Acura Rdx Test Drive
See for yourself: Acura is a Japanese brand, a premium sub-brand of Honda. But at first it was created to conquer the far-fetched market of North America, which it has aimed to this day and where it has the largest sales. Volvo is a Swedish company that at one time belonged to the South American concern Ford, which sold it in two thousand and ten to the Chinese from Geely.
Well, the Ford Trolley is based on the XC60 crossover – Mondeo and large Ford minivans for the European market, Volvo cars of sixty and eighty lines and compact Land Rover models – Freelander and Evoque are made on the same platform with varying degrees of unification.
The trunk in the Japanese crossover does not open with the key until you unlock the door with a separate button on the key fob.
Acura RDX is created on the same technological basis that is used for the Honda CR-V model.
Moreover, if the previous generation shone with an interesting technical stuffing (a turbo engine combined with a sophisticated all-wheel drive SH-AWD with traction vectorization on the rear axle), then the current one has become more standardized with the massmarket-brother from Honda. Namely, the smart all-wheel drive system, which is also used in the larger Acura MDX crossover (its test is by reference), was replaced with a simple CR-V coupling, and the engine on the second generation RDX is now naturally aspirated – to please the American consumer, who prefers more simpler and cheaper.
But when you turn on the reverse, the right RDX mirror helpfully moves down
The overseas market also influenced the interior of the Acura crossover, where there is practically nothing luxurious: inexpressive flat seats, fifty shades of gray plastic and three small pale displays on the front panel. But, an amazing thing – even though the eye is not happy, it’s convenient to use all the controls, as this happens on an intuitive level. At Volvo, the materials and finishes are much better (cunning plastics of different colors and textures, polished aluminum, richer leather), and it looks more concise and stylish. But, for example, adjusting the climate using the “little man” with buttons-zones and twirls, the size and shape of which is no different from the two exactly the same above (I also constantly confused their functionality), is not as simple as in Akura. And yet, inside Volvo is quite drawn to premium, while Acura is not even trying hard.
