Acura was quick to update the MDX less than two years after the arrival of the fourth generation. The 2025 Acura MDX is here, with a sharper design, a new touchscreen, and futuristic driver assistance features.
The automaker had a reason to bring the facelift so soon because, with it, it brought several major updates. New styles, new technology, and new features are on the menu for the 2025 MDX.
The MDX SUV builds on its reputation: it’s America’s best-selling trio SUV of all time. To maintain that reputation, the model is now getting a major update because “you better not stop,” says Mamadou Diallo, Honda Auto America’s Senior Vice President of Sales.
The MDX A-Spec now gets the Advance Package, which is a combination of sporty styling and premium features. That list includes a head-up display, 16-way front seats, heated second-row seats, a heated steering wheel, and a Surround View Camera.
Curvilinear-quilted leather and front seats with a massage function, previously only available on the MDX Type S, are also available on board the MDX and Advance Package and MDX A-Spec.
To bridge the gap between the turbocharged MDX Type S and other variants, Acura has come standard with the Advance Package, previously offered as an option. This time, the package also includes a brand new sound system with 31 Bang & Olufsen speakers.
Twelve of those speakers are mounted on the head of the car. It’s Acura’s most powerful sound system ever, also featuring an 8.8-inch subwoofer, two amplifiers, and 24 power channels.
The 2025 MDX also gets an upgraded Acura Clock, which is a suite of advanced safety and driver assistance technologies. It combines an updated front millimeter wave radar mounted behind the Acura badge, an updated front camera at the top of the windshield, and new wave radars at all four corners. A new touch sensor appeared on the steering wheel.
Drivers will benefit from a new 12.3-inch touchscreen with Google built-in as standard. The redesigned center console now integrates USB-C ports and increases storage space. Wireless smartphone charging is also common.
Acura wanted to make it clear to everyone that it was a major update and redesigned the front fascia of the model. A restyled bumper, a new open-frame Diamond Pentagon grille with a sharper mesh design, and custom-darkened JewelEye LED headlights turn the Acura MDX into a head-turner.
Customers will be able to choose from an enhanced color range, with Canyon River Blue Metallic and Urban Gray Pearl now available. The Technology Package also brings new 20-inch wheels.
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The top-of-the-line MDX Type S with Advance Package received redesigned front seats with Ultrasuede bolsters and Type S logo placed on the head restraints.
The version is instantly recognizable from the outside as it features a diamond pentagon-less grille and redesigned 21-inch wheels with a polished face and Berlina Black accents.
There’s also a unique rear diffuser, large quad exhausts, and four-piston Brembo front brake calipers.
The top-of-the-line Acura MDX S-type is powered by a 24-valve, dual-overhead-cam 3.0-liter turbocharged V6 engine. Developed with the help of engineers involved in championship-winning motorsports programs, it produces 355 horsepower and 354 pound-feet of torque.
The power plant is mated to a ten-speed automatic transmission and a Super Handling All-Wheel Drive system with torque converter and power steering at all four corners.
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The base unit is the Acura MDX with a 3.5-liter V6, 290 horsepower and 267 pound-feet of torque, mated to a ten-speed manual transmission.
The 2025 Acura MDX and MDX Type S will also roll off the factory production line in East Liberty, Ohio, as the RDX. Acura is an all-American model. It was designed in Los Angeles and manufactured in Raymond, Ohio. The three-row SUV will begin arriving at Acura dealers across America this May.
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