When to expect 2022 RDX info?
#281
It looks like Acura has made some nice upgrades for the '22 RDX. A quieter cabin, and the possibility of a smoother ride, excellent!. Wireless AA and CP, along with wireless charging are almost a requirement these days to stay competitive. Good to see they modified the drive modes...but should have allowed individual customizations, such as comfort ride, but tighter steering.
Have there been any interior photos? (Maybe I missed them?) I am interested in seeing how the center console changed, and where the wireless AA and CP are located. IF under the console, that is not so good. Any infotainment system changes? Touch screen available now? The trend is back to touch screens.
Exterior changes are MEH. Except the wheels do look better.
Nice that they have finally provided the ability to get Advance features with A-Spec look, for those who want it.
From what I read, RED exterior is only available with a black interior? I don't care for black interiors. they make the interiors look smaller and darker. Some two-tone look is my preference. Again, I would have to see it. I couldn't find a RED one when I bought my '19, odds are it will be even harder now.
With this said, none of it makes a bit of difference if there are still inventory problems. Paying MSRP or higher for a car? No thank you. I hope to wait a couple of years before I buy another car. Loving the Corsair, which now has 12,000+ miles. Will be putting on another ~4,000 miles on in the next 3 weeks. Road Trip here we come!
Have there been any interior photos? (Maybe I missed them?) I am interested in seeing how the center console changed, and where the wireless AA and CP are located. IF under the console, that is not so good. Any infotainment system changes? Touch screen available now? The trend is back to touch screens.
Exterior changes are MEH. Except the wheels do look better.
Nice that they have finally provided the ability to get Advance features with A-Spec look, for those who want it.
From what I read, RED exterior is only available with a black interior? I don't care for black interiors. they make the interiors look smaller and darker. Some two-tone look is my preference. Again, I would have to see it. I couldn't find a RED one when I bought my '19, odds are it will be even harder now.
With this said, none of it makes a bit of difference if there are still inventory problems. Paying MSRP or higher for a car? No thank you. I hope to wait a couple of years before I buy another car. Loving the Corsair, which now has 12,000+ miles. Will be putting on another ~4,000 miles on in the next 3 weeks. Road Trip here we come!
#282
It looks like Acura has made some nice upgrades for the '22 RDX. A quieter cabin, and the possibility of a smoother ride, excellent!. Wireless AA and CP, along with wireless charging are almost a requirement these days to stay competitive. Good to see they modified the drive modes...but should have allowed individual customizations, such as comfort ride, but tighter steering.
Have there been any interior photos? (Maybe I missed them?) I am interested in seeing how the center console changed, and where the wireless AA and CP are located. IF under the console, that is not so good. Any infotainment system changes? Touch screen available now? The trend is back to touch screens.
Exterior changes are MEH. Except the wheels do look better.
Nice that they have finally provided the ability to get Advance features with A-Spec look, for those who want it.
From what I read, RED exterior is only available with a black interior? I don't care for black interiors. they make the interiors look smaller and darker. Some two-tone look is my preference. Again, I would have to see it. I couldn't find a RED one when I bought my '19, odds are it will be even harder now.
With this said, none of it makes a bit of difference if there are still inventory problems. Paying MSRP or higher for a car? No thank you. I hope to wait a couple of years before I buy another car. Loving the Corsair, which now has 12,000+ miles. Will be putting on another ~4,000 miles on in the next 3 weeks. Road Trip here we come!
Have there been any interior photos? (Maybe I missed them?) I am interested in seeing how the center console changed, and where the wireless AA and CP are located. IF under the console, that is not so good. Any infotainment system changes? Touch screen available now? The trend is back to touch screens.
Exterior changes are MEH. Except the wheels do look better.
Nice that they have finally provided the ability to get Advance features with A-Spec look, for those who want it.
From what I read, RED exterior is only available with a black interior? I don't care for black interiors. they make the interiors look smaller and darker. Some two-tone look is my preference. Again, I would have to see it. I couldn't find a RED one when I bought my '19, odds are it will be even harder now.
