Three years on, Acura returned to the drafting board and sketched
a new schnozz, replacing the old silver triangular insert with the same pseudo-pentagonal grille from the recently redesigned MDX and TLX that appears ripped straight from the pixels of a Tempest game.
It does get a
new front end, replacing the «controversial» Salvadore Dali application of the seven Jeep stripes that graced the
schnozz of the previous model with a more acceptable, more upright grille.