Acura TL, the Glossary
The Acura TL is a car that was manufactured by Acura, the North American luxury division of Honda.[1]
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91 relations: Acura, Acura A-Spec and Type-S models, Acura Legend, Acura MDX, Acura RL, Acura TLX, Acura TSX, Advanced Compatibility Engineering, Air filter, Airbag, All-wheel drive, Alloy wheel, Alpine Electronics, American Honda Motor Company, Automatic transmission, Automotive News, Balance of trade, Blind spot monitor, Bluetooth, BMW 3 Series, Brembo, Bridgestone, Car seat, CD-R, CD-RW, CNET, Compact disc, Concept car, Consumer Reports, Daytime running lamp, Decibel, Disc brake, DVD, DVD-Audio, Elliot Scheiner, Executive car, File Allocation Table, Forbes, Front-engine, front-wheel-drive layout, Front-wheel drive, Gulf Cooperation Council, Hawaii, Honda, Honda Accord, Honda Accord (Japan and Europe eighth generation), Honda Accord (Japan and Europe seventh generation), Honda Accord (North America eighth generation), Honda Accord (North America seventh generation), Honda Accord (sixth generation), Honda Inspire, ... Expand index (41 more) »
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- Cars discontinued in 2014
Acura
Acura is the luxury and performance division of Japanese automaker Honda, based primarily in North America.
Acura A-Spec and Type-S models
The A-Spec and Type-S marques represent the high-performance divisions of cars produced by Acura.
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Acura Legend
The Acura Legend is a mid-size luxury car manufactured by Honda from Japan. Acura TL and Acura Legend are Acura vehicles, front-wheel-drive vehicles and sedans.
Acura MDX
The Acura MDX is a mid-size luxury crossover SUV with three-row seating produced by the Japanese automaker Honda under its luxury Acura division since 2000. Acura TL and Acura MDX are 2010s cars, Acura vehicles, front-wheel-drive vehicles and motor vehicles manufactured in the United States.
Acura RL
The Acura RL is a mid-size luxury car that was manufactured by the Acura division of Honda for the 1996–2012 model years over two generations. Acura TL and Acura RL are 2000s cars, 2010s cars, Acura vehicles and front-wheel-drive vehicles.
Acura TLX
The Acura TLX is a four-door entry-level luxury sedan sold by Acura, a luxury division of Honda, since 2014. Acura TL and Acura TLX are Acura vehicles, compact executive cars, front-wheel-drive vehicles, motor vehicles manufactured in the United States and sedans.
Acura TSX
The Acura TSX is a compact executive car manufactured by Honda and sold through its Acura division from 2003 to 2014. Acura TL and Acura TSX are 2010s cars, Acura vehicles, cars discontinued in 2014, compact executive cars and front-wheel-drive vehicles.
Advanced Compatibility Engineering
Advanced Compatibility Engineering (commonly called ACE Body Structure) is the marketing name given to an automobile body structure design by Honda.
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Air filter
A particulate air filter is a device composed of fibrous, or porous materials which removes particulates such as smoke, dust, pollen, mold, viruses and bacteria from the air.
Airbag
An airbag is a vehicle occupant-restraint system using a bag designed to inflate exceptionally quickly and then deflate during a collision.
All-wheel drive
An all-wheel drive vehicle (AWD vehicle) is one with a powertrain capable of providing power to all its wheels, whether full-time or on-demand.
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Alloy wheel
In the automotive industry, alloy wheels are wheels that are made from an alloy of aluminium or magnesium.
Alpine Electronics
is a Japanese consumer electronics subsidiary of the Japanese electronics component manufacturer Alps Electric, specialising in car audio and navigation systems.
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American Honda Motor Company
The American Honda Motor Company, Inc. (sometimes abbreviated as AHM) is the North American subsidiary of Japanese Honda Motor Company.
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Automatic transmission
An automatic transmission (sometimes abbreviated AT) is a multi-speed transmission used in motor vehicles that does not require any input from the driver to change forward gears under normal driving conditions.
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Automotive News
Automotive News is a weekly newspaper established in 1925, written for the automotive industry, predominantly for individuals corresponding with automobile manufacturers and automotive suppliers.
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Balance of trade
Balance of trade is the difference between the monetary value of a nation's exports and imports over a certain time period.
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Blind spot monitor
The blind spot monitor or blind-spot monitoring is a vehicle-based sensor device that detects other vehicles located to the driver’s side and rear.
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Bluetooth
Bluetooth is a short-range wireless technology standard that is used for exchanging data between fixed and mobile devices over short distances and building personal area networks (PANs).
