讴歌RLX轿车升级版近日亮相加州卵石湾汽车巡展，该车采用了讴歌新的钻石五边形格栅，讴歌首款采用此类格栅的车型是Precision概念车，随后是TLX。讴歌希望借助新的前脸能进一步促进RLX轿车的销量。除了新格栅，RLX还采用了包括更具雕刻感引擎盖，LED尾灯组，双排气尾管，黑色散流器等其他更显档次外装。整体来看，新车的前后部分比原来更突出侵略性。不过，新车的车厢内变化不大，只是采用了更高质量内饰，重新设计座椅并标配AcuraWatch安全套装。它包括自动刹车，车道偏离警示，车道保持辅助和自适应巡航控制。这些配置进一步完善了RLX的交通堵塞助手（TrafficJamAssist）的功能，后者可以在车辆低速行驶时自动保持与前车的安全距离。该车动力系统为一台3.5升V6引擎，功率310马力，搭配前轮驱动和新的十速自动变速器。可选装全轮转向，新车加速性略有提升。该车将于11月抵达经销商处，车厂希望新车新的外观能使其超过去年的1500辆的销量。
Updated Acura RLX Sedan Makes Its Pebble Beach Debut
With a bold makeover that includes Acura’s new Diamond Pentagon Grille – first seen on the Precision Concept, and followed up by the TLX – the RLX is making its debut at the Pebble Beach Concours this weekend. The new face, Acura hopes, will help boost sales of the oft forgotten luxury sedan.
Along with the new Diamond Pentagon Grille, the RLX adds upscale features like a completely new front fascia, and a more sculpted hood. Out back, a set of LED taillights and dual exhaust tips come paired to a shiny black diffuser. Overall, the car gains some aggressive new design cues, front and back.
Overall, the cabin goes mostly unchanged, apart from some more upscale materials, redesigned seats, and the inclusion of the marque’s AcuraWatch suite of safety technology, now standard. Features like auto braking, lane departure warnings, lane keep assist, and adaptive cruise control, are included in the update. All that added tech supplements the RLX’s Traffic Jam Assist, which uses the systems to maintain safe distances during slow-speed situations.
Power comes courtesy of a 3.5-liter V6 delivering 310 horsepower to the front wheels, routed through a new 10-speed automatic. With optional all-wheel steering, the RLX gains marginally improved acceleration.
Following its debut at Pebble Beach, the new RLX will hit dealers in November. The company hopes that this new-and-improved look will help boost sales over the abysmal 1,500 units it sold last year.