2021 Acura TLX Type S fights the Audi S4, Drag And Roll Race | How fast is the TLX Type S?

2021 Acura TLX Type S fights the Audi S4, Drag And Roll Race | How fast is the TLX Type S?

The new Acura TLX Type S has finally landed and this time we are going to put it up against the Germans, can it keep up a fight? Or can it win over the Audi S4?

Special thanks for this video goes to John for
bringing his new Acura TLX Type S.

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[SamCarLegion]

As a content creator, it feels amazing to see so many of you enjoying the work. It pushes me and do better! Thank you to all of you :)

[RedlineGaming]

German 350hp ≠ Japanese 350hp. Both tune their engine with different aspects.

[dabears]

I want to see the Type S vs G70. They are similar prices.

[kennethmcdonald]

I would expect the Audi to win being that it is 312 lbs. lighter and has more torque. I would like to see both of them run on a dyno to see the difference in power and torque delivery.

[vandy]

I mean, as much as I want to see the Type S win, I don't think it will. The Type S is 375 lbs heavier than the S4.

[edwindiaz]

I predicted the Type S would disappoint in straight-line performance once I saw how slow the 4cyl Aspec TLX was even with 272 hp

[Marbind]

Hold on !
On the press event the TypeS was blowing the doors of a S4.
I knew something was suspicious.

[lttsr]

I knew the S4 would win but I didn't think it was going to be an absolute blow out.

[sepehr]

I wasn't sure about TLX S beating S4, but wasn't excpecting this much gap tbh.

[COUPE]

I Thought Acura said they literally benchmarked the S4 so that means you tune it to be better and faster am I wrong? But I'll say it over and over this car weighs to much. Now that we've seen this we already know the outcome of the other races 🏎 so you can save the G70, and M340 and the KIA stinger. This was definitely a huge disappointment but the TLX is still a beautiful car for what it's worth.

[xFlared]

"Slightly faster in some cases". Sir are you pretending? The S4 devoured that Type S in every single race and it kept pulling ahead consistently.

[LexxLuther]

The problem is Acura is marking the type S up to $65k not the $52k they advertised. It’s gonna be smoked by all the competition. The genesis G70 is what we all wanna see. $52k fully loaded.

[lik_x]

Definitely need to see the Type-S up against the Stinger👀

[CheatCodeG]

Curious how the TLX will do with just a tune. It’s remarkable how much Japanese OEMs leave on the table. My Q60 improved its quarter mile time by 1.5 seconds with just a tune.

[robertwood]

Definitely keeping my ISF now, not a chance in hell this TLX would pull me back over to Acura. Yes, very different levels of performance, but I was expecting an M340i competitor. Even the years old Q50 Redsport has the power this should. The TLX looks great, sounds pretty good, handles well, but the power is not there, especially against all that weight. SHAWD would handle 400hp like a dream. This is Acura’s “performance sedan” but I’m not sure it’s enough to steal some competitor’s buyers. There’s no reason this should weigh more than an MDX.

[mutualdecline]

I've been telling Acura fans for weeks that the Redline race on May 20th between these 2 was a fluke. The S4 was driven by an Acura employee at an Acura event so of course some nefarious efforts would commence if the S4 is faster & that's what happened. It's sad that many people thought what turned out to be a lie. People saying that the Type S is a mid 4 sec car which is laughable. After test driving it I knew it wasn't.

[wesleywalls]

As a B9 Audi S4 owner, I’m pleased with the outcome. Props to Acura though for fielding - by all accounts - a very competitive sports sedan.

[kyron]

Sam you made a good point. For how heavy the type s is, it did well. I expected a little more but it's apparent Acura did not want to push this brand new engine. Seems like they still want to protect their reliability reputation.

[LearningFast]

Another great video. However, I really want to see the TLX-Type-S vs. the Stinger.

[cmd_]

I love Acura's & Honda's, but why make a brand new performance car with roughly the same amount of HP but have tons of more weight. This Type S should have at least extra 20 -30HP more from factory. Very disappointing