BMW 3 Series
The BMW 3 Series is a line of compact executive cars manufactured by the German automaker BMW since May 1975. Acura TL and BMW 3 Series are 2000s cars, 2010s cars and compact executive cars.
Brembo
Brembo N.V. is an Italian manufacturer of automotive parts that most notably produces brakes and rims, especially for high-performance cars and motorcycles.
Bridgestone
is a Japanese multinational manufacturing company founded in 1931 by Shojiro Ishibashi (18891976) in the city of Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan.
Car seat
A car seat is the seat used in automobiles.
CD-R
CD-R (Compact disc-recordable) is a digital optical disc storage format.
CD-RW
CD-RW (Compact Disc-Rewritable) is a digital optical disc storage format introduced in 1997.
CNET
CNET (short for "Computer Network") is an American media website that publishes reviews, news, articles, blogs, podcasts, and videos on technology and consumer electronics globally.
Compact disc
The compact disc (CD) is a digital optical disc data storage format that was codeveloped by Philips and Sony to store and play digital audio recordings.
Concept car
A concept car (also known as a concept vehicle, show vehicle or prototype) is a car made to showcase new styling or new technology.
Consumer Reports
Consumer Reports (CR), formerly Consumers Union (CU), is an American nonprofit consumer organization dedicated to independent product testing, investigative journalism, consumer-oriented research, public education, and consumer advocacy.
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Daytime running lamp
A daytime running lamp (DRL, also daytime running light) is an automotive lighting and bicycle lighting device on the front of a road going motor vehicle or bicycle, automatically switched on when the vehicle's handbrake has been pulled down, when the vehicle is in gear, or when the engine is started, emitting white, yellow, or amber light.
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Decibel
The decibel (symbol: dB) is a relative unit of measurement equal to one tenth of a bel (B).
Disc brake
A disc brake is a type of brake that uses the calipers to squeeze pairs of pads against a disc or a rotor to create friction.
DVD
The DVD (common abbreviation for digital video disc or digital versatile disc) is a digital optical disc data storage format.
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DVD-Audio
DVD-Audio (commonly abbreviated as DVD-A) is a digital format for delivering high-fidelity audio content on a DVD.
Elliot Scheiner
Elliot Ray Scheiner (born March 18, 1947) is a music producer, mixer and engineer.
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Executive car
Executive car is a British term for a large car which is equivalent to the European E-segment and American full-size classifications.
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File Allocation Table
File Allocation Table (FAT) is a file system developed for personal computers and was the default filesystem for MS-DOS and Windows 9x operating systems.
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Forbes
Forbes is an American business magazine founded by B. C. Forbes in 1917 and owned by Hong Kong-based investment group Integrated Whale Media Investments since 2014.
Front-engine, front-wheel-drive layout
In automotive design, a front-engine, front-wheel-drive (FWD) layout, or FF layout, places both the internal combustion engine and driven roadwheels at the front of the vehicle.
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Front-wheel drive
Front-wheel drive (FWD) is a form of engine and transmission layout used in motor vehicles, in which the engine drives the front wheels only.
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Gulf Cooperation Council
The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (مجلس التعاون لدول الخلیج العربية.), also known as the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC; مجلس التعاون الخليجي), is a regional, intergovernmental, political, and economic union comprising Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.
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Hawaii
Hawaii (Hawaii) is an island state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland.
Honda
is a Japanese public multinational conglomerate manufacturer of automobiles, motorcycles, and battery-powered equipment, founded in October 1946 by Soichiro Honda and headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.
Honda Accord
The, also known as the in Japan and China for certain generations, is a series of automobiles manufactured by Honda since 1976, best known for its four-door sedan variant, which has been one of the best-selling cars in the United States since 1989. Acura TL and Honda Accord are 2000s cars, 2010s cars, front-wheel-drive vehicles, motor vehicles manufactured in the United States and sedans.
Honda Accord (Japan and Europe eighth generation)
The eighth generation Honda Accord for Japanese and European markets is a mid-size car. Acura TL and Honda Accord (Japan and Europe eighth generation) are 2010s cars, front-wheel-drive vehicles and sedans.
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Honda Accord (Japan and Europe seventh generation)
The seventh-generation Honda Accord for the European and Japanese markets is a mid-size car that was available as a four-door sedan or a five-door station wagon and was produced by Honda from October 2002 (for the 2003 model year) to 2008. Acura TL and Honda Accord (Japan and Europe seventh generation) are front-wheel-drive vehicles and sedans.
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Honda Accord (North America eighth generation)
The North American eighth generation Honda Accord is a mid-size car introduced in August 2007 for the 2008 model year. Acura TL and Honda Accord (North America eighth generation) are 2010s cars, front-wheel-drive vehicles, motor vehicles manufactured in the United States and sedans.
