th 2007 12:20PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/12/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-acura-rl/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/12/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-acura-rl/Nov 12th 2007 12:22PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/12/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-acura-rl/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/12/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-acura-rl/Nov 12th 2007 1:19PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/12/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-acura-rl/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/12/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-acura-rl/
I'm assuming you've never driven it as it has very little in common with the "mchonda" Accord - I'm wondering how this is different than all of the Big 2.8's products as their badge engineering is pathetically only skin deep.]]>Nov 12th 2007 3:30PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/12/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-acura-rl/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/12/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-acura-rl/Nov 12th 2007 12:26PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/12/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-acura-rl/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/12/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-acura-rl/Nov 12th 2007 7:15PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/12/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-acura-rl/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/12/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-acura-rl/Nov 12th 2007 12:28PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/12/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-acura-rl/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/12/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-acura-rl/Nov 12th 2007 12:29PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/12/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-acura-rl/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/12/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-acura-rl/Nov 12th 2007 12:32PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/12/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-acura-rl/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/12/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-acura-rl/
It's still an excellent car, but it really does suffer from "the Acura RL? Oh yea, right, forgot about that one". It doesn't help that the TL offers 90% of the appeal for a lot less, either. Honda needs to polish the halo a little, be it adding hybrid power, or just stuffing a bigger engine in.

Now, all that being said, if I had the money, this (or a VW Passat) is what I'd buy. It's nice to be in, nice to drive and doesn't draw attention. ]]>Nov 12th 2007 12:40PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/12/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-acura-rl/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/12/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-acura-rl/
And yes, it's bland.]]>Nov 12th 2007 12:44PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/12/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-acura-rl/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/12/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-acura-rl/Nov 12th 2007 12:45PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/12/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-acura-rl/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/12/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-acura-rl/would have been a killer deal considering a Civic could run you $23k new ]]>Nov 12th 2007 1:05PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/12/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-acura-rl/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/12/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-acura-rl/
I only know because I had one of the first few on store shelves back in the '98!]]>Nov 12th 2007 1:10PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/12/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-acura-rl/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/12/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-acura-rl/
For 50 large you need to stand out in another way and I don't see how the RL does that. They only sold 11,000 of them last year so not many other people see how either.

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