Edmunds Evaluation: 2007 Acura MDX

[Variance]

Edmunds Evaluation: 2007 Acura MDX

Normally, trying to be all things to all people is a six-lane freeway to suckitude. This is the downfall of focus-grouped design-by-committee automaking, which waters creativity down to the point of the lowest common denominator. Death by clinic.

With its all-new Megatron-faced 2007 MDX, Acura wants the MDX to be mentioned in the same breath as the Porsche Cayenne and BMW X5. Doing so required the new MDX to be a much hotter tamale than the lame-duck MDX in nearly every way, so Acura endowed the 2007 model with a formidable dynamic repertoire. Effectively negotiating the opposing tables of performance, utility and comfort is a delicate balancing act that the smarter, buffer MDX pulls off convincingly.

Edmunds

[siegen]

I was going to post this, just saw it today. God that's an ugly color for a vehicle. They could have at least gone with silver.

[Polish_Kris]

Actually this truck I found to be ugly as hell when I saw it in pictures

It looks totally different and better in person, much better, I'm impressed that Acura is beginning to style cars nicely again

[pow]

I've seen quite a few and t hey really do look like XL7s, particularly in white.

[regfootball]

that interior is somewhat tasty in those pics. why does it look like feces in black?

not a fan of the 2000 buttons on the center stack those.

[deftonesfan867]

So 300bhp at 6,500.....doesn't really matter then does it?

[Flybrian]

What's the deal with the extra plastic in the grille?

[DetroitNut90]

I'm much more partial to the X5.

[Dsuupr]

I've always thought the mdx was ugly and I still do.

[frogger]

While not breathtaking, this and the RDX seem to look better in real life than in pics.

[FAPTurbo]

I saw one at work yesterday, and that grille is still obnoxious.

[Cory Wolfe]

Love the MDX.

[bowtie_dude]

Holy Moses, that grill is ugly as hell!

Typically fantastic Acura interior, though.

[sciguy_0504]

Love the MDX.

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I do, too. I think the grille adds a lot to its character. The interior is still a turn-off, though, with all that wood (Edmunds made it seem like it is fake, is it?) and the many buttons with the upgraded stereo system.

[aaaantoine]

What's the deal with the extra plastic in the grille?

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According to another pic I've seen, the "extra plastic" is actually a very fine mesh.

Haven't seen one in person, though.