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Honda Accord (North America seventh generation)
In the U.S., the seventh generation North American Honda Accord is a mid-size car that was available as a four-door sedan or a two-door coupe and was produced by Honda from September 2002 (for the 2003 model year) to 2007. Acura TL and Honda Accord (North America seventh generation) are front-wheel-drive vehicles, motor vehicles manufactured in the United States and sedans.
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Honda Accord (sixth generation)
The sixth-generation Honda Accord was available as a four-door sedan, a two-door coupe, five-door hatch (Europe only) and station wagon (Japan only) and was produced by Honda from September 1997 (for the 1998 model year) until 2002 and from 1998 to 2003 in Europe. Acura TL and Honda Accord (sixth generation) are 2000s cars, front-wheel-drive vehicles, motor vehicles manufactured in the United States and sedans.
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Honda Inspire
The is a mid-size sedan derived from the Honda Accord chassis. Acura TL and Honda Inspire are 2000s cars and 2010s cars.
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Honda J engine
The J-series is Honda's fourth production V6 engine family introduced in 1996, after the C-series, which consisted of three dissimilar versions.
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Honda Legend
The is a series of V6-engined executive cars that was produced by Honda between 1985 and 2021, and served as its flagship vehicle. Acura TL and Honda Legend are 2000s cars, 2010s cars and front-wheel-drive vehicles.
Honda Ridgeline
The Honda Ridgeline is a mid-size pickup truck manufactured by Honda. Acura TL and Honda Ridgeline are 2010s cars and motor vehicles manufactured in the United States.
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Honda Spirior
The Honda Spirior is a mid-size sedan produced by Honda. Acura TL and Honda Spirior are 2010s cars, front-wheel-drive vehicles and sedans.
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Honda Torneo
The Honda Torneo is a mid-size sedan introduced by Honda in 1997, exclusively for the Japanese domestic market, derived from the sixth-generation Honda Accord. Acura TL and Honda Torneo are 2000s cars and front-wheel-drive vehicles.
Honda Vigor
The is a premium sedan that was derived from the Honda Accord. Acura TL and Honda Vigor are front-wheel-drive vehicles and sedans.
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and Highway Loss Data Institute (IIHS-HLDI) is an American nonprofit organization.
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IPod
The iPod is a discontinued series of portable media players and multi-purpose mobile devices designed and marketed by Apple Inc. The first version was released on November 10, 2001, about months after the Macintosh version of iTunes was released.
Japanese domestic market
The term "Japanese domestic market" ("JDM") refers to Japan's home market for vehicles and vehicle parts.
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Jon Ikeda
Jon Ikeda (born July 31, 1965) is an American automobile designer and executive.
Limited-slip differential
A limited-slip differential (LSD) is a type of differential gear train that allows its two output shafts to rotate at different speeds but limits the maximum difference between the two shafts.
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Liquid-crystal display
A liquid-crystal display (LCD) is a flat-panel display or other electronically modulated optical device that uses the light-modulating properties of liquid crystals combined with polarizers.
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Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.
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Makoto Tamamura
Makoto Tamamura (玉村 誠, Tamamura Makoto) is an automobile chassis engineer.
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Manual transmission
A manual transmission (MT), also known as manual gearbox, standard transmission (in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States), or stick shift (in the United States), is a multi-speed motor vehicle transmission system, where gear changes require the driver to manually select the gears by operating a gear stick and clutch (which is usually a foot pedal for cars or a hand lever for motorcycles).
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Marysville Auto Plant
Honda Marysville Auto Plant (MAP) is a Honda manufacturing facility located approximately six miles northwest of Marysville, Ohio, and 42 miles northwest of Columbus, Ohio, near the intersection of US 33 and State Route 739.
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Marysville, Ohio
Marysville is a city in and the county seat of Union County, Ohio, United States, approximately northwest of Columbus.
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Michelin
Michelin, in full i ("General Company of the Michelin Enterprises P.L.S."), is a French multinational tyre manufacturing company based in Clermont-Ferrand in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes région of France.
Mid-size car
Mid-size—also known as intermediate—is a vehicle size class which originated in the United States and is used for cars larger than compact cars and smaller than full-size cars.
Motor Trend
MotorTrend is an American automobile magazine.
MP3
MP3 (formally MPEG-1 Audio Layer III or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III) is a coding format for digital audio developed largely by the Fraunhofer Society in Germany under the lead of Karlheinz Brandenburg, with support from other digital scientists in other countries.
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Overhead camshaft engine
An overhead camshaft (OHC) engine is a piston engine in which the camshaft is located in the cylinder head above the combustion chamber.
