Acura MDX

Acura is showing off a high-performance SUV that will be the first to wear its Type S badge. The 2022 MDX Type S is billed as the most powerful SUV Acura has ever built. Rather than simply tossing pictures out and saying the SUV will launch later this year, Acura has revealed the vehicle as the official tow car for one of its Pikes Peak race cars.

Acura has announced that the 2022 MDX SUV, the fourth-generation model, will go on sale on February 2, 2021. The luxury SUV features a new ultra-rigid platform as well as the first double-wishbone front suspension in the MDX, both of which should improve handling and ride quality.

When Acura resurrected its original mantra of “Precision Crafted Performance” some years back, most of us shrugged and didn’t think much of it. Without a glimmer of the Integra/RSX anywhere to be seen, and turbocharged technology only being bestowed upon the unobtainable NSX, the final portion of this catch phrase felt fairly misaligned with the company’s lineup.