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| model_years = 1996–2012
| assembly = [[List of Honda facilities#Japan|Sayama Plant]], [[Sayama, Saitama]], Japan
| class = [[Mid-size]] [[luxury car]] ([[E-segment|E]])<br />[[Full-size]] luxury car ([[F-segment|F]])
| body_style = 4-door [[sedan (automobile)|sedan]]
| predecessor = [[Acura Legend]]
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The '''Acura RL''' is ana executive[[mid-size]] [[luxury car]] that was manufactured by the [[Acura]] division of [[Honda]] for the 1996–2012 [[model year]]s over two generations. The RL was the [[flagship]] of the marque, having succeeded the [[Acura Legend]], and was replaced in 2013 by the [[Acura RLX]]. All models of the Legend, RL and RLX lines have been adapted from the [[Japanese domestic market]] [[Honda Legend]]. The model name "RL" is an abbreviation for "Refined Luxury."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hondanews.com/categories/755/releases/4413 |title=Acura Media Newsroom: 2009 Acura RL - Introduction |publisher=Hondanews.com |access-date=2010-10-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090729062824/http://hondanews.com/categories/755/releases/4413 |archive-date=2009-07-29 }}</ref>
 
The first-generation Acura RL was a [[badge engineering|rebadged]] version of the third-generation Honda Legend, and was first introduced to the [[North America]]n market in 1996, to replace the second-generation [[Acura Legend]]. The second-generation Acura RL was a rebadged version of the fourth-generation Honda Legend, introduced to the North American market in September 2004, as a 2005 model. This iteration of the RL received an extensive [[Facelift (automobile)|mid-generational facelift]] for the 2009 model year, and a further update for 2011. The third-generation debuted for the 2014 model year as the '''[[Acura RLX]]'''.
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