![]() ![]() The ZDX's standard six-speed automatic transmission further distinguishes it from other Acura models. The dashboard features expansive swaths of soft hand-stitched leather - a first for an Acura product - and there is also a unique "Monolith" center stack that fades to black when powered off. Is this new Acura a savvy marketing decision, or an answer to a question nobody was asking?īeyond its dramatic exterior, the ZDX offers some notable exclusive features, principally, its sumptuous interior layout. Yet the ZDX doesn't get any additional sportiness in the bargain - it has the same V6 and similar driving dynamics. Due to its rakish exterior design, the ZDX has neither the third-row seat nor the roomy second-row seat of its family-minded sibling. With a mere 410 ZDX of all trim variants sold in North America for 2013, resale prices are holding with $24,000 to $27,500 being paid for low mileage 2010 Acura ZDX the only units(3) we find available for sale on the West Coast of the U.S.The 2010 Acura ZDX begins life as the MDX crossover, a vehicle we've long admired for bringing capable handling and three-row crossover functionality under one roof. We look to initial 2009 sales(81) and the last year of production(2013)to be the “go to year” for serious Acura collectors. With a total of 7191 vehicles produced and sold in North America, exceptional styling and several Acura firsts, ZDX is destined for car collections the world over. Looking to the numbers: We find ZDX to be the rarest of U.S. Introduced in April of 2009 as a 2010 model, ZDX production ended in 2013. Why Acura ZDX is destined to be a collector car With only one initial side airbag recall, manufactured quality is not the issue as to low volume ZDX sales. Looking to recall records we discovered ZDX to be one of Acura’s most reliable offerings. And, for those not concerned with the price of gasoline, a beginning MSRP of $45,495 to $57,995(2010) drove would-be ZDX buyers to competing brands. A stated MPG of 16 city/22 highway slowed ZDX sales to a crawl in a day of $4 per gallon gasoline. Unfortunately for Acura ZDX $2 gasoline arrived a year or two too late. Coupled with the maker’s mechanically bullitproof 300 horsepower 3.7 liter V6 this midsize crossover is fun to drive and mechanically reliable. ZDX was the first Acura to feature a 6 speed automatic transmission. Tech? Yes, it has it all: Available in 3 trim variants, ZDX can take you from a decent stereo and Bluetooth connectability to state of the art Acura/ELS Surround premium audio as found in 2015 TLX with voice command navigation but, it doesn’t come cheap.īuilt on the Honda Pilot, Acura MDX platform, ZDX features SH-AWD for exceptional sure footed on and off-road traction and handling. The Acura grill, you’ll either like it or you won’t. With interior accommodations sporting hand stitched leather seats, panoramic glass roof with removable sun shades, high grade hard and soft material finished surfaces ZDX shouts Acura-grade quality with just a touch of understated elegance. A meld of organic body curve meets hard chine side line works the eye. recovery, ZDX didn’t sell well.ĭesigned by Acura’s first women designer, ZDX exterior lines are stunning. crossover market, caught in the doldrums of a then floundering U.S. While originally directed at the premium U.S. The First Acura design to come out of Honda’s Torrance studio is just different enough to separate the ZDX driver from the sport-crossover crowd. You won’t find anything else like ZDX on the road today. Concept designer Michelle Christian had labeled the groundbreaking automotive departure as a “4-door sports coupe” while Acura PR stated ZDX “blurs the distinction between coupe, sedan and sport utility vehicle ” it still does. Interestingly enough when introduced at the 2009 New York International Auto Show as a 2010 model, ZDX was not referred to as a Crossover. just wasn't ready for this exceptional looking sports- hatchback with true off road capabilities. Perhaps ZDX was under marketed, or the U.S. ZDX is big and bold by Acura measures excessively opulent and socially puffy bordering on the grandiose think MDX SUV crossed with TL, throw in a hatchback and angle chop drop the rear roof line that’s ZDX don’t forget the glass roof.Ĭadillac CTS wagon had nothing on this beast what was it? ZDX is that full figured gal down the street with the pretty face tough to dismiss, impossible to ignore. The first time we viewed Acura ZDX working its way through a high-end retail shopping center, we weren’t quite sure what we were looking at an upsized Chrysler Crossfire, BMW X6, Volvo XC60 re-do? We’d previously encountered the soon to be outgoing Honda Crosstour, and while ZDX does sport a distant cousin similarity to Crosstour, ZDX design takes the quirky organic, hard body line, fat rear-end design attributes of Crosstour and Acura-izes them. ![]()
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