Slutty Hoes Always Want D!ck.
Oy Vey. I thought this was a family oriented channel. OK, back to the Hallmark channel. I miss Lori already.........
Seriously, if Jon Ikeda can't deliver a sedan with the inherent goodness of the 3G TL, its probably over for Acura in the sedan department. My relationship with Acura will continue as long as I have the /04 TL and my NSX but no new ones for me.
The following is very telling -- I'm in suburban Detroit, Farmington Hills to be precise. There were 4 Acura dealers within a 60 mile radius of Farmington Hills. Guess what? No more dealer in Farmington Hills. Suburban Group (pretty significant player in the dealer market up here with 10+ stores handling various marques in the greater Detroit area and some other stores throughout the country) simply gave up the franchise as it was not profitable enough for them. Lack of competitive product and lack of factory support by way of decent lease programs. I was told that the Acura store was moving somewhere between 5 and 10 TLXs a month for the longest time. That may have jumped to 15 recently but it was not nearly enough. This compared with the 3G TL years when those cars were flying off the shelf at the rate of 30-40 a month from what I was told. So very sad. The former Acura store is becoming a Toyota store. Ugh.
Best,
Jeff
