Does anybody feel the car is very wide for a "compact" crossover? This car is supposed to compete with the NX300 and CX-5 for the price range. The RDX is wider by a large margin! I realized this car is similar size to the RX350.

One of the benefits is that I drove 4 adults and their luggage to an airport recently with comfort for the passengers.

Though, I think Acura would benefit with a new car model that's similar size to the Honda HRV.

The width wasn't a problem until I started parking in tough places. I hope I get use to the car width, but sometimes I eye the Toyota CHR or Honda HRV... and think the size is more appropriate for a "compact" crossover.

I'm curious what others think about the overall size of the car and the width in general.

 

Love the size. You'll appreciate it when putting a child seat in and the front passenger isnt squished to the windshield.
CX-5 was rated very poorly for that very reason. Say goodbye to your rear cargo room with a stroller.

I don't see much point with a small compact suv. Might as well get a sedan like the new accord which has more room and luxury high tech features for the same price.

 

3G RDX is a mid-size SUV. Not compact by any measurement any longer. Just because someone called it a compact does not make it one.

 

A Honda HRV is small, like an Audi Q3. This is midsized, like a Q5.

 

Acura does have a subcompact crossover based upon the HR-V in China called CDX.
It looks like a mini RDX.

I don’t know why they don’t bring it to North America. I think it would sell fairly well here.

I was parked next to a Porsche Macan yesterday and was surprised how much larger the RDX is.

 

The very reason the NX fell off our list was it felt too small, narrow , or whatever inside. We preferred the RX a lot more between the two. To each his own I suppose, but the width is just right for me and my wife did not want the size of a three-row type.

 

I consider the MDX mid sized suv. The new RDX definently blurs the line and moved up into that segment. I dont know what the complaint is about. It definitely attracted me to the RDX cause of the more usuable space than before. Anything smaller thab that I would of gone for the Lexus RX350.

 

It's deceivingly wide. It's almost as wide as my 1st gen Pilot and I think the mirrors actually extend wider. It seems just as tight when I pull into my 1 car garage.

It's a few inches shorter in length though. And not nearly the cabin or cargo volume. The roof line is about 4 inches lower and tapered for style and aerodynamics

 

Well, the current RDX is just an inch and a half shorter than the original MDX so yeah, it's no longer a compact SUV though it competes in that class. Both it and the X3 are at the big end of the "compact" class for luxury SUVs. I think it roughly breaks that like this:

Subcompact: Q3, X1, GLA/GLB, XC40, XT4
Compact: NX,Corsair, Q5, GLC, XC60, X3 (barely), RDX (barely)
Midsize: XT5, RX...MDX, GLE, X5, XC90, Q7 (barely)
Large: XT6, Aviator, GLS, X7

Acura has said they aren't going to offer a smaller crossover in the NA market which is a shame as it's a really hot market, the powertrains are available for a subcompact (1.5T w a dual clutch from the ILX), and there's space in the pricing range for Acura (Figure a starting price of $33K). Build it off a shortened CR-V chassis rather than the HR-V and it'll be refined enough to compete in the subcompact class.

 

I'm still getting used to the size; coming from an older CRV it definitely feels much larger. But it's only 6 inches longer and 3 inches wider than my old CRV. But I agree with others though - cars like the NX300 are not in the same class and I didn't even cross-shop them. Almost anything else in the class has half the cargo space of the RDX which makes it far less Useful for a CUV. A slight increase in length and width, but greater efficiency compared to others, means the RDX punches above its weight. Except compared to the CR-V, which honestly is just a Tardis-like vehicle.

 

I would conclude that the RDX has always been wider. 1st Gen 73.6", 2nd Gen 73.7", 3rd Gen 74.8. I like the size. Nice n'roomy inside regardless of the category they assign it. Perhaps Acura is missing the boat by not developing a competitor for NX300 or the X1.

 

I too went from a CRV to the RDX, and it definitely is wider, and much more roomy inside. The first month after I got it, I hit a curb twice making a turns and scraped my new wheels (ouch!). But I'm used to it now, I haven't done that for over a year.

 

I feel you. Happened to me in a tight parking lot. Lucky it only scuff the tires. I'm slowly getting used to car!

I drove a Corolla previously before this car, and this is a lot of car for me due to the huge jump. I do notice this car feel less like a boat on turns compared to my old CL.

Despite all this, I enjoy how this car feels so preppy for size and weight. I feel like it drove like my old Integra GS from high school.... Which is very surprising! I do think Acura can expand their line up a little with a cross over smaller then the RDX.

 

I don't parallel park very often but that's the only time I use the tilt-down mirror.

 

They have one, just not in the US.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acura_CDX

 

As I recall the NX is only narrower by an inch or so. Acura did a much better job in ergonomics of the interior for sure. I’m almost glad Lexus didn’t the trim I wanted or I probably wouldn’t have considered the RDX.

 

If only we could have retractable mirrors.......

 

Roll down the window, reach out, and tug.

First world problems... didn't I say boomers are supposed to be tough; hardened by war, hardship, and calamity?

But I concur that RDX "drives wide" for its size. I don't find it much easier to park than 3rd-gen MDX or Pilot. And visibility out the rear is worst of the bunch. I'm totally dependent on that first world feature called surround view cameras.

 

How long are your arms if you can do that for the passenger mirror? I'm 6'3" and can't reach from the driver's side. I don't have a use for the folding mirrors, but I do find it an odd omission from the top trim level.

 

Do it manually? Oh, the indignity of it all. Plus, as Dagums so rightfully pointed out, I cannot reach the passenger side mirror.

 

You're thinking of their parents who endured hardship, never complained, saved the world and sacrificed to make a better life for their children. Boomers whined and complained and wanted to "change the world" but they wanted someone else to do it. And their children think the world owes them something.

 

Move to Canada, eh. Their top trims get electrically actuated folding mirrors.

Maybe because they would freeze their hands off if they reached outside.

LOL. My mistake.

 

Not for nuthin’ but as a boomer, I paid for both my parent’s retirement and my own. My dad, born in 1910, barely paid into SS. Maximum earnings were low, and the tax percentage was low too. Then he went and collected for 30 years. Not to mention footing the bill for his Medicare, for which he paid a mere 10 years of taxes compared to my over 40.

What did that generation ever do for us? (Except that whole ‘making the world safe for democracy’ thing.)

 

Not the best of pics but we have the NX300 and RDX, both in white, and my RDX is much wider than the NX.

 

RDX: “Does this color make my ass look big?”
NX300: “It is not the color.”

 

Maybe it's me....but even the NX300 appears to be too wide for that section of driveway you cleared!!

 

RDX: "So how's that nose job working out for you?"

Drop the mic.

 

Keeps getting further away from the standard set by The Greatest Generation (TM) (was it Tom Brokaw who coined that phrase or did he just profit from it through a book deal or something) who saved North America from being an 'Axis' colony.