The Bottom Line of 2007 Acura RDX Review

According to some staffers, The audio controls were hard to get at during cup holders were holding cups, and adjusting the volume was the only way to hear route-guidance information from the navigation system.

The complaint about fuel economy and ride was more significant. The Four-cylinder engine in a luxury vehicle made by Acura might look economical, but it was not the matter. It was projected by EPA that RDX should be in 17 mpg city and 22 mpg highway, over the distance of 40,000 miles, and it is approximately 20 (2000 gallons, $7760).

The judgement of different response and empty space in turbo engine were covered by the willingness to the impressing acceleration of RDX. Spool-up for the variable-flow Aisin turbo was fast, the cogs in the five-speed automatic were well combined to the engine’s power band, and the transmission’s manumatic function, improved by paddle shifters, was high quality. It all was done to accomodate the crowded traffic in urban areas that become important thing for getting enjoyable in driving RDX.

The exceptional handling become the other major FTD component based on standards of this high vehicle class. The RDX passed the narrow paths like NFL’s Adrian Peterson riding his car in race. There is no misstep in passing kinky back roads and it is very flexible to break a sticky passing situation. Nevertheless, beside the excellent athletic responses and limited body motions, some complaints emerged is about the suspension setting that was too stiff.

There were still some unpleasant impressions to RDX, but long term service was held to take it out of problem throughout its C/D stay. A full-width horizontal crack was developed by A stone chip, requiring replacement of the windshield at 17,071 miles, a $726 fix was not guaranted. At 32,521 miles, the broken center cup-holder lid was replaced by the guarantee.

Beside that, routine periodic maintenances were held by the dealer. It has six visits of maintenances, usually for oil changes, topping off other fluids as necessary (almost nil), and tire rotations. For the all visits, it costs $925 including service costs of long term vehicle test should be paid by the owner.

Furthermore, to run Acura RDX without trouble, it collected the miles of its pace as a standard. The earlier test, RDX count 0 to 60 in 6.7 seconds with odometer showed 1540 miles and ran the quarter-mile in 15.3 seconds at 91 mph speed. With 38,936 miles, it got to 60 in 6.4 seconds and catched the quarter-mile line in 15.1 at 92 mph. Acura RDX was one step closer in improving its acceleration while many cars needed a long term to increase.

The RDX with The Michelin Pilot HX MXM4 all-season tires getting close to the end of spinning. It pulled 0.82 g on the skidpad in its final test versus 0.80 in the first run, and its 70-to-0-mph braking performance improved by two feet, 178 versus 180.

The bottom line: An urban crossover has an adequate RDX for the area because any driving found its joy by the combination of its power and agility. The ride quality is your choice to put satisfaction before you decided to drive in the environment that has a lot of dry paths.