4th Gen 2022 Acura MDX

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12-08-20 | 11:57 AM

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Finally a production SUV with timeless elegant styling.
No hideous oversized grills or fake vents.

This will be HUGE success for Acura!

12-08-20 | 12:29 PM

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Looks good!

12-08-20 | 12:38 PM

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Here's the press release:

https://www.acura.com/news-and-press...GeneralNewsRss

I'm impressed that Acura managed to keep the price of the fully loaded model the same as the outgoing one. And unlike the TLX, they gave it substantially more interior space than the outgoing model.

Seems like a very competent, well-priced entry. A lot more thought and effort was put behind this than the TLX.

12-08-20 | 12:43 PM

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Looks exactly as predicted; 5% more lol. Either way its amazing, and I look forward to the competition between the GV80 and it this year, and then qx60 next year, and lastly the RX redesign.

12-08-20 | 12:46 PM

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With the way this is priced, this isn't in the same league as the GV80, not until it gets the Type S variant at least. Definitely more of an RX competitor, which also has a naturally aspirated V6.

12-08-20 | 12:55 PM

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This looks great. I love the styling of Japanese cars and the sheetmetal

I just love the digital gauge cluster

12-08-20 | 12:58 PM

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Motorola

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lol there's nothing Japanese about the MDX, it's designed in America and built in Ohio. The last Japanese Acura was the RLX and that's been killed off here.

12-08-20 | 01:00 PM

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At least it looks like the prototype

. Can't say the same for the TLX.

12-08-20 | 01:00 PM

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Acura is a Japanese brand

12-08-20 | 01:01 PM

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Acura doesn't even exist in Japan

12-08-20 | 01:01 PM

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Acura

12-08-20 | 01:07 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Motorola

Acura doesn't even exist in Japan

acura’s world headquarters is in Japan. Acura is a division of Honda. With an office in the USA. You are probably too young recall , but the original Acura cars came from Japan.

12-08-20 | 01:11 PM

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lol not my words. Try convincing Honda corporate otherwise:

Quote:

ASAHIKAWA, Japan -- Honda Motor Co.'s outgoing global r&d chief is blunt about Acura's challenge: It aims to be a global brand, but its U.S. engineers have little experience designing global vehicles. "Acura is an American brand," Yoshiharu Yamamoto said during a drive event at Honda Motor Co.'s nearby proving ground in northern Japan, just days before his retirement was announced by the company as part of a top management overhaul that included the ousting of CEO Takanobu Ito.

"Though it started with Japanese technologies, after twenty and some years, now we consider it born in America," said Fukuo, who became global quality czar on Nov. 1 before his promotion today.

https://www.autonews.com/article/201...mpete-globally