The Acura CL is a midsize coupé manufactured by Honda's Acura brand from 1997 to 1999, and from 2001 to 2003. The CL is often thought to have been a replacement for the Acura Legend coupé, but with the advent of the TL in 1996, which directly replaced the Vigor, the CL is more precisely a TL coupé. All Acura CLs were built at Honda's plant in Marysville, Ohio, alongside the TL and the Honda Accord upon which the Acura CLs were based. The CL was the first Acura to be built in the United States.