When the Acura ZDX was revealed in August, we wrote the A-Spec can be within the $60,000 vary and the Sort S within the $70,000 vary. Official pricing reveals that to be the case, the entry-level A-Spec with rear-wheel drive beginning at $64,500 earlier than vacation spot. Acura expenses a $1,350 vacation spot payment for the RDX and MDX, it is two present SUVs. We’ll use that as a placeholder sum for the ZDX, leading to these MSRPs:
- A-Spec RWD: $65,850
- A-Spec AWD: $69,850
- Sort S: $74,850
- Sort S (Perf. wheel & tire): $75,850
Earlier than we get to the comparisons, let’s recap what patrons get for the cash. The A-Spec comes customary in rear-wheel-drive, its single motor making 340 horsepower. A dual-motor AWD model prices $4,000 extra; Acura did not specify a distinction in output, it might be the identical 340 hp regardless of the variety of powered axles. The Sort S comes with twin motors producing 500 horsepower to share among the many 4 wheels. The suspension right here is upgraded from the A-Spec’s multi-link unbiased with fixed-rate shocks and is derived to height-adjustable air springs and adaptive shocks. The brakes go from 12.6-inch rotors to fifteen.6-inch discs clamped by Brembo six-piston calipers. The A-Spec sits on 20-inch wheels, the Sort S wears 22-inchers on tires which can be 10 millimeters wider. And that Sort S will get the choice of Double Apex Blue Pearl from the Precision idea or Tiger Eye Pearl from different Sort S fashions.
Inside, there is a a low sprint with slim air vents and a pair of cut up screens for devices and infotainment; 11 inches and 11.5, respectively. The steering wheel and local weather controls come from the associated Blazer EV, this being Acura’s model of a battery-electric SUV sitting on GM’s Ultium platform. Not like a GM product, although, Acura’s again finish runs on Google Constructed-In, and there is an 18-speaker Bang & Olufsen sound system as customary tools. Help options embrace rear emergency braking with rear cross-traffic and pedestrian detection, blind-spot monitoring with steering help, computerized parallel parking and, due to being primarily based on a GM platform, hands-free freeway driving help (Tremendous Cruise by every other identify).
Each ZDX is powered by a 102-kilowatt-hour battery, the onboard charger able to 190 kW of DC quick charging. Each unit’s CCS charging port can plug in at locations like Electrify America and EVgo, Acura sellers will present free NACS adapters to be used at Tesla Supercharger stations. Each purchaser will get a complimentary 60 kWh of charging at Electrify America. On prime of that, and as a part of the acquisition worth, house owners can select one in all three charging packages. Package deal A supplies a $500 credit score for house charger set up and a $100 credit score for EVgo charging. Package deal B supplies a transportable charging package for Stage 1 and Stage 2 shops, a $250 house set up credit score, and a $300 credit score at EVgo. Specifying the inclusion of a transportable package on this package deal makes us surprise if any cables are included with the car. Package deal C skips any set up credit score, as an alternative providing $750 price of charging at EVgo.
The rear-drive A-Spec can go the farthest on a full cost, its vary estimated at 325 miles. An AWD A-Spec shaves that to 315 miles. The Sort S dips beneath the magic 300 mark, getting an estimated 288 miles of vary.
Lastly, each reservation holder will get an “Acura Power Key Card that gives unique advantages together with reductions to Acura leisure companions and particular occasions.”
Having stated all that, whereas we will not examine function units like-for-like, the ZDX’s worth proposition appears a tad dicey to us. Acura wants to depart room for the Honda-branded model of this platform to clarify monetary sense. In doing so, Acura’s priced the ZDX above the comparable 2024 Cadillac Lyriq trims, the Cadillac constructed on the identical platform, arguably extra fashionable than the Acura outdoors, and positively extra fashionable and opulent inside. The entry-level Lyriq Tech RWD begins at $58,590, the Lyriq Sport AWD in prime “3” spec with nearly each choice included begins at $74,590. The one clear win for the Acura is vary, and even that is depending on trim; the RWD Lyriq is rated at 314 miles, the AWD at 307 miles.
After that, sticking to pricing, the Acura has the identical factor going for it that the Cadillac does: There is a gathering of spectacular, though barely smaller and fewer luxurious fruit beneath that may save no less than $10,000, however correct luxurious choices will not get off the lot for related spec till effectively into the $80,000s. And lots of of them cannot match the Ultium platform for vary nor recover from the 300-mile barrier when outfitted with AWD.
We look ahead to seeing how this one performs out. Acura’s reservation strains are open now.
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