Originally Posted By: Quattro Pete
Originally Posted By: deven
Yep there is a long line of people who hate that grill. They took a great looking car and butchered it.
I was going to say this, but kept my mouth shut out of politeness. After all, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so if you're buying it, you must like it.
I really liked the previous TL version, inside and out. The only thing missing was RWD or AWD. Now they added AWD, but butchered the styling...
It is weird because when you look at the new TL in pics or car magazines it look really ugly but when you see it in person the grill doesn't look all that bad. My sister has a 2004 TL and that car is great both inside and out. The 2009 TL has an awesome interior, definately an upgrade from the previous gen but the last gen TL looked and drove like a sports car but the torque and understeer killed the fun. The new SH-AWD adresses that problem and as bloated as it looks it drives like its on rails. The base FWD with 3.5L 280hp engine is actually faster than the 3.7L 305hp AWD in a straight line test. Even with the added weight I can't comprehend how that is possible