{"id":1319,"date":"2025-06-07T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.windbornechurch.org\/?p=1319"},"modified":"2025-06-16T13:07:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T13:07:13","slug":"why-isnt-the-acura-tlx-type-s-better-video-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.windbornechurch.org\/index.php\/2025\/06\/07\/why-isnt-the-acura-tlx-type-s-better-video-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Isn&#039;t the Acura TLX Type S Better? Video Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img class=\"type:primaryImage lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.windbornechurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025-acura-tlx-type-s-exterior-front-three-quarter.jpg\"><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2025 Acura TLX Type S Review - Why Isn&#039;t It Better?\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7yUblvVoZ7o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>There are many trite sayings about chefs, ingredients, and the like, as they relate to tuning a car. All of which I would like to say about the facelifted 2025 Acura TLX Type S, because it is a lesson in the importance of execution over raw parts. With its 355-horsepower single-turbo 3.0-liter V-6, frankly excellent all-wheel drive, and dual-wishbone front suspension\u2014it has no excuses. Yet it falls just short.<\/p>\n<p>Type S has been around since 2001 as a sub-brand within Acura. It always represented something accessible yet forbidden\u2014close to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motor1.com\/honda\/civic-type-r\/\" data-inline-widget=\"internal-links\" data-type-id=\"1\" data-params=\"%7B%22make_alias%22%3A%22honda%22%2C%22alias%22%3A%22civic-type-r%22%7D\">Honda Type R\u2019s<\/a> but not quite, thanks to a luxury twist. The first was the 2001 Acura CL Type S, but the most truly memorable Type S cars were the Acura RSX Type S and TL Type S from 2002. The RSX got a 200 horsepower, 8,000 rpm K20 four-cylinder engine, while the TL got larger Brembo brakes and a handling package to better complement its 286-horsepower 3.5-liter V-6.<\/p>\n<p>The TLX Type S, then, represents an extreme Type S product. Acura painstakingly developed the aforementioned 3.0 V-6 just for the MDX and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motor1.com\/acura\/tlx-type-s\/\" data-inline-widget=\"internal-links\" data-type-id=\"1\" data-params=\"%7B%22make_alias%22%3A%22acura%22%2C%22alias%22%3A%22tlx-type-s%22%7D\">TLX Type S<\/a>. The TLX is a car unique to Acura, with special body construction allowing a large (for a front-drive based car) dash-to-axle ratio. Even with every ingredient, it commits just a few critical (and fixable) sins. Watch our newest YouTube video to find out where it fell short.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.motor1.com\/reviews\/761280\/porsche-911-gts-hybrid-video-review\/\">Is the 911 Hybrid Still a True Porsche? 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