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Panasonic
is a Japanese multinational electronics company, headquartered in Kadoma, Osaka, Japan.
Parking brake
In road vehicles, the parking brake, also known as a handbrake or emergency brake (e-brake), is a mechanism used to keep the vehicle securely motionless when parked.
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Rebadging
In the automotive industry, rebadging is a form of market segmentation used by automobile manufacturers around the world.
Sayama
is a city located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan.
Sedan (automobile)
A sedan or saloon (British English) is a passenger car in a three-box configuration with separate compartments for an engine, passengers, and cargo. Acura TL and sedan (automobile) are sedans.
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SH-AWD
Super Handling-All Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) is a full-time, fully automatic, all-wheel drive traction and handling system, which combines front-rear torque distribution control with independently regulated torque distribution to the left and right rear wheels.
Straight-five engine
The straight-five engine (also referred to as an inline-five engine; abbreviated I5 or L5) is a piston engine with five cylinders mounted in a straight line along the crankshaft.
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Tariff
A tariff is a tax imposed by the government of a country or by a supranational union on imports or exports of goods.
Thailand
Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Indochinese Peninsula.
Tire-pressure monitoring system
A tire-pressure monitoring system (TPMS) monitors the air pressure inside the pneumatic tires on vehicles.
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Touchscreen
A touchscreen (or touch screen) is a type of display that can detect touch input from a user.
USB
Universal Serial Bus (USB) is an industry standard that allows data exchange and delivery of power between many types of electronics.
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V6 engine
A V6 engine is a six-cylinder piston engine where the cylinders share a common crankshaft and are arranged in a V configuration.
Variable Cylinder Management
Variable Cylinder Management (VCM) is Honda's term for its variable displacement technology, which saves fuel by using the i-VTEC system to disable one bank of cylinders during specific driving conditions—for example, highway driving.
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Vehicle identification number
A vehicle identification number (VIN; also called a chassis number or frame number) is a unique code, including a serial number, used by the automotive industry to identify individual motor vehicles, towed vehicles, motorcycles, scooters and mopeds, as defined by the International Organization for Standardization in ISO 3779 (content and structure) and ISO 4030 (location and attachment).
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VTEC
VTEC (described as Variable Valve Timing & Lift Electronic Control, but stands for Valve Timing Electronically Controlled) is a system developed by Honda to improve the volumetric efficiency of a four-stroke internal combustion engine, resulting in higher performance at high RPM, and lower fuel consumption at low RPM.
Windows Media Audio (WMA) is a series of audio codecs and their corresponding audio coding formats developed by Microsoft.
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Windscreen wiper
A windscreen wiper (Commonwealth English) or windshield wiper (American English) is a device used to remove rain, snow, ice, washer fluid, water, or other debris from a vehicle's front window.
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XM Satellite Radio
XM Satellite Radio (XM) was one of the three satellite radio (SDARS) and online radio services in the United States and Canada, operated by Sirius XM Holdings.
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See also
Acura vehicles
- Acura ARX-01
- Acura ARX-02a
- Acura ARX-05
- Acura ARX-06
- Acura CDX
- Acura CL
- Acura CL-X
- Acura CSX
- Acura EL
- Acura ILX
- Acura Integra (2022)
- Acura Legend
- Acura MDX
- Acura RDX
- Acura RL
- Acura RLX
- Acura TL
- Acura TLX
- Acura TSX
- Acura ZDX
- List of Acura vehicles
Cars discontinued in 2014
- Acura TL
- Acura TSX
- Changhe Freedom
- Daewoo Tosca
- Emgrand EC8
- Eurovans
- Fiat Sedici
- Ford F-Series (twelfth generation)
- Ford Falcon (FG)
- Ford Fiesta (fifth generation)
- Ford Mondeo (third generation)
- Ford Mustang (fifth generation)
- Foton Midi
- Gonow Aoosed GX5
- Hindustan Ambassador
- Honda Life
- Hyundai Atos
- Jeep Cherokee (XJ)
- Lancia Delta
- Lancia Thema
- Lincoln Mark LT
- Maple Hisoon
- Maruti 800
- McLaren 12C
- Mitsubishi Mirage Dingo
- Mitsuoka Orochi
- Opel Agila
- Perodua Viva
- Peugeot 107
- Peugeot 207
- Peugeot 307
- Roewe 550
- Saab 9-3
- Scion xD
- Subaru Legacy (fifth generation)
- Subaru Tribeca
- Volkswagen Golf Mk4
- Volkswagen Golf Plus
- Volkswagen Routan
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acura_TL
Also known as Acura 3.2 TL, Acura 3.2TL.
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