Acura MDX SH-AWD (2015) review - CAR Magazine

? US market-only seven-seat SUV. ? Made by Honda, badged as Acura. What is it. A seven-seat Honda SUV named MDX. Only the MDX is not on sale in the UK, and it’s not really a Honda, it’s an Acura. Acura does for Honda in the US what Lexus does for Toyota, and the MDX is based on the Honda Pilot platform. Acura claims it’s the best-selling seven-seat SUV of all time, with over 700,000 sales since 2000 putting it ahead of stalwarts including the Audi Q7 and gargantuan Infiniti QX50. There have been over a million Land Rover Discoverys produced since... That’s a well-established unit, but MDXs of old – and even of this generation – used a six-speed auto, while this latest update takes that to a new ZF nine-speeder. Standard specification is quite generous, and includes a reversing camera, power tailgate, LED headlamps, Siri Eyes Free connectivity (have texts read out to you and respond without taking hands from wheel or eyes from road), Bluetooth and digital... The 10-way adjustable driver’s seat leaves you feeling fresh after long stints behind the wheel, and there’s so much space you’re not sure what to do with it – the MDX is 50mm longer than the previous model – but 33mm narrower and 16mm lower too –... Source: www.carmagazine.co.uk