2014 Acura MDX AWD Long-Term Road Test

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edited September 2014 in Acura

image2014 Acura MDX AWD Long-Term Road Test

Acura made the unusual move of downsizing the engine in the redesigned MDX. Turns out, you don't notice a thing.

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  • banhughbanhugh Member Posts: 315
    Do you pass out from boredom when driving it or do they have an app for that? How's handling compared to the competition?
  • shotgunsishotgunsi Member Posts: 2
    Didn't they also move to direct injection with the 3.5L? I believe the previous 3.7L did not utilize direct injection hence the low power drop when down sizing the engine.
  • legacygtlegacygt Member Posts: 599
    Interesting. I guess the Explorer pretty famously also downsized it's engines but also introduced ecoboost so its not exactly comparable. In the other direction, Mazda introduced the CX-9 in 2007 with a 3.5L V6 but it wasn't until the 2008 replaced that engine with a 3.7L that the car started bringing home awards. This probably wasn't a bad move by Honda/Acura; however, where all the reviews of the previous MDX stressed it's driving performance, that type of praise is pretty absent from the current model.
  • noburgersnoburgers Member Posts: 500
    great! I wondered when you guys would start posting onthe new addition to the fleet
  • duck87duck87 Member Posts: 649
    @legacygt:? From Car and Driver's first drive review, the subtitle was "From the producers of the NSX, the most athletic of three-row SUVs. So far."
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