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Old 12-26-21, 10:43 AM
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I'll give you an example. I would enthusiastically buy an MDX for my wife and for family duty. Happily drive it on trips, etc. I would never buy one for me as my car, I would want something like an X7, GLS, Range Rover, etc. Its just not the caliber of car that I myself want.

For MOST people though, the MDX is a great vehicle and even at that price it has positives for them over a more "proper" premium vehicle, packaging and space is a big one.
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Originally Posted by SW17LS
I'll give you an example. I would enthusiastically buy an MDX for my wife and for family duty. Happily drive it on trips, etc. I would never buy one for me as my car, I would want something like an X7, GLS, Range Rover, etc. Its just not the caliber of car that I myself want.

For MOST people though, the MDX is a great vehicle and even at that price it has positives for them over a more "proper" premium vehicle, packaging and space is a big one.

For packaging and space... there wasn't a comparison. You just get more space w/ a FWD based vehicle. Unless we were willing to step up to a bigger SUV the MDX was the goldilocks of gimpy 3 row SUV's.
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Originally Posted by geko29
Not even remotely saying that the MDX will be on the same level as those. But the idea of a Performance SUV isn't exactly preposterous.
Maybe they've attained it, but the IDEA is still preposterous. Simple test: Ask an engineer "What would you add to a vehicle to make it go faster?" See how many say, "Height!"
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Old 12-28-21, 07:42 AM
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Originally Posted by LexWannabe
Maybe they've attained it, but the IDEA is still preposterous. Simple test: Ask an engineer "What would you add to a vehicle to make it go faster?" See how many say, "Height!"
Even 119 years later, this quote still holds up

Things move along so rapidly nowadays that people saying: “It can’t be done,” are always being interrupted by somebody doing it.
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Originally Posted by evident
the MDX was the goldilocks of gimpy 3 row SUV's.
i'm sure they'll use this in their marketing.

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Simple test: Ask an engineer "What would you add to a vehicle to make it go faster?" See how many say, "Height!"
new 9000 pound and tall (and overall massive) hummer says 'hold my beer' heck a tesla model x is an suv that can blow the doors off most anything in a straight line.

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Originally Posted by evident
For packaging and space... there wasn't a comparison. You just get more space w/ a FWD based vehicle.
Leave it to Acura to screw up something this simple with the new TLX.
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Originally Posted by Motorola
Leave it to Acura to screw up something this simple with the new TLX.
seriously. cant believe the tlx has almost the same interior size as an IS.
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