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In 2014, the same year the Acura TLX road car was launched, its maker announced a modified version would be racing in the Pirelli World Challenge; for the 2015 season, the car moved into the top-level GT class and started competing against teams running Ferrari 458s, Porsche 911s, and Audi R8s, among other exotic machinery.
Acura Motorsports and Honda Performance Development (HPD) twin-turbocharged the V-6, pushing it to 600 horsepower, tweaked the chassis, added a massive pile of aerodynamic bits, and stamped the resultant race car the TLX GT. Indeed, the TLX GT has proved competitive, notching a couple of wins, but it will be replaced by the Acura NSX GT3 for 2017. Before that happens, though, Acura is looking to capitalize on the racing version with the new GT package for roadgoing models. Frustratingly, it amounts to little more than a body kit.
The offering gives buyers a rear decklid spoiler, a front spoiler, new side skirts, and a rear underbody spoiler; 19-inch "diamond cut" wheels with unspecified tires also are available for an extra outlay. But, as mentioned, Acura didn?t do anything to the standard 206-hp 2.4-liter inline-four or available 290-hp 3.5-liter V-6 engine. Or the suspension. Or the chassis.
The package is available for 2016 and 2017 TLXs and is priced at $1717 without the wheel-and-tire kit or $4810 with it. Fittingly, the just-for-show add-ons will make their debut early next month at the SEMA show in Las Vegas.
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