I convinced myself I needed a crossover. The RDX was great at test drive, but those few minutes are different than when you have a vehicle for a few weeks. Don't get me wrong, I think it's a great vehicle and it's not all complaints. Would I get it if I had to do it over? Probably not, but at the same time I don't feel like I made a terrible choice.

What I want to see on the 2020, though I have a 2019 Advanced RDX, is REMOTE START.

It still pisses me off that it was listed as a feature on their website for the first two months for the advanced package and they pulled the whole... whoops we really thought we added that but nah we didn't actually. Oh and even though it says it has remote start? Yeah that's a "typo".

I agree with all of these suggestions.

Holding off on purchasing one until the 2020 model. I can't believe they released a better spec car in Canada but not in the US. What's the logic behind that?

It has always been like that. I read an article and it mentioned the highly competitive US market. To get prices as low as possible, every trim has to meet a certain price point. I'm sure the engineers would love to throw every feature available to them, but bean counters get the final say. In Canada, because our market is a lot smaller, price competition isn't nearly as intense. That and our MSRP is usually much higher (recent exception - the top of the line Stinger in Canada is about the same MSRP as the USA Stinger even though our dollar is worth about 25% less). So instead of competing less so on price (not saying you can't get a good deal in Canada), Canadian spec'd vehicles also tend to compete more on features as well.

Excellent post!

The changes will be minor, if any based on history. The wish lists will not happen.

This is correct. MAYBE Android Auto, a new paint color or wheel design and MAYBE slight reshuffling of options (i.e make something previously on a higher trim on a lower trim, but nothing huge). But none of the bigger changes proposed on here.

When do you guys think the 2020 will be released or at least when will we have more information from Acura about it? Since the 2019 was released in the summer, hopefully we don't have to wait until fall of 2019.

Don't expect to see the 2020 models till at least August or September. As for projected changes, those are usually released at the same time as the models hitting the lots because they don't want people not buying previous year models in anticipation of announced changes.

Wait. I thought Android Auto was going to be made available on 2019's via software update once Android/Acura release the technology program for it. And I read this several months ago now.


Major changes not expected until MMC in or around 2022.

A heated windshield in Minneapolis is probably as useful as one in Winnipeg. I wonder if consumer type (maybe even safety) laws vary between the US and Canada which could affect features available in either country or if it is all Acura's view of being market driven?

To answer the question....myself!

Just kidding, of course course. If I look in the mirror I can see myself in a 2019 RDX, and I have a big smile on my face..

If you push the wiper stalk up (MIST) that does exactly what you are looking for already, quick wipe no fluid.

I'm gonna echo some of the others comments:

- power folding mirrors
- better wheels for the Advance trim
- Advance options for the A-Spec trim (e.g. suspension, HUD, 360 camera)

Yes, correct, but then you have to fiddle to pull it back down two one notches to its' automatic position. PITA!!

It is also more of a finger stretch to push it up than it is to pull it back.

Really poorly engineered IMHO for a "driving" vehicle.

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I agree about the wheels - they are hideous! LOL

If the streets in greater Toronto have as many potholes as in Ohio with the freezing and thawing, you may have an opportunity to replace your wheels for a more compelling reason than just aesthetics.

Like many, many others here, I would like to see a combination of features from the Advance with the looks of the A-Spec. Period, full stop (as they say :)).

Many will dislike this comment but I predict no changes for 2020. I also don't see a type S variant for at least another 2-3 years.

I don't like this comment.

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No change is almost impossible. The very least the info they can do is change the wheels

Another change I hope they bring to the 2020 model is HD cameras! I can't believe they are a luxury brand and have crap cameras.

Hope it's similar to my Mercedes (what I'm looking to trade in)

I would like to see better rims, ventilated back seats, and a nicer key fob

Right! I have forgotten to mention Acura's key fob feels really outdated comparing to it's luxury competitors, especially Volvo's

I would appreciate it if someone would explain what the difference between Acura's FOB and it's luxury competitor's is.

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/acurazi...1b05b50a88.jpg


Don't mean to be condescending but you could just Google the FOB image and see yourself.

But in general, Volvo has a leather wrapped fob with buttons tucked away, it's more elegant to me and feels more solid in your hand.

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Thanks for the image, but...I agree! And I did Google it. And saw and felt it when I tested the XC60 before deciding on my RDX. My comment/request was a more subtle way (apparently a failed way) to ask what folks felt was more elegant, and why. I never take the fob out of my pocket, and wife never takes it out of her purse.

On another comparison note, the Volvo XC60 doesn't have a nice easy to use push button starter, rather a less elegant and less intuitive twist knob starter on the console (which .by the way) has gone back to the push button on the latest Volvo, the XC40.

Well ya. I said the same thing about leather seats. My legs never really sits on the lush soft real leather, I sit on whatever fabric I am wearing that day. Does that mean I don't want leather seats? Absolutely not, especially when I supposed to be buying a luxury brand.

So goes the logic

The keyfob usually says a lot about a car and for that reason a lot of luxury car brands try hard to make theirs stick out. For example not only does Volvo use real leather on their fobs, they even match the color of the fob to the color of the interior. A dated fob design usually implies a dated and cheap car. Nissan has been using that same ghastly fob design for both Nissan's and infiniti's since like 2000.

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/acurazi...9bd36d052.jpeg


Does it really matter considering people like us never take the key out of our pocket? No it's nitpicking at best, but it definitely sets a nice impression.

But look at this stinger fob, old santa fe fob and current santa fe fob vs the RDX fob.

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/acurazi...0a31f2211.jpeg
Kia Stinger fob
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/acurazi...12f5e9fb9.jpeg
Last Generation Hyundai Santa Fe fob
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/acurazi...0a5f5dd62.jpeg
Current Santa Fe fob
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/acurazi...4e2f0c8e6.jpeg
RDX fob

The reason I mention the Kia anand Hyundai's isn't because I think they compete with the RDX but rather to show that even cheaper cars have nicer fobs.

I love the RDX fob. I know that when I out fishing I'll always have an emergency weight or anchor available and dang its' impressive when I'm at the nightclubs with that thing in my pants pocket. ;) ;)

Thank you for going the extra distance and posting these pix! While I understand the "image" of the fob, like newsey1904 says just above, "its' impressive when I'm at the nightclubs with that thing in my pants pocket"...

hmmm

(lots of opportunity to take this further, but I won't!)

PS, We don't have many places with valet parking here in the desert, so I won't even be able to UNimpress a car jockey! ROFL

When my TLX lease is done, I'm looking into hopping into a 2020 A-Spec RDX. I want:
- Infotainment issues sorted out
- Hard shifting transmission sorted out
- Adaptive dampers on the A-Spec. If there's one bullet point that should trickle down from the Platinum Elite/Advance, this should be it. Those wide tires needs a nice suspension.
- Better rubber than that Goodyear garbage on the A-Spec. Doubtful this will change.