The Acura CL Series two-door sport-luxury coupe marks a significant milestone
in the company's history. Conceived specifically with the needs and tastes of
American buyers in mind, the CL Series is the first Acura model to be desig...
3.0 CL Overview
The 3.0CL is powered by a state-of-the-art, transversely mounted, single-overhead
camshaft, all-aluminum 3.0-liter V-6 engine created jointly in the United States
and Japan. The engine is built exclusively at the An...
Overview
Because luxury-car feel and safety were priorities of the CL project, the engineers
concentrated on optimizing the rigidity of the CL unit body structure to provide
excellent crash protection, excellent isolation from noise ...
Overview
The CL offers a spacious, elegantly styled interior appointed with an extensive
array of luxury and convenience features. The instrument panel and operating
systems have been optimized for ergonomic performance, while the ...
OVERVIEW
The 2003 CL is engineered to deliver advanced levels of performance,
technological innovation, engineering, passenger safety and style in
its class. To make the 2003 model even more responsive and fun to
drive, the CL Type-S mod...
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The all-new CL coupe is the newest addition to the Acura line that
reinforces the brand's commitment to performance engineered vehicles.
Re-designed and re-engineered from the ground up, the new CL delivers
higher levels of perf...
Overview
Engineers designed and crafted the CL body to provide a bold and elegant shape,
a spacious seating area, excellent visibility and a passenger cabin optimized
to be free of road and wind noise and highly resistant to impact...
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The CL coupe's generous interior was designed to offer a comfortable
and ergonomic environment to distract little of the driver's
attention from the road. The fully-featured cockpit-style interior
envelops the driver to provide ...
OVERVIEW
The 2002 CL luxury performance coupe exemplifies Acura's commitment
to performance-engineered vehicles with a heady combination of power,
handling and luxury car comfort. The CL is engineered to deliver the
highest levels of per...
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The new CL coupe's body has been completely redesigned and is now
based on the state-of-the-art Global Midsize Platform. Compared to
the previous generation coupes, the new CL unit-body is six-percent
stronger in torsional rigid...
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The new CL coupe's larger interior was designed to offer a
comfortable and ergonomically correct environment to distract little
of the driver's attention from the road. The new cockpit-style
interior envelops the driver to provi...
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The new CL has been engineered from the ground up to provide
extraordinary performance that rivals Europe's finest mid-luxury
coupes. The engineering goals for the second-generation CL chassis
have been achieved by enhancing spo...
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The CL's dynamic styling portrays a youthful, aggressive spirit while
maintaining a timeless, classic, coupe design. The CL rivals the
segment's best competitors in all areas, including fit and finish,
safety, structural perform...
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Both CL models come with a sophisticated all-aluminum V-6 powerplant.
The CL features a powerful 225 hp VTEC V-6 engine similar to the CL's
sibling the 3.2 TL luxury performance sedan.
The high performance CL Type-S model featu...
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Both CL models come with an aluminum block, V-6 powerplant. The CL
features a powerful, 225-hp VTEC V-6 engine, similar to the CL's
sibling, the 3.2 TL luxury performance sedan.
The high performance CL Type-S model raises the C...
OVERVIEW
The CL is engineered to provide extraordinary performance. The
engineering goals for the second-generation CL chassis have been
achieved by enhancing sporty performance while preserving luxury
feel. These seemingly contradictory...
OVERVIEW
Though performance and drivability were the focal points during
the development of the new CL coupe, these characteristics should
never be at the expense of safety, security and accident avoidance.
The CL is engineered as a tot...
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The new CL is assembled exclusively at the Honda of America
Manufacturing facility in Marysville, Ohio. The vast majority of
components and parts are sourced and manufactured in the United
States. Local suppliers were brought i...
Overview
The CL is equipped with a 4-wheel, independent double-wishbone suspension with
coil springs and front and rear stabilizer bars. The suspension has been designed
to provide excellent directional stability and the tight, pre...
On the heels of the successful launch
of the 3.2 TL luxury performance sedan, Acura has introduced an
all-new, completely redesigned 3.2 CL luxury performance coupe.
Available in two distinct models -- the fully featured 3.2 CL and th...
6-SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION (CL TYPE-S)
To enhance the 3.2 CL's already impressive credentials as a high
performance luxury coupe, Acura offers the '03 CL Type-S with an
optional close-ratio 6-speed manual transmission. This all-new
tran...