Does the Acura TLX Type-S Actually Compete With BMW Sedans?? 2024 Acura TLX Type-S Review

Long has the 3-series been the king of the sport sedan market. However, competition has been more fierce in the recent years. Take the Acura TLX Type-S; mainly meant to compete with the M340i, it has a turbo 6 cylinder engine, adaptive suspension, and looks to back it up. Can it finally take down the sports sedan king? On this episode of EatSleepDrive, we find out.

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[RobertMayfair]

It’s a great car. People expect daily drivers to be race cars, which misses the plot. It’s a sport sedan and it accomplishes that.

[icculus]

0:58 It’s not wider than a base TLX. They have the same exact body except for a splitter under the front bumper and open (rather than fake) front corner air intakes, and the rear diffuser area to accommodate the quad exhaust tips.

[Mxpro]

Seen type S gold color in person it was beautiful

[MrDaveaccord]

Nice review. I like Acura, I own a 2023 Integra A Spec trim. A wonderful car to drive with fantastic handling and driving dynamics and the engine is very fuel efficient.

[bikingmoments]

I got avg. 29 mpg for my m340i Xdrive, on pure highway it hits 38 mpg.
This TLX is 1 sec slower and also burns much more fuel, with many techs lacking…

[aroundomaha]

You have a helpful perspective on this car. I’d look at it used if the price was right, but they nerfed the enthusiast aspect.

[icculus]

I have older Acuras where the drive select buttons are lower down on the center console, where your hand naturally falls (where a normal shifter would be). It’s way better than this positioning in newer Acuras and find it to be intuitive and easy to use.

[icculus]

C/D said that the TLX base suspension setup is like older BMWs, just good at everything.

[SlipAngleG]

I think it's a miss using the M340i as the comparison. Not many people actually cross shop those two cars. Fairly big price difference and fan base.

[morstyrannis]

We have the same Acura entertainment tech in our RDX. After several years we still don’t like it. Definitely the worst aspect of an otherwise very nice SUV.

[addison]

yes its better and more reliable too thay do have a all wheel drive but no the s trim

[rayestefania]

They do not! Great car but it is underpowered and the infotainment, at least on the one I had, was horrible! Car looked great and handled like it was on rails but it is not exciting to drive at all so I got rid of it and got a BMW M550i.

[wackit]

It’s a beautiful car but a couple of things that bother me with Acura's are, they all have this GIANT goofy button in the center of the console for drive modes, even the SUV's. I don’t want to show my passengers what I’m doing nor do I want to reach way over to activate. It should be on the steering wheel making it easy to go from Canyon driving to City then highway driving. Also give me a traditional leather wrapped shifter, that is part of the sporty driving experience.
I also wouldn’t mind if the car was 10 percent smaller. (I feel better now, Thank you.) 😌

[partizan]

Buy it and put 50k miles ( which is 3 years average) on that and on BMW . And see the price! Acura is holding a price 3 times better.

[freeignition]

I love the look of the TLX Type S. I have a MDX Type S to hall my family around. I originally wanted the TLX Type S but the 340i's B58 gets way better MPG with its performance. I get it you don't buy luxury for MPG but it's a really nice benefit. If Acura can't make it more fuel efficient, i think they should add a bigger fuel capacity. 300 or less miles per tank and only having 355HP kind of sucks.

[maxxbenzz]

Three words. Front wheel drive. No FWD is comparable to German cars. 👎