With this said, none of it makes a bit of difference if there are still inventory problems. Paying MSRP or higher for a car? No thank you. I hope to wait a couple of years before I buy another car. Loving the Corsair, which now has 12,000+ miles. Will be putting on another ~4,000 miles on in the next 3 weeks. Road Trip here we come!
Yea, the missing customization of the driving experience is sad to see. TLX and MDX have it, but no RDX...probably not until 4th Gen. A quieter cabin is nice though, it will improve the listening experience for the ELS 3D system. A better tuned active damper system is nice as well....and I'm sure KTuner will be able to at least give more performance again for the 2022 models and up since it's the same drivetrain and all.
I welcome the wireless AA and CP, the folding mirrors (the garage is a tight fit me), I was going to have my 2020 Advanced wrapped and chrome delete everything but now the Advanced ASPEC is available and this is what I originally wanted. Improvements in break pedal feel, and the fact that the active damper system is tuned for 20 inch wheels makes me happy to know that I can go aftermarket and get some nicer 20 inch wheels and some Michelin Sport tires - 265/40 with a 20x8.5 and 35+ offset will look nice I think. I also like the more aggressive look. The current ASPEC looks great too, but there is something a bit more sporty about the new 2022 frontend.
What comes after an MMC? Is 4th gen RDX to come 2023 or 2024? I'm pretty sure that is when we are getting the Type-S, Digital Cluster, Engine Customization, etc....
#283
Yea, the missing customization of the driving experience is sad to see. TLX and MDX have it, but no RDX...probably not until 4th Gen. A quieter cabin is nice though, it will improve the listening experience for the ELS 3D system. A better tuned active damper system is nice as well....and I'm sure KTuner will be able to at least give more performance again for the 2022 models and up since it's the same drivetrain and all.
I welcome the wireless AA and CP, the folding mirrors (the garage is a tight fit me), I was going to have my 2020 Advanced wrapped and chrome delete everything but now the Advanced ASPEC is available and this is what I originally wanted. Improvements in break pedal feel, and the fact that the active damper system is tuned for 20 inch wheels makes me happy to know that I can go aftermarket and get some nicer 20 inch wheels and some Michelin Sport tires - 265/40 with a 20x8.5 and 35+ offset will look nice I think. I also like the more aggressive look. The current ASPEC looks great too, but there is something a bit more sporty about the new 2022 frontend.
What comes after an MMC? Is 4th gen RDX to come 2023 or 2024? I'm pretty sure that is when we are getting the Type-S, Digital Cluster, Engine Customization, etc....
I welcome the wireless AA and CP, the folding mirrors (the garage is a tight fit me), I was going to have my 2020 Advanced wrapped and chrome delete everything but now the Advanced ASPEC is available and this is what I originally wanted. Improvements in break pedal feel, and the fact that the active damper system is tuned for 20 inch wheels makes me happy to know that I can go aftermarket and get some nicer 20 inch wheels and some Michelin Sport tires - 265/40 with a 20x8.5 and 35+ offset will look nice I think. I also like the more aggressive look. The current ASPEC looks great too, but there is something a bit more sporty about the new 2022 frontend.
What comes after an MMC? Is 4th gen RDX to come 2023 or 2024? I'm pretty sure that is when we are getting the Type-S, Digital Cluster, Engine Customization, etc....
#284
I just find it so hard to believe that the Type-S RDX doesn't exist right now.
- Tiger Eye Pearl shows up as an option per the earlier leak
- there was even mention that the Type-S RDX will receive the Advanced Package on top of the Type-S package
- When the Type-S TLX was showcased, Alex on Autos posted on his Instagram that more on the Type-S RDX was coming soon...
- Type-S TLX showed up and then suddenly so did the Type-S MDX....
