In addition to a completely new platform, suspension, and a turbocharged Sort S mannequin coming quickly, the 2022 Acura MDX is new in one other approach: it appears to be dropping its hybrid trim degree. Throughout a media roundtable, Acura’s international growth lead confirmed that there are not any plans for a hybrid model of the brand new MDX.
A part of the explanation for the dearth of a hybrid for the brand new MDX is the aforementioned Sort S mannequin. The Acura growth lead famous that the outgoing MDX Sport Hybrid is the present sporty, high-output model of the crossover. That mantle is now being taken over by the Sort S with its turbocharged 3.0-liter V6. The brand new Sort S makes 355 horsepower and 355 pound-feet of torque, which additionally represents a big energy enhance over the Sport Hybrid’s 321 horsepower and 289 pound-feet.
The Sort S will not be capable of do every thing the Sport Hybrid may do, although. Whereas official gas economic system numbers have not been revealed, we’re assured the Sort S will not be capable of hit the 27 mpg mixed of the hybrid. The Sport Hybrid’s powertrain was additionally fairly attention-grabbing, because it mixed its 3.0-liter naturally aspirated V6 with a trio of electrical motors. A single motor labored at the side of the engine to energy the entrance wheels, and one motor every powered the rear wheels and supplied torque vectoring. It was type of like a backwards NSX.
Whereas Acura does not have plans for a hybrid proper now, it’s attainable the model may change its thoughts. And in an ever electrifying world, it could be shocking if we by no means noticed a hybrid MDX return.
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