Four doors and fast, Acura TLX also touts tech, luxury

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Sacramento, California -- For those who like their sporty with four doors, Acura offers the TLX.

A week in the 2024 Acura TLX Type S convinced me that the offering is generous and worth accepting.  Fun to drive too.

Sculpted to turn heads (including flashy 20-inch alloy wheels and jewel-eye LED headlights), the TLX has a 3-liter turbo-6 under the hood.  It's rated at 355 horsepower, and those numbers propel the TLX impressively -- off the line and once the revs are up as well.

The tester scooted around city streets and freeway traffic with remarkable ease, and volunteer passengers were impressed by its agility ... and surprisingly, its quietness.

The Type S package raised the bar with features that included a premium audio system with 17 speakers, navigation with voice recognition, surround-view camera system, leather-trimmed sport seats (with ventilation in front), rain-sensing windshield wipers and front/rear parking sensors.

A full suite of state-of-the-art safety technology was part of the tester's package, priced at $58,795 on the sticker's bottom line. Bonus: a max five-star overall rating in federal government crash tests.

Fuel mileage came in at 19 miles per gallon in the city and 25 mpg on the highway.

The tested TLX labored hard to counter a week of 105-degree-plus temperatures, but then again, so did every other car I was in during a brutal summer stretch of 2024.

All in all, this Acura shapes up as a strong competitor in a segment where buyers want luxury, top-tier technology and muscular performance.