Review: Acura MDX aims for the tech-savvy crowd

Acura MDX

• Bryan Laviolette: 2010 Acura MDX: The leather in this rig is sumptuous, but the center console is as complicated as something from Boeing.


• Andrew Boyd: Acura buyers are more techno-savvy than your average luxury customer.

If the Facebook conversation above proves true, Acura’s target market should love the new MDX. Optioned with the Advance and Entertainment packages, this MDX’s center stack sports 47 buttons along with two knobs (for adjusting the stereo volume and tuning, YES!). There’s another 17 on the steering wheel. Even the center console has another five. Got button envy? Get an MDX.

There’s a ton of technology available on the MDX including navigation, a killer 10-speaker stereo, active cruise control, Bluetooth phone connectivity and XM radio.

Surprisingly, despite all of that technology, the test vehicle didn’t have keyless start. An actual key flips out of the fob. Strange. But it can be set up to recognize specific drivers and automatically adjust the seat, side mirrors, audio, climate, even navigation preferences.