2001 Acura CL Type-S Review - The Forgotten Sport Luxury Coupe! 

I have been driving my Acura CL type S for eleven years as a daily driver. I have 337000 miles on it. I did have to replace the transmission four years ago. It has plenty of power when I need it. It is comfortable and with the updated Bluetooth player sournd sound it is a great ride for my trips. Black on black.

I'm amazed out how prestine and clean the engine looked. What a gem indeed.

I’ve been daily driving my white CLS6 for the last few months and love it. There’s something special about these CL’s and it’s very tough to find in good shape and 6 speed.

I daily drive my 03 6 speed CL type S, love it. Drove an 01 CL type S for 4 years before I found this one, I can’t get enough of these cars

I had a 1997, 3.0CL. Amazing car honestly, very refined, comfortable and fairly. Nowadays alwasys looking to find a CL Type S 6 speed. Thanks for the video!

The 03 Type S 6 Speed… with navigation is going to be one of the rarest ever I believe they only made less than 1k of them with navigation and the manual transmission. Give it 5-10 years this car is going to sky rocket

Your hustle here on youtube will be rewarded! You review so many vehicles and upload so often! Keep it going!

I love my 2003 Acura CLS6 they’re finally getting the recognition they deserve that’s forsure!!

I bought one brand new 7/2000 and drove it for 250,000 miles over 10 years. Never had to replace the transmission but I paid very close attention to it and over serviced it. Aside from changing CV shaft seals often I never had any mechanical failures or other leaks. Worst things to happen for me was my rear view mirror leaked chromatic fluid onto the shifter and ate the plastic up. My 6 disc changer jammed up. It was a surprisingly good car. I really enjoyed this car.

Nothing like classic Acura 🤩

I have 2002 CL type S - transmission failed @ 133k miles. I replaced it with 2006 Honda Odyssey transmission- direct fit, just have to swap the shifting switch and trans oil dip stick. Still works till this day @ 233k miles . Cant get wrong with j series engine. Those things are built like tanks.

I have a 01 Acura cl a series it’s amazing 22 yrs later lol I love it

Was looking at these when I was looking around for daily drivers a few years ago. Really liked them but was worried about the transmission issues, *and* they were usually a bit of a premium over the car I ended up getting, the Lexus LS400. Loved the video!

I've been dailying my 03 cl type-s 6mt for about 2 years now, absolutely love it. Gave up my 01 gsr for it!! Loved the teg but the cls6 is SO good!!

I had a 2001 C.L.coupe for several years and I really loved it !!! I now own a 2015 Acura T.LX. four door with four wheel drive and six cykinder motor ....It is bigger and longer ofcourse but it has a lot more cargo space ....

One of the most solid and exciting cars I ever had. ❤❤. Totalled it in an accident back in '12 😢

I had Three 01's Type S w/ spoilers. 2 Marino Reds an 1 silver.....1 caught on fire from a garage fire, sold 1 kept 1...still got 2 Ron Jon Lip Kits laying around an a extra set of type S rims..only have 68k miles on her ❤😍❤️

Also the factory bose sounds great

I would never have thought you were going to review one!! There such great cars need to review a 6speed model next!!

you do a great job dude. Subbed!

I got a 2003 cls6 for about half a year and I love it great vehicle, you can put some surprised faces on people😎

I love when you do older luxury cars!

I had one,and loved driving it. I plan to get another one soon

Looks exactly like my car Ruby. Thank you for the video I had no idea she was so unique. I was on the fence about keeping her as she has 218,000 miles. Now I think I'm going to put money into her and keep her.

Love your content

Have Cls6 Anthracite with Navi and Onstar with eibach springs for 12 years now with 155k…..still such a joy to drive

puttin out a lotta good content as of late 👍

I loved my 03 TL Type S

Love my '01 CL Type-S. It's so slept on and I don't mind it at all. Sounds absolutely fantastic. J32A2 is bulletproof. Now, if I can only find a 6 speed manual for it...

I had a late 90s 3.0 CL and loved it. Wouldn't mind finding another one in the shape that mine was.

348,000 miles and still runs great,purchased new.

i still got my 2001 Acura CL 3.2 and love it every day. never had big problems with it..

