The Acura TL Type S is a front wheel drive vehicle, with the engine placed in the front, and a 4 door saloon (sedan) bodyshell.
Power is produced by a single overhead camshaft, 3.5 litre naturally aspirated 6 cylinder engine, with 4 valves per cylinder that develops power and torque figures of 286 bhp (290 PS/213 kW) at 6200 rpm and 347 N·m (256 lb·ft/35.4 kgm) at 5000 rpm respectively.
This power is supplied to the wheels via a 5 speed automatic gearbox.
Stated kerb weight is 1666 kg.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Number of doors | 4 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2740 mm | 107.9 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1577 mm | 62.1 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1575 mm | 62 inches | |
| Length | 4822 mm | 189.8 inches | |
| Width | 1834 mm | 72.2 inches | |
| Height | 1440 mm | 56.7 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 148 mm | 5.8 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.76 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1666 kg | 3673 lb | |
| Weight distribution | 61.5% front | ||
| fuel tank capacity | 65 litres | 14.3 [17.2] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Honda | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | V 6 in 60° vee | ||
| Capacity | 3.5 litre 3471 cc (211.813 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 89 × 93 mm
3.5 × 3.66 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.96 | ||
| Valve gear | single overhead camshaft (SOHC)
4 valves per cylinder 24 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 290 PS (286 bhp) (213 kW) at 6200 rpm |
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| maximum torque | 347 Nm (256 ft·lb) (35.4 kgm) at 5000 rpm |
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| Specific output | 61.4 kW/litre 83.5 ps/litre 82.4 bhp/litre 1.35 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque |
99.97 Nm/litre
1.21 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | Aluminium alloy head & block | ||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 11:1 | ||
| Fuel system | Honda PGM-Fi fuel injection | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1256.3 kPa (182.2 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | 6800 rpm | ||
| crankshaft bearings | 4 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 578.5 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | |||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 174.05 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.17 PS/kg 128.01 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.13 kW/kg 171.67 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.17 bhp/kg 0.08 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 7.81 kg/kW 13.05 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | 19/28 US MPG city/highway | ||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | 12.4/8.4 l/100km city/highway | ||
| km/litre | 8.1/11.9 km/l city/highway | ||
| UK MPG | 22.8/33.6 UK MPG city/highway | ||
| US MPG | 19.0/28.0 US MPG city/highway | ||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | transverse | ||
| Drive wheels | front wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | 2.870 | ||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | I.DW.CS.ARB. | ||
| Rear suspension | I.MultiLi.CS.ARB. | ||
| Wheel size front | 8JJ x 17 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 8JJ x 17 | ||
| Tyres front | P235/45 R 17 93W | ||
| Tyres rear | P235/45 R 17 93W | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Di-S-ABS | ||
| Front brake diameter | 310 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 282 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 5 speed automatic | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.49 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 4.31 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 221529 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 29.5 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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2006 Acura TL Type S Automatic (2007) added 2010-11-10. Last modified 2020-02-02. |
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