Welp the woman saw the pictures of the RDX today and approved. So it seems that's what we'll be getting Soooo now the price? What does everybody think? I hoping 30k w/ navi

 

30K, 32K w/ Navi

 

.....it's more likely gonna be around 36 to 37K (fully loaded with Navi)

....just think about it. It's got SH-AWD, a V6 engine, Bluetooth, DVD-Audio, XM, HIDs, wood and leather interior, and pretty much all the other goodies from the TL......and besides this it's an SUV (which makes it more expensive than the sedan)

In any case I'm virtually positive it will not be anything less than 35K fully loaded.

Then, like the MDX, they might have different models of the RDX. For Example:
base
touring (with upgraded sound system and other goodies like heated seats etc.)
touring+Navi
In that case it might start at 30 to 31K for the base and end up at 35 to 36K for the fully loaded version!!

FYI, the MSRP on my 2003 MDX Touring/NAV/Rear-Entertainment System was $43,500....So, at 36K it would still be a substantial $7,500 difference which makes sense .....Besides, the current model MDX is now nearing it's end. The new redesigned MDX is likely to be even more expensive, leaving enough room for them to differentiate them.

 

V6?

 

No way. if thats the case it compete too much with the MDX. i say priced like the TL.

 

no way it's that expensive. they'd price themselves right out of the market. Why the buy and MDX? Not Acura's style to nickle and dime ammenities. You get the RDX with and without NAVI. That is the only option.

You can't have this thing loaded anywhere near what the MDX sells for. Acura wants to compete to with Nissan and BMW it needs to be priced lower. Majority of the interior will be shared with other cars in the Acura lineup.

I'd be sorely disappointed if it were 35k plus.

If Acura wants to compete this vehicle should start at 29k and be 31k w/ navi. It'll be priced right under the X3 and the FX35 and still steal sales from the Murano for those who want lux car but don't want to pay 36k.



2005 BMW X3
MSRP: $30,300 - $36,300

2005 Infiniti FX35
MSRP: $34,950 - $36,450

2005 Nissan Murano Midsize SUV
MSRP: $26,850 - $30,900

 

My guess is that it will absolutely MAX out at 35k (at the VERY most). Figure the top of the line RDX should be priced out at about the base price of an MDX.

However, I suspect that the MDX will be moving up market in its next iteration (which we should be looking forward to here very soon). So, this gives room in RDX pricing.

 

I too would bet about 35K out the door. Which is pretty compareable to the rest when similarly equipped.

 

You gotta remember that this will be a "tarted-up" CR-V, for which the top of the line SE model is like 25K. There's no reason that even with a V6 and a few other goodies the SE doesn't have, the RDX should be much over 30K. Just like we have Accord vs. TSX debate, there'll be a CR-V vs. RDX debate when they both come out next year - except that in the case of the latter, Acura will have the HP advantage.

 

I predict around 31K base and 33K with Navi ... which should be a home run IMHO.

 

I'm with Prov. That sounds about right to me.

 

i agree - $ RDX ~ $ TL

 

I view the CRV vs RDX being more similiar to comparing the Pilot to the MDX. I think others have it right in assuming the 3rd Gen CRV will have a V6 option on EX & SE models. If the V6 adds $3000 (similar to Accord 4 vs 6) then the CRV SE V6 would run $28,500 - no Navi.
A similar Pilot (EX w/leather - no navi) is $32,120. and a similar MDX (base - no navi) is $36,700. SO, the MDX is priced $4600 over the Pilot and if the RDX had a similar mark up the RDX base price would be $28500+4600=$33,100. Add $2000 for Navi and possible $2800 for the touring package (that's a lot for power & memory seats huh but that's what the MDX touring pack costs) and were looking at $37,900!!! Hope not?!?

 

I think it will start at $30K and go up from there.

 

i hope they keep it simple. It's the one thing i really appreciate Acura for doing. I hated shopping for other cars and having to sort through packages and not being able to have one thing without spending money on other things i didn't want.

 

Biker, I agree with the debate, but I think the Pilot v.s. RDX would be a better debate when comparing it to USDM Accord vs USDM TSX. I can't wait for this thing to come, it looks like it's gonna do pretty well from what I've been reading. There's a real need for sporty, fuel efficient SUVs. Now, if only Honda brought over either VCM or i-VTEC i onto some Acura products since they said Hybrid wouldn't be an option anytime soon.

 

Think the base price at cheapest will start at or above 30k. Suvs in general have a premium. It would be resonable for a tsx with awd/nav to be 30k so an suv with the newer luxuries, more power-probably end up being priced like the tl.

 

Look at the pilot vs mdx, 10k difference between the two.

 

it will be mid to high 20's

 

I'd like to think of it like the SUV version of the TSX...like the MDX is to the TL.

 

But the MDX is quite a bit more expensive than the TL and the RDX will most likely be quite a bit more expensive than the TSX...but I doubt it'll be $36-37K.

 

Well, based on starting MSRP:

TL: $33,100
MDX: $36,900

Delta = $3800

TSX: $27,190
RDX: $27,190 + $3800 = $30,990

That's right around where a lot of people have been predicting it. I do think we'll see this car starting at $30k or so. Probably not much less, probably not much more.

John

 

Acura always makes a point to undercut the competion (other than the RL to some extent) by offering more equipment and power for less money. I'm gonna say the RDX will start at $29,995 USD, and end up maxing out around $34K with Navi and RES. Of course, xenon (I hope), bluetooth, SH-AWD, V6 and DVD-A will all be standard.

 

dont be sure on the xenon factor, i think if they dont they will be lagging i hope they do... i think dvd-a will be scrapped and something better will be put in

 

Something better than DVD-A? Are you thinking a different format (SACD being the only competition I know of to DVD-A), or something more "useful" like the hard drive from the concept?

 

something more useful.... when will dealers begin taking orders on this thing.... i want mine first!

 

whats better than dvd-a?

 

other than the fact that most ppl rnt capable of burning their own dvd-a's

 

exactly, and I meant more useful... I cant even find the music I like on a DVD-A... I know how to burn a dvd-a but if all you have are mp3s, even if they are at cd-quality... THATS EXACTLY what they are... CD quality.... I think mp3 support would have been more practical...

 

.....than DVD-A by itself (for the reasons mentioned in above posts), is the "Centerpoint" technology by Bose, which is employed in the new RL!! ....to simulate "surround sound" as comes in Dolby Digital or DTS format DVD-As, from REGULAR CDs

 

i just hope they put in the audio in jack and support mp3

w/o the add-on player

 

When the TSX came out, everyone screamed that it was too much money. That nobody would pay that much for a 4 cylinder. That the price was too close the TL. That it would steal sales from the TL. This proved true (to a limited extent) for around 6 months. Then the new TL came out, and voila, the price gap and equipment gap were restored.

I'm not guaranteeing history wll repeat itself............. but.............. I suspect it will be alarmingly close to a base MDX when equipped with Nav and DVD. Then in 6 months the new MDX will arrive.

 

I sure hope your wrong colin... that puts this car out of my budget range because we already have an MDX, and Im selling my RX-8 (2004, and I hate it) for this car and I dont want to spend to much

 

I tend to agree with this, very much like the X3 and X5, the X3 is close to the X5 but the new X5 will move up the ladder and leave breathing room for the X3. I would expect the RDX, sadly, to be right around the 33-37 range.

Vandy

 

Well I've got my fingers crossed for a base of 31k, Navi at 33K and Navi/DVD at 35K.

 

I agree 100%. Price it there, and they've got a sale from me.