2012 Acura TL Review
The 2012 Acura TL front view. I am not a fan of plastic surgery. Too many botched jobs out there reminding us every day that the nose wasnt really that big or other bits werent really that small. In the case of the 2012 Acura TL, however, Im prepared to say that sometimes a nose job is really what the patient needed. In case you dont remember the 2009, 2010 and 2011 TL, heres the "before" picture: The 2009-2011 Acura TL front view. If you think its not so wonderful in pictures, trust me...thats a flattering angle. A change was needed...and now, we have one. The TL is, as it was before 2009, a conventionally handsome sport sedan. The good news is that overall, the package as a whole has had a chance to jell, too. While not the canyon-carver that the TL with SH-AWD (Super Handling All Wheel Drive) is, the TL holds its own quite nicely. Up front is a 3.5 liter V6 that makes 280 horsepower and its hooked up to a six-speed automatic transmission with Sequential SportShift. Theres ...