- The Type-S MDX frontend designed is a modified version of the non-Type-S MDX frontend. The same could be done with the 2022 Type-S RDX
- We know the full lineup of Acura cars will get the Type-S treatment (including that new Intengra)
- There have been talks of the RDX Type-S for some time now...even before the TLX version was known
- TLX Type-S has non-digital cluster, the RDX still has no digital cluster either (but it is missing the custom driving experience feature in the IDS)
- I believe the current RDX engine bay was designed for a compact V6 in mind
- NSX, MDX, TLX, are all Type-S right now. RDX should be next at this stage.
Maybe the chip shortage just delayed it by another year or so. Maybe the PMC version and arguable, the Advanced ASPEC version, are just stop-gaps due to delays in components. It just seems like everything is in place for there to be an RDX Type-S.
- Tiger Eye Pearl shows up as an option per the earlier leak
- there was even mention that the Type-S RDX will receive the Advanced Package on top of the Type-S package
- When the Type-S TLX was showcased, Alex on Autos posted on his Instagram that more on the Type-S RDX was coming soon...
- Type-S TLX showed up and then suddenly so did the Type-S MDX....
- The Type-S MDX frontend designed is a modified version of the non-Type-S MDX frontend. The same could be done with the 2022 Type-S RDX
- We know the full lineup of Acura cars will get the Type-S treatment (including that new Intengra)
- There have been talks of the RDX Type-S for some time now...even before the TLX version was known
- TLX Type-S has non-digital cluster, the RDX still has no digital cluster either (but it is missing the custom driving experience feature in the IDS)
- I believe the current RDX engine bay was designed for a compact V6 in mind
- NSX, MDX, TLX, are all Type-S right now. RDX should be next at this stage.
Maybe the chip shortage just delayed it by another year or so. Maybe the PMC version and arguable, the Advanced ASPEC version, are just stop-gaps due to delays in components. It just seems like everything is in place for there to be an RDX Type-S.
Last edited by SpaceBot; 09-22-2021 at 01:22 PM.
#285
I just find it so hard to believe that the Type-S RDX doesn't exist right now.
- Tiger Eye Peral shows up as an option per the earlier leak
- there was even mention that the Type-S RDX will receive the Advanced Package on top of the Type-S package
- When the Type-S TLX was showcased, Alex on Autos posted on his Instagram that more on the Type-S RDX was coming soon...
- Type-S TLX showed up and then suddenly so did the Type-S MDX....
- The Type-S MDX frontend designed is a modified version of the non-Type-S MDX frontend. The same could be done with the 2022 Type-S RDX
- We know the full lineup of Acura cars will get the Type-S treatment (including that new Intengra)
- There have been talks of the RDX Type-S for some time now
- TLX Type-S has non-digital cluster, the RDX still has no digital cluster either
- I believe the current RDX engine bay was designed for a compact V6 in mind
- NSX, MDX, TLX, are all Type-S right now. RDX should be next at this stage.
Maybe the chip shortage just delayed it by another year or so. Maybe the PMC version and arguable, the Advanced ASPEC version, are just stop-gaps due to delays in components. It just seems like everything is in place for there to be an RDX Type-S.
- Tiger Eye Peral shows up as an option per the earlier leak
- there was even mention that the Type-S RDX will receive the Advanced Package on top of the Type-S package
- When the Type-S TLX was showcased, Alex on Autos posted on his Instagram that more on the Type-S RDX was coming soon...
- Type-S TLX showed up and then suddenly so did the Type-S MDX....
- The Type-S MDX frontend designed is a modified version of the non-Type-S MDX frontend. The same could be done with the 2022 Type-S RDX
- We know the full lineup of Acura cars will get the Type-S treatment (including that new Intengra)
- There have been talks of the RDX Type-S for some time now
- TLX Type-S has non-digital cluster, the RDX still has no digital cluster either
- I believe the current RDX engine bay was designed for a compact V6 in mind
- NSX, MDX, TLX, are all Type-S right now. RDX should be next at this stage.
