21/09/2008 10:11. The next generation of Acura's best-selling TL midsize premium performance sedan goes on sale this week with a starting price of $34,955 (plus $760 freight).

Long the stalwart of the Honda luxury division, the TL returns for 2009 with numerous changes, beginning with an optional 305-horsepower V-6 engine, the most powerful in Acura's history.

There also is a new, bolder exterior design that Acura calls “emotional and powerful.” It's also quite beautiful, especially for a Honda product. Honda designs are never polarizing as some other automakers' are; that's why Honda products such as the TL find such broad acceptance in the marketplace — there is nothing controversial about them.

In a big push to try to create some momentum for its languishing premium brand, Honda is... // San Antonio Express