The All-New Smallest Acura SUV
The all-new 2025 Acura ADX joins the Acura line-up as their smallest SUV. As Acura says, it now covers SUVs from “A to Z” with the ADX, MDX, RDX and ZDX. Sharing a platform with the Honda HR-V, the ADX plusses-up the HR-V with a premium expertise of high quality inside supplies, a extra highly effective engine and a tuned suspension. The premium subcompact SUV class is very aggressive however Acura is able to take-on the Audi Q3, Mercedes-Benz GLA 250, BMW X1 and the Lexus UX Hybrid.
One Engine. One Transmission. AWD Optionally available
Acura makes it easy because the ADX is accessible with just one engine and one transmission. The turbocharged 1.5-liter 4-cylinder engine is mated to a constantly variable transmission (CVT) with paddle shifters. Efficiency numbers are 190 horsepower and 179 pound-feet of torque, driving the entrance wheels with all-wheel drive elective. In just a few timed 0-60 mph runs we averaged a decent 7.6 seconds.
Working on 91 octane, the EPA charges the ADX AWD at 25 mpg metropolis/30 freeway/27 mixed. If choosing the front-wheel drive ADX, gas financial system numbers are 26/31/28. In 131 miles we averaged 32 mpg with fairly aggressive driving from sea degree in Encinitas, California, on the Alila Marea Seashore Resort to Santa Ysabel, at about 3,947 ft within the Laguna Mountains. Gas financial system numbers reported by Clear Fleet Report are non-scientific, and signify the reviewer’s driving expertise utilizing the sprint gauge pc. Your numbers could differ.
Hitting the Open Street
Clear Fleet Report was intrigued to drive the 2025 Acura ADX A-Spec AWD. The three hours of seat time on the media occasion in San Diego County gave us a chance to see what a CVT can do, particularly when climbing mountains. The Snow, Consolation, Regular, Sport and Particular person drive modes allowed for experimentation with the CVT, a transmission not recognized for delivering efficiency. Acura says its sport-tuned CVT has a Step-Shift that simulates gear adjustments, much like a conventional automated transmission, and even has synthetic engine sounds to assist with drivers get a greater sense of acceleration and deceleration.
The AWD system has what Acura calls Clever Management to sense when the car is dropping traction, when it robotically sends energy, based mostly on street circumstances, to the rear wheels (greater than 50%) reminiscent of when beginning on snow or when climbing hills. When AWD isn’t wanted, the system switches again to front-wheel-drive. This computer-operated system robotically and seamlessly makes the facility transfers with out discover to the driving force.
Our route took us on nation sweepers and mountain twisties. The huge torque band, between 1,700 and 5,000 rpm, was appreciated. We tossed-around the three,611 kilos as laborious as was smart (and secure) the ADX A-Spec AWD effortlessly taking lengthy sweeping esses with ease. The dealing with was extra agile than could be anticipated on a compact SUV with exact steering and brakes that held up nicely to repeated use.
John Fabricante, product planner on the ADX, informed us: “We targeted on our goal purchaser. We aren’t making a efficiency automobile, however having stated that, Precision Crafted Efficiency is in our DNA. There needed to be a steadiness for actually, actually good dealing with (for an SUV) and a household automobile.” He went on to say the “significance of the ADX is to deliver extra clients into our model, and it acts as parallel gateway into the a lot bigger SUV market.”
Exterior Design
The ADX is the smallest of Acura’s 4 SUVs. All-new for 2025, the ADX options the model’s Diamond Pentagon grille with a black-out mesh sample framed by wide-set LED headlights, daytime working lights and fog lamps.
The ADX we drove was completed in City Grey Pearl and void of pointless chrome or cladding. The door handles and shark fin antenna have been physique shade whereas the facility heated exterior mirror caps, decrease door panel and entrance and rear fascia have been in black. The ADX A-Spec will get Shark Grey 19-inch wheels for the 235/45R Continental ProContact all-season tires.
The 2025 ADX A-Spec is unassuming, however actually set other than the Honda HR-V with which it shares a chassis.
Comfy Inside
Climbing inside, the black and pink leather-trimmed seats have been 12-way energy adjustable for the driving force and 4-way energy adjustable for the passenger. Each are heated and ventilated with the driving force getting energy lumber and reminiscence.
The rear seat room welcomes grown people, holding two comfortably (three for brief jaunts) with ample leg, shoulder and head room and well-padded seat bottoms. There’s a flat cargo space of 53.9 cubic ft with the 60:40 break up rear seat folded.
The cockpit design is driver pleasant, with a ten.2-inch digital driver’s display with white numbers in opposition to a black background for the configurable gauges that make discovering data fast and handy. Utilizing controls on the steering wheel, the driving force can scroll-through varied car settings.
The ADX comes commonplace with a 12-inch shade infotainment touchscreen. The A-Spec we drove had the elective Bang & Olufsen sound system with 15 audio system. The great sounding audio system has a easy person interface with AM/FM/HD radio and wi-fi Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. There’s a quantity knob and a rocker button to pick out the radio channels, however two knobs could be extra person pleasant. The lighted USB ports have been accompanied by a 12-volt outlet.
The inside construct and materials high quality are at a excessive degree for compact SUVs. There have been tender surfaces on the sprint, door panels and middle console, all embellished with prime stitching. The low profile sprint aided in good ahead imaginative and prescient, whereas the linear sprint design gave an look of size and widening. The conveniently positioned dual-zone automated local weather management has massive wheels for straightforward operation.
Security and Comfort
All ADX fashions come commonplace with energetic and passive security options reminiscent of entrance and facet air luggage with rollover sensors, together with superior driver help programs (ADAS). Security applied sciences embrace ahead collision and street departure mitigation, lane hold help, blind spot monitoring and adaptive cruise management.
Pricing and Warranties
The 2025 Acura ADX is available in three trim ranges, all obtainable in FWD or AWD. These costs embrace the $1,350 vacation spot cost.
ADX
- FWD $36,350
- AWD $39,350
A-Spec
- FWD $39,350
- AWD $41,350
A-Spec with the Superior Package deal
- FWD $43,350
- AWD $45,350
Observations: 2025 Acura ADX
To some, the all-new 2025 Acura ADX, as an entry degree compact SUV, could possibly be thought of a fancier Honda HR-V. It isn’t. The ADX is six inches longer, so positioned side-by-side, the ADX has extra of a presence. However size isn’t the entire story right here. Acura engineers, exterior and inside designers dug in with the end result a well-recognized, however completely different automobile. The largest distinction, in fact, is the engine the ADX shares with the sporty Integra, a call by Acura to maintain a little bit of the efficiency DNA in its first entry into this well-liked SUV phase.
Mike Langel, assistant vice chairman, Acura nationwide gross sales, stated: “The sellers are excited in regards to the ADX because the phase is sizzling and has seen enormous year-over-year development that’s anticipated to proceed. The ADX is a superb step-up from a sedan, but additionally some folks might be downsizing from the bigger RDX or MDX as their life wants change.”
So how does the considered a premium compact SUV being in your driveway sound? Go to your native Acura vendor and see for your self.
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Story and by John Faulkner. Images by the creator and Acura.
