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Acura brings new Precision style to TLX

Acura unveiled its 2018 TLX sedan model at the New York auto show, presenting a car with new styling expected to be adopted across the brand's line-up.

Wayne Cunningham
Wayne Cunningham reviews cars and writes about automotive technology for CNET's Roadshow. Prior to the automotive beat, he covered spyware, Web building technologies, and computer hardware. He began covering technology and the Web in 1994 as an editor of The Net magazine.
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Acura unveiled the 2018 model year of its TLX sedan here at the New York auto show.

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The new TLX uses the same platform as the previous model year, but gains some significant changes.

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As before, two engines are available, a 2.4-liter four cylinder and a 3.5-liter V6, each one using direct injection. Acura's torque vectoring all-wheel-drive system is available with the V6 engine.

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Acura loses the shield grille up front, instead gaining a grille first introduced last year in concept form. Expect to see that grille on other Acura models.

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Acura's LED headlights gives the car a unique night-time look.

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