Maybe the chip shortage just delayed it by another year or so. Maybe the PMC version and arguable, the Advanced ASPEC version, are just stop-gaps due to delays in components. It just seems like everything is in place for there to be an RDX Type-S.
-When RDX was being finalized Acura wasn’t done with the idea of Type S
-The chassis that the RDX rides on does not have the added stiffness that it need to have the DOHC Turbo V6 and performance but that the TLX base got in order to incorporate the Type S easily.
-TLX,MDX and Integra where all made with the Type S in mind before the Base models.
-DWS needs to be added for better performance
-Alex on Autos said soon on the post on Facebook said soon but then in the video mentioned it would be for the 4th Gen.
-MDX S was always planned ever since the first sighting of the it testing with the same quad exhaust like the first sighting of the TLX S in Europe.
-Digital Gauge wasn’t completed before the TLX and TLX type s was revealed which is why it showed up first on the MDX especially since technically the MDX is the flagship of the brand for now.
-RDX was built in mind with a compact V6 in mind but was scrapped about a year or so into development from what I heard for the Type R-esq I4 turbo.
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pilozm (09-28-2021)
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#290
I wonder if there'll even be a gas powered 4G RDX - it might make better financial sense for Acura to extend the life of the 3G RDX by a couple years and replace it with an electric RDX in 2026. They've already said an electric SUV is coming that's around the size of the RDX (Acura's version of Honda's Prologue)
#291
I wonder if there'll even be a gas powered 4G RDX - it might make better financial sense for Acura to extend the life of the 3G RDX by a couple years and replace it with an electric RDX in 2026. They've already said an electric SUV is coming that's around the size of the RDX (Acura's version of Honda's Prologue)
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#295
I haven't seen a pic of the digital speedo (link?) but from what I've seen of the dash, it could just be a software update. Does that mean old RDX would get it too? Seems about as likely as old RDX getting a software update that gives it folding mirrors.
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#299
Also, I guess we found out where those spy shots went. I guess the non-PMC/A-Spec models are getting the rectangular tips. Not sure how I feel about them ...
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pilozm (09-28-2021)
#300
Yeah, not a great place to put it but I'm not sure they could have done much else - there's zero chance they were going to redo the centre console, too much cost to remove the centre instrument panel and rework the cupholders etc. To keep the cupholders would have meant widening the centre console and there's no room or that so it was cup holders or charging pad on the top side.
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#301
Yeah, not a great place to put it but I'm not sure they could have done much else - there's zero chance they were going to redo the centre console, too much cost to remove the centre instrument panel and rework the cupholders etc. To keep the cupholders would have meant widening the centre console and there's no room or that so it was cup holders or charging pad on the top side.
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#306
The digital speedo sure looks like a simple software change for the center of the screen between the gauges.
As for "all electric" for the next generation, don't hold your breath. We are still burning coal to make electricity in many places. There is not enough wind or solar to meet a small part of demand and the demand is going to explode if and when everyone goes to electric vehicles. The infrastructure just isn't there to go 100% electric and likely won't be for many years to come. Politicians spout about all this "green revolution" but clearly they aren't engineers who actually understand just how dramatically things would have to change to make that pipe dream come true. Look at the massive GM recall due to battery issues causing fires. I mean they tell people not to park their electric cars within 100 feet of their houses or something.
Hybrid tech...sure, its pretty much proven. Of course the issue there is all those rare earth elements needed for electric motors and such. I think the end of ICE vehicles is further off than some dreamers want to think. Porsche is working hard on renewable fuels as they look to keep the 911 going on for years with ICE power.
As for "all electric" for the next generation, don't hold your breath. We are still burning coal to make electricity in many places. There is not enough wind or solar to meet a small part of demand and the demand is going to explode if and when everyone goes to electric vehicles. The infrastructure just isn't there to go 100% electric and likely won't be for many years to come. Politicians spout about all this "green revolution" but clearly they aren't engineers who actually understand just how dramatically things would have to change to make that pipe dream come true. Look at the massive GM recall due to battery issues causing fires. I mean they tell people not to park their electric cars within 100 feet of their houses or something.
