It's too bad we don't have Electronically controlled AWD, because this is freakin cool...
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It's too bad we don't have Electronically controlled AWD, because this is freakin cool...
<img src="http://www.audicrazy.com/AW/RL_SHAWD.jpg">
Found on the new 2005 Acura RL.
The new RL is powered by a 24-valve 3.5-liter V-6 engine. It delivers 300 horsepower at 6,200 rpm and 260 foot-pounds of torque at 5,000 rpm. The engine is mated to a five-speed automatic transmission with SportShift.
Paddle shifters are located on the steering wheel for the driver to manually "paddle" up or down to the next gear. Fuel economy ratings on this all-wheel-drive sedan are 18 miles per gallon city and 26 mpg highway.
Found on the new 2005 Acura RL.
The new RL is powered by a 24-valve 3.5-liter V-6 engine. It delivers 300 horsepower at 6,200 rpm and 260 foot-pounds of torque at 5,000 rpm. The engine is mated to a five-speed automatic transmission with SportShift.
Paddle shifters are located on the steering wheel for the driver to manually "paddle" up or down to the next gear. Fuel economy ratings on this all-wheel-drive sedan are 18 miles per gallon city and 26 mpg highway.
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yeah, the SH-AWD of acura is a pretty neat system
i kinda wanna just go test drive the RL just to see what it's like. if it handles as well as they say it does. i hope they put the awd system in the TL and TSX too. i wouldn't mind havin an awd TL.
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so you find unnecessary gauges and displays cool
alright I guess thats fine for you... its just a pointless distraction for me. I dont need to be told what my traction levels are I can feel it. What are they trying to say with that display... you're stupid and dont know what the car is doing? or our car is so well isolated even if you had a clue(which you dont) you wouldnt be able to feel what the car is doing. If a car isolates me that much from what its doing I'm probably not going to be drivng it hard enough to give a crap what the grip levels or power delivery levels are at each of the 4 corners.... thus its a meaningless distraction that just lets you know why you are now stuck in a snow bank.
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As much as we love quattro.....
The RL would be more likely to get out of a snowbank than any quattro.
The RL's AWD system is the most advanced by far right now, and I would Audi would adopt something like it...<ul><li><a href="http://www.acura.com/about/abo_end_shawd.asp">Info on SH-AWD</a></li></ul>
The RL's AWD system is the most advanced by far right now, and I would Audi would adopt something like it...<ul><li><a href="http://www.acura.com/about/abo_end_shawd.asp">Info on SH-AWD</a></li></ul>
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