2007 Acura MDX

What Edmunds.com says Freshly redesigned for 2007, the new Acura MDX is a luxury SUV built with enthusiasts in mind, offering the sort of performance that puts it on par with the segment's Teutonic leaders. Pros Cutting-edge electronic entertainment and telematic features, exemplary handling, powerful yet relatively fuel-efficient V6 engine. Cons Love-it-or-hate-it grille, un-Acura-like price...

Staging an SUV introduction at a racetrack probably isn't unique. But it is certainly unusual — unless you're Acura and have an all-new Nürburgring-tuned MDX sport-ute featuring sophisticated torque-balancing strategies and an available magnetic shock system with switch-selectable sport and comfort programs. Then you fly journalists to BeaveRun racetrack in Pennsylvania in squadrons of...

Introduction Acura MDX – 2007 Review: Picture in your mind a sport sedan. One with all-wheel drive, an active damper system, and responsive steering and brakes. Give it a powerful V6 engine and a quick-shifting automatic transmission with a seamless shift-for-yourself mode. Imagine its sharp chassis reflexes were tuned on Germany’s famous Nürburgring race track, alongside BMWs, Mercedes-Benzes...

Honda has been getting pretty edgy with the design of its vehicleslately, including its premium division's new lineup of SUVs. The new Acura MDX, for instance, looks as though it's taken design traits from a sci-fi movie. Looking a bit like a spaceship with a medieval armor shield for a grille, which may or may not be able to deflect incoming photon torpedoes, it's as strikingly unique as the...