I am looking to purchase a 2020 RDX Advanced model and have learned some interesting things from this forum that Acura doesn't really mention.

Here's a fact sheet: https://www.acura.com/-/media/Files/...Fact-Sheet.pdf

Features not mentioned in the fact sheet for the 2020 RDX Advanced so far are:
- Adaptive lighting, where the #5 Jewel Eye LED light is actually adaptive
- Auto dimming side mirrors


What else is there?

 

Not sure if you are in the US or Canada but each has slightly different features....
Some would say that Acura has many features that they don't acknowledge, at least until you bring it in for service. Then the reply is that "it is designed that way" (fill in blank)

 

Total babe magnet.

In other words, child seats fit fine.

 

Spare tire.

 

There is a really cool, super bright cargo light in the back that you can’t turn off when the hatch is open...

 

adaptive lighting not available in USA

 

That’s a lie. It’s been proven time and time again adaptive lighting is on the advance package in the USA.

I have a US model Advance and I can even see it activating while on a curve. The parts list even shows a AFS module for the US model. IIHS also lists the US Advance model as having adaptive headlights, which is missing in all the other trims.

The AFS module part number for US advance model is 33170-TJB-A01.

Also, the auto side dimming mirrors are listed in the RDX press release found here:
https://hondanews.com/en-US/releases...-rdx-press-kit

 

Power folding mirrors, spare tire, heated steering wheel standard for A-specs in Canada.

 

I still believe there is a cd player somewhere in the rdx. I just haven't found it yet. lol

 

I haven't seen anywhere in official Acura documents (other than the owners manual) that the unit plays 5.1 surround audio files. Of course, you can't go out and buy these files yourself, you have to create them from other formats, but if you do it's well worth the effort.

 

This is still being debated. I think it is in the US, via Jewel Eye #5.

 

No debate here. As some have said, my 2019 Advance also has adaptive lights. It might be hard to see, and honestly of limited value, but they do work if you look for them. Once you see them, it becomes obvious that are working. With this said, if they are that hard to see.....

 

the wheel is heated all around whereas in some cars, only the 3 and 9 point area is heated

 

I’ve already listed the part number for the AFS module for the US Advance model. There’s no debate at all.

 

There is debate in the sense that there is debate as to whether the earth is a sphere. Google "Flat Earth Society". Objective evidence doesn't matter to some people.

Granted, neither the curvature of the earth nor the "adaptive" feature of 3rd-gen RDX advance headlights are easily observed unless you find the right conditions.

 

No turn-by-turn on the hud when using google maps for CarPlay but Android auto gets it. Bummed about this.

 

haha - well as someone who uses AA, I'm quite happy to see this.

 

I'm happy also.

I wonder if this is because the head unit is based on Android?