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TRACK-TESTED; Acura says its 2007 MDX is a driver's SUV.(News)
Byline: WES RAYNAL
How smart is it to introduce a sport/utility vehicle right now? Gas prices are unstable (yes, they're dropping, but who knows how long that will last?), and pickup and SUV sales are beginning to show signs of shrinking. Yet here we have an all-new Acura MDX, and the good news for MDX lovers is that it's a huge improvement over the outgoing model.
Acura's seven-passenger MDX has always been a strong player in what could be termed the medium premium market (Volkswagen Touareg, Volvo XC90, Lexus RX and the like). Acura, going against conventional wisdom, figures the category will grow 26 percent in the next five years and aims to be ready.
The new MDX is a handsome devil, with crisper sheetmetal. It is 2.2 inches longer and 2.4 inches wider than the old one. Acura officials said they were going for a sportier-looking-and driving-MDX.
That starts with a 3.7-liter, 300-hp, 275-lb-ft V6-47 more horsepower and 25 more lb-ft of torque compared with the MDX engine it replaces. Mated to a five-speed sequential gearbox, the engine pulls strongly, and being a Honda powerplant, it's ultra smooth doing it. The trucklet can tow up to 5000 pounds, Acura says, adding that its customer surveys show only 18 percent of SUV owners say they need to tow more.
The MDX was tuned on the Nurburgring, where the Super-Handling All Wheel Drive was dialed in. SH-AWD can shift the optimum amount of torque front to rear and side to side. It isn't for heavy-duty off-roading necessarily, but on the road or even a track (part of our MDX test drive was at Pennsylvania's BeaveRun raceway-not your usual SUV venue), the SH-AWD showed its stuff. Where the competition plowed through corners, the MDX just tracked around on its intended path with ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, TRACK-TESTED; Acura says its 2007 MDX is a driver's SUV.(News)