We do not know Honda’s luxury brand Acura in Europe, but the brand is becoming more interesting every year. Today we take a look at the updated version of Acura’s smallest SUV, the RDX.
Toyota Motor Group is doing good business with Lexus, but Nissan’s luxury brand Infiniti has hardly had any success in Europe. We don’t even know Honda’s luxury brand Acura here at all. Acura initially supplied in the United States mainly dressed up versions of existing Honda cars, but increasingly builds cars that are not a direct Honda brother. One of those cars is the RDX presented in 2018, the smallest SUV of the brand is now undergoing a model year update and is being tackled from the outside, among other things.
Acura RDX
Although, small… the RDX is a 4.74 meter long SUV that is about 15 centimeters longer than the Honda CR-V. The RDX gets a new, thinner grille frame, although the completely new front bumper with vertical cooling slots on both sides is more eye-catching. The new RDX front now looks more like that of the slightly younger big brother of the RDX, the new MDX presented at the end of last year.
Acura RDX
It does not stop at external changes. According to Acura, the chassis has been refined and the sound insulation has been drastically improved. Just like the pre-facelift model, the renewed RDX also comes with a PMC Edition. As before, there is again a sporty A-Spec variant that is loaded with black details. According to Acura, this is “the most popular version with customers under the age of 45.” Regardless of the version chosen, the RDX has a 272 hp blown 2.0-liter four-cylinder petrol engine, a power source that is linked to a ten-speed automatic transmission. Basically, the RDX is a front-wheel drive, four-wheel drive is available as an option on every version, although the PMC Edition always has it.
The outgoing RDX has a converted starting price of €32,820 in the United States. The car competes with models such as the Audi Q5, BMW X3, Lexus NX and Mercedes-Benz GLC. Although the RDX is almost completely unknown in the Netherlands, it is the most popular model from Acura. Last year, the brand sold nearly 53,000 units in the United States, more than the MSX (47,816 units). Acura’s sedans also lag behind the RDX in terms of sales. The brand’s most popular sedan last year was the TLX, of which the brand sold 21,785 units. The RDX thus scored more than double that number.
– Thanks for information from Techzle.nl