I would say some weird transmission behavior is linked more toward the programming. The real signs of the transmission going out in these older Hondas is transmission whine. Which comes from bearings that wear out over time. The 07-08 TL’s and Accords got an updated version of the transmission that fixed some of those issues.

This car replaced the Acura Legend Coupe and still looks good! Especially 2002-03 Type-S in that Blue!

6 speed CLS with the Comptech Supercharger 🥲

I’ve owned 2. The first was identical to this one. I bought it with 150,000 miles and it was on its 3rd transmission. The 2nd gear wasn’t lubricated well enough which caused a class action lawsuit against Honda. Honda fixed the problem by drilling a hole in the case and installing a fluid squirter to keep the 2nd gear from exploding. They also extended the warranty till 100,000 miles. Mine ran like a new car. My second was a white 2001 type s I bought with 223,000 for $700. The previous owner installed headers and removed the cats. He also had the ecu reprogrammed….Needless to say, it absolutely screamed. 0-60 was just a bit over 5 seconds and it would chirp the tires in every gear change except 4-5. The car wouldn’t idle when I bought it and that’s why it was so cheap. A $5 MAF sensor from the junkyard fixed the issue. I wish I hadn’t sold it. I currently own a SC400… it’s a sexy car. RWD, V8… but the interior quality just isn’t as good as an Acura from that era. Brittle plastics and rattling is the norm whereas the Acura interiors last forever and everything has a feeling quality to it. Like the center cup holders for example… the lid on the Lexus just flips up and feels like a $5 part. The lid on the Acura is opened by pushing a button. That button is connected to precision cut gears that slowly open the lid in the same way as a half million dollar Rolls Royce. If the Acura was RWD I would have kept it forever.

I drive a full bolt on cls6...love it

I got a 2001 with front bumper ding, broke headlight and bent up fender for $750.00 with brand new rebuilt transmission with warranty still attached. The couple were having a newborn and didn't need it. That car lasted past 250k before I got a 2003 type s 6 speed from Detroit with rusted gas lines and rusted gas tank with 124k.i put about $1200 into car with labor and she still going strong with 150k and new clutch. She's parked now because I found my unicorn 🦄 2010 ACURA TL sh awd 6 speed after I had purchased a 2011 Acura tl sh awd auto. I got the best of the big 3 from back then

My Acura cl type s 01 is having some issues atm not even at the 200k mark yet hopefully today it will be fixed fully but they really do keep up and sound good comparing to newer cars

I'm in love with my 01 cl type just got going to be tunning it up this weekend paid 2500 for it 165k on the dash shift and drives excellent

I just bought one yesterday and I gotta say for a first car I feel so happy gettin one!

Hey it’s my daily driver 😁 love this car had it for almost 5 years (bought it used) and it never gave me an issue

I love my 2001 CL💪🏾

I had the sedan version of this car *Acura TL* it was such a great car, at first… It was fast, very fast, and me being more of an aggressive driver. I actually blew the transmission out of it *literately* in 4 months, before that though in the 4 months the sun roof plus two windows didn’t work, the AC failed entirely. Being it was my first car, and I doordashed with it. $700 purchase price, and it made me $3,000!

This guy always looks like he just got outta bed in all his vids 😂

I've owned 3 of them nuff said! GREAT CAR

I have a 03 LT type s and she’s amazing

Whats size of those tires? Need those tires in my CL

Put one of these in my Miata! Great Engine.

Interesting video. In the UK we only got the Accord Coupe, not the Acura CL, but there's so many similarities. By the way, what's a 'meer'? Sorry, couldn't resist. 😉Peace and love, man.

Some of these things had 2-3 transmissions replaced by the time they reached 100k miles. It's a real shame because these and the TL's from the same generation were such great cars otherwise.

I've had my 01 cl type s a few years now as a second owner. First owner had kids shortly after purchasing it and entered the suv zone 2 years after buying it. Ater that it sat in pristine condition in thrir garage. It's color is midnight black and I added a gold flake lower trim and rear wing spoiler. As well as a custom-made hood scoop shaped like an acura "A" logo and limo tint all around. Everyone keeps trying to chase me down and buy it. Ain't happening😂😅. 132k I removed the transmission and with alldata and youtube Purchased an overhaul kit for $400 bucks and did a great job (I only attempted it because I have more tools at home than the average person for my trade). Also added a removable backboard with not one but two 15 inch rockford falsgate P3s and amp. I see the gleem in my grandkids' eyes, they can keep on gleeming. They're gonna bury me reclined in this one with my tunes blasting from six feet under powered by a solar panel on my tombstone.😂

I got one with 75k miles on it I had to replace the transmission and it’s been running good so far

April 2024 and I just picked up a 2003 6 speed

I love my cl type s been my daily for 9 months unfortunately it'd the auto but its a twin to this red one

When used to see this car, all I would think about is ‘Accord coupe’ with leather seats.