Hybrid tech...sure, its pretty much proven. Of course the issue there is all those rare earth elements needed for electric motors and such. I think the end of ICE vehicles is further off than some dreamers want to think. Porsche is working hard on renewable fuels as they look to keep the 911 going on for years with ICE power.
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#312
I hate the RS-A - it generates less lateral grip than the 19" Continental touring tires, features a worse ride, is weak in the wet and snow. When I drive in the rain I can feel the greasiness of the rubber. There are so many tires that are better than it today that would have been just as cost effective as the RS-A including the Continentals the other trims come with. No other Honda/Acura product comes with an older tire design with less performance than the RDX A-Spec - it's just baffling.
#313
Still the same tire - they've had newer models that have rolled out (RS-A2, Sport, LS, Touring, Exhilarate) but they still make the original one if people want it. Not sure why as the production costs can't possibly be much lower (or any lower) with so much successor products. The dies etc would have been replaced multiple times by now.
I hate the RS-A - it generates less lateral grip than the 19" Continental touring tires, features a worse ride, is weak in the wet and snow. When I drive in the rain I can feel the greasiness of the rubber. There are so many tires that are better than it today that would have been just as cost effective as the RS-A including the Continentals the other trims come with. No other Honda/Acura product comes with an older tire design with less performance than the RDX A-Spec - it's just baffling.
I hate the RS-A - it generates less lateral grip than the 19" Continental touring tires, features a worse ride, is weak in the wet and snow. When I drive in the rain I can feel the greasiness of the rubber. There are so many tires that are better than it today that would have been just as cost effective as the RS-A including the Continentals the other trims come with. No other Honda/Acura product comes with an older tire design with less performance than the RDX A-Spec - it's just baffling.
#314
Still the same tire - they've had newer models that have rolled out (RS-A2, Sport, LS, Touring, Exhilarate) but they still make the original one if people want it. Not sure why as the production costs can't possibly be much lower (or any lower) with so much successor products. The dies etc would have been replaced multiple times by now.
I hate the RS-A - it generates less lateral grip than the 19" Continental touring tires, features a worse ride, is weak in the wet and snow. When I drive in the rain I can feel the greasiness of the rubber. There are so many tires that are better than it today that would have been just as cost effective as the RS-A including the Continentals the other trims come with. No other Honda/Acura product comes with an older tire design with less performance than the RDX A-Spec - it's just baffling.
I hate the RS-A - it generates less lateral grip than the 19" Continental touring tires, features a worse ride, is weak in the wet and snow. When I drive in the rain I can feel the greasiness of the rubber. There are so many tires that are better than it today that would have been just as cost effective as the RS-A including the Continentals the other trims come with. No other Honda/Acura product comes with an older tire design with less performance than the RDX A-Spec - it's just baffling.
#315
My salesman called and said they were getting a car in 'by the end of October/Beginning of November' and he would give me a call so I could come and check it out. I have had mine for 3 years now, and usually trade up every 3, so this might be the time. I am glad to see that I can get an A-Spec with the Advance stuff, so that might be the ticket! We'll see
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#316
My salesman called and said they were getting a car in 'by the end of October/Beginning of November' and he would give me a call so I could come and check it out. I have had mine for 3 years now, and usually trade up every 3, so this might be the time. I am glad to see that I can get an A-Spec with the Advance stuff, so that might be the ticket! We'll see
The time might be right to get out of 19 with not much depreciation, I like the folding mirrors, and the ride is supposedly much improved.
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pilozm (09-28-2021)
#318
save money on tries and service items, probably avoid paying for new brakes, by golly, by gum, it might be overall cheaper to buy a new car!
#319
Acura puts out a press release but failed to deliver the update on the website. Te reason this thread is not busy is a result of Acura sharing the details so we can see what is coming for ourselves.