The latest-generation TLX was already a good-looking automotive, with arguably among the best implementations of Acura’s household fascia within the present lineup. Wide, low, and glossy, it is a sports activities sedan aesthetic of the old-school — in right now’s age of outlandish grilles, for-the-sake-of-it bodywork slashes, and haphazard proportions, that counts as excessive reward. Falling into an unplanned convoy behind an A-Spec model, it was clear that Acura’s design language holds up properly.
The Type S solely builds on that sturdy begin. Fettled for the 2024 mannequin 12 months since we first drove the automotive in 2021, it positive factors diamond pentagon grill mesh, a brand new entrance splitter, new rear diffuser and decklid spoiler, and outsized quad exhausts. 20-inch split-spoke wheels with a black end are normal, too, and look simply grand in opposition to this Urban Gray Pearl paintwork (unique to the TLX A-Spec and Type S trims).
If you feel a bit extra showy, Acura gives blue and “Tiger Eye” orange colours, in addition to gold-painted wheels, however a metallic pink on the paint record would not go amiss.
Chris Davies/SlashGearThe result’s purposeful however not polarizing, and I believe the TLX Type S will age extra gracefully than, say, a few of its opponents from BMW.