Do white color and bagged . It will be beautiful. With yellow fog lights

Fyi the 2002 look way better because there was a minor refresh to headlights. I have it's sister car. 2002TL. The J engines are incredible. Warning though, the transmissions absolutely suck in these cars. I had the transmission completely rebuilt heavy duty by lifelong professional. Once the tranny issues are sorted the car is phenomenal. Great power smooth ride it's fast comfortable well built. They last forever if you change the oil. I've heard of people getting 300 to 500k miles out of them. Hands down the best car I've ever owned.

I swear the torque steer hits on any J series V6 when vtec kicks in

Nice

The more I look at this, the more I realize that this is almost identical to my 00' V6 Accord, haha

My 2001 CL Type S has the Navigation system.

These are STUPID HOT in the Honda scene, mainly because the manual trans that came with these are a direct bolt-in for a 6th gen V6 Accord ... which never came in a manual, and had a super unreliable auto transmission.

2003 and manual are is necessary. mine is perfect

I had the exact car same year same color same everything i wish i never sold it 😢

This was my first can I miss it

You did it wrong for the seat. The seat will move back to the position if you do not close the door before pulling the seat back to the upright position.

I had the Acura TL type S...I had about 315K miles on it. I had no transmission issues I owned the car for 5 years, It got rear ended. :(

I ALMOST bought one back in the mid 2000s

My boy got one of these lol

Im From the Naperville area

I had the biggest hard on for this car when it came out. It got even bigger when they gave it the 6 speed manual it deserves

I love mine but transmissions SUCK! 4th trans seems like every 25k to 50k miles something goes wrong. Engine is a tank!

I don’t think the CL type S was the fastest FWD Honda as of the time of the video. It was back in 01, as reference to 2:15

If it was a 6 speed manual that would be legit.

Have you done an Audi Q5?

It's not really getting 260 horses even at the crank. To the wheels maybe 215 with auto

its forgotten because it's just an accord v6 with a different bumper

I can’t respect a kid whose reviewing a car that’s older than him. They should find somebody that was in their 20s when this car came out so they can show the true respect this car deserves. This was a street dominating motherfucker in 2001 if your parents let you take it, it was faster than a GT Ford Mustang I’m it’s its time . nobody walked around with a gallon water bottle either you’re comparing 24 year-old history. A lot of changes have been made.

You need to review a Hyundai Tiburon someday

For sale?

There's about 400 lbs. worth of dude in there. It probably .4 seconds faster 0-60 with a dude that's 250lbs. lighter.

The review is ok, but I feel like the reviewer was reviewing this car with a 2022 lens. Back then the materials used in the interior was A+. & with these reviews about V6 equipped Honda/Acura vehicles are a bit misleading. Hundreds of reviews keep saying how the company keeps using the J-series engine. Yet leave out how the J-series has been consistently updated since it’s inception. As a matter of fact, the new turbocharged 3.0L V6 Acura produces is pretty much 87% J-series engine with Dual Overhead Cams. Now enough of my rant, I love this channel.

Neighbor has a black one maybe I’ll knock and say hello I don’t like the TL front end.

5:55 slightly narrow for people like me. Dude you are overweight.

I daily drive a 2001 tl it’s not very slow……..

The automatic transmissions in these are garbage. Everyone who had these had blown several. I had this exact car and the second gear clutch package and solenoid was defective from the factory so all the warranty units all failed too. Fun car to drive but a nightmare to own.

foraway y faraway

install lighter wheels and you have yourself a sub 6 second 0-60 car

I bought the last \/ersion of this (🆕) 17 /\¢¢ord coupe 3.5L, 6-$p€€d Ⓜ️anual (also in red) 👁️ ♥️ !+ ❗

I Have One. It’s A Money Pit & I Hate It