The MDX is Acura’s flagship crossover SUV. It distills fine handling, outstanding performance and upscale luxury into a seven-passenger ride capable of defeating snow, mud and crud without breaking a sweat.
Greeting 2011 unchanged
As is often the case these days, vehicles slide into a new year with zero to little change, and this is the case with Acura’s 2011 MDX. The current version received significant upgrades in 2010 after being introduced in 2007 as the second generation MDX.
Despite its preservation for 2011, the MDX is as contemporary and up-to-date as anything else in its highly popular segment; it’s also one of the most visually distinctive thanks to a nose fitted with Acura’s much maligned family proboscis.
I have to confess to harboring greater admiration of the bi-slat grille of 2009 but that’s ancient history in car years. The most recent design is visually more aggressive than that of ’09, and now consistent with the remainder of the Acura family.
A cabin full of tech and comfort
I was spoiled by the Elite trim-level of my tester, which added heated and ventilated front seats, heated rear seats, Adaptive Cruise Control, Blind Spot Information and Acura’s Collision Mitigation Braking system to the otherwise fully equipped cabin.
Along with the features noted, my tester was equipped with Acura’s premium 410-watt ELS surround-sound 15GB hard-drive audio system, which included a 9-inch DVD entertainment screen and personal sound. Additional accoutrements included navigation with voice recognition, a multi-view rear camera setup and tri-zone air conditioning with sun detection and humidity control.
That’s a lot of equipment to stuff into a cabin that’s already generously stocked. And if one’s attracted by lots of switches that light up at night to resemble an aircraft cockpit—as most Y-chromosome’ers are—the MDX will fulfill.
The large, versatile MDX cabin will also fulfill many needs of the mundane variety thanks to the cavernous cargo hold that appears when the second and third row seats are folded flat.
Greeting 2011 unchanged
As is often the case these days, vehicles slide into a new year with zero to little change, and this is the case with Acura’s 2011 MDX. The current version received significant upgrades in 2010 after being introduced in 2007 as the second generation MDX.
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| The MDX is Acura’s flagship crossover SUV. (Photo: Rob Rothwell/Auto123.com) |
Despite its preservation for 2011, the MDX is as contemporary and up-to-date as anything else in its highly popular segment; it’s also one of the most visually distinctive thanks to a nose fitted with Acura’s much maligned family proboscis.
I have to confess to harboring greater admiration of the bi-slat grille of 2009 but that’s ancient history in car years. The most recent design is visually more aggressive than that of ’09, and now consistent with the remainder of the Acura family.
A cabin full of tech and comfort
I was spoiled by the Elite trim-level of my tester, which added heated and ventilated front seats, heated rear seats, Adaptive Cruise Control, Blind Spot Information and Acura’s Collision Mitigation Braking system to the otherwise fully equipped cabin.
Along with the features noted, my tester was equipped with Acura’s premium 410-watt ELS surround-sound 15GB hard-drive audio system, which included a 9-inch DVD entertainment screen and personal sound. Additional accoutrements included navigation with voice recognition, a multi-view rear camera setup and tri-zone air conditioning with sun detection and humidity control.
That’s a lot of equipment to stuff into a cabin that’s already generously stocked. And if one’s attracted by lots of switches that light up at night to resemble an aircraft cockpit—as most Y-chromosome’ers are—the MDX will fulfill.
The large, versatile MDX cabin will also fulfill many needs of the mundane variety thanks to the cavernous cargo hold that appears when the second and third row seats are folded flat.
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| I was spoiled by the Elite trim-level of my tester, which added heated and ventilated front seats, Adaptive Cruise Control, Blind Spot Information and Collision Mitigation Braking system. (Photo: Rob Rothwell/Auto123.com) |