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2022 Acura TLX Type S Review

Acura TLX Type S

Price as tested: $55,145

3.0 Liter Turbo V6

355 HP / 354 TQ

0-60: 5.1 Seconds

Guy who did stuff: Yousef Alvi

Reviewing the ‘base’ TLX last year left me with a sense of the following:

‘‘ACURA IS BACK!!’’

A squirty chassis, paired with excellent steering and well equipped cabin along with the best AWD system on the road today…the only thing that was missing was a bit of ‘oomph’

Well Acura delivered that ‘oomph’ courtesy of this Type S variant. Now waging into battle with a 3.0 liter Turbo V6 making 355 HP and 354 TQ. The TLX Type S now has the numbers to back up it’s aggressive design. But how does it stack up to the competition?

Let’s break it down!