It's a sign of the times, everybody. Acura has hit the mark with the MDX Type S. If you have $75k to $80k to spend on a vehicle, take a shop around and see what you can get for that price range. That $80k luxury brand from two years ago has moved well out of that range today, when equipped with all the popular features. The MDX Type S suddenly looks like a winner.

I’ve had the MDX type S advanced and it’s one of the most incredible vehicles I’ve ever driven. I hope this car lasts forever.

My type s advance tiger eye pearl with azurite blue interior arrives this weekend. Beyond excited. We cross shopped this with the GV80, X7, Aviator, GLE 350, and Q7. This is the only one that gave me both and emotional and visceral thrill when driving it. It’s not the fastest off the line but man, this thing pulls in 4th and 5th gears. And when you hit the corners, forget it. So so fun.

Wow Acura is REALLY stepping up their game! Great video as always, guys!

I've had my Type S in Platinum White Pearl / Red Interior for a couple of weeks. Loving it more every day. Comfort mode is a smooth criminal!

You out of your mind if you don’t like the exterior style man. The exterior is beautiful!

Ok wow i am impressed. The day that Paul and Todd buy an Acura MDX Type S *over* the BMW X5, Audi Q7, Merc Benz, Porsche Cayenne/Macan, Genesis GV80, Lexus RX, and Infiniti QX60, that is the day that I will give the new Acura Integra/ILX a test drive against the Honda Civic Si.

I've had one the last 9 months. I usually keep it in Normal mode and I'm averaging around 20.5mpg combined which I don't think is horrible for something this big that has some power.

I. have been waiting for tis one. Thanks!!!

Reliability is a pretty solid for MDX 2011, i have 108k miles and i love the SH-AWD. I am a believer of pushing my engine to rev high and taking advantage of torque vectoring in corners. I love to get a MDX- type S.

I currently have 17 Cayenne S and an Odyssey. I really wanted the Type S but it gave up to much room for my wife to give up her minivan which we need when we have the Grandkids. But when I am ready to replace the Cayenne it will most likely be a Type S. A similarly specified Cayenne is over $100,000 and the driving dynamics are close enough for 98% of my driving

Great Review! Thanks 😊 finally Acura stepping up their game.

Todd said, $70K, this is where we're at. He's not kidding. I know all the new tech in today's cars is great,but it's making everything so expensive it's pricing most people out.

It looks really good in white.

I like that color with the blue seats.

The COLOR is FAB!! Who else? Who else, has got a color anywhere near this! It WORKS GUYS, it’s stunning and smart beautiful and will wear well through the years. Looks fantastic in fall weather and leaf color change. Much like a red car in autumn color change.

Outstanding review

Great job by Acura. I would buy this. Color: bloody urine gold

I had in mind on upgrading from highlander to Toyota Sequoia Platinum or TRD but after watching this I am 50/50 but the towing is where I still leaning on towards to Sequoia, this car is calling my name too :).

You're both so right more power.

I think on some of these "7 seater" vehicles, we should start adopting the sports car +2 seats nomenclature. Like an FR-S is a 2+2 coupe, not a 4 seater, this MDX is a 5+2 SUV, not a 7 seater. The only real "7 seaters" should be minivans and Tahoe-sized SUVs.

I have the '21 TLX 2.0 and the electronic throttle/turbo lag is really the one drawback of the car, but I gave it Ktuner stage 1 with the throttle adjustment and now the car feels perfect. It's really just electronic lag. The throttle pedal felt digital before, no matter what you did there was always this delay. Before the tune I had to put my foot into the pedal about halfway down its travel to get a normal level of response out of it. Even if I was in manual mode sitting at 3500 rpms there was a delay. In other similar cars you put the throttle down 25% for the same effect. The tune changed that completely

Actually loving the colour

I like Todd’s “Old Apple Juice”. Pretty accurate. I thought “Metallic Baby Poop” when I saw it.

I am diggin the Gshock instead of the usual tudor GMT

What are you talking about (8:25). This is the best thing they did to the proportions. I owned 2nd and currently own third generations and I hated the proportions on both. They both looked like they had to fit the sheet metal on different platform while this generation feels like they designed the platform for a predetermined design. I love the look of this generation but also understand that looks is subjective

I like when you said "yesssss!!!" I'll be honest did Acura kidnap a Mazda designer?

Great to see this because the TLX Type S was a letdown. I sold mine and got into a 330i X Drive with M Sport package. Drives way better because of the much lower weight and a bad ass engine and transmission combo. I also average well over 30 MPG consistently.

Mdx Type S is 🔥 💜 💜 💜

I'd love to get a RDX, but the center console is just, ugh. Track-pad, ugh.

This is such a great review but why why WHY on a cloudy, moody, rainy day would you film the entire thing with the panoramic moonroof closed? It would have really changed the vibe, guys...

And this is why I will ALWAYS choose Honda/Acura than money-grabbing Toyota/Lexus.

Tigers eye is the name of a gemstone pretty close to the color of the car.

superbly pretty too

The only thing I think they missed out on was the lack of a touchscreen console. Bring the infotainment screen forward (within comfortable arms length of the driver) and make it touchscreen. Other than that, the performance, build quality and comfort are all very good! Regarding the poor milage, for the first week I kept putting my Type S in sport+ mode, and would be a bit of a lead foot - because it was so much fun. But leave the car in normal and drive conservatively and you can get decent milage.... Just depends on how much of an adrenaline junkie you are.

Love it

This is a top 2 contender for me, and the reason is the reliability. I'll always have that question mark with the Germans, but not this one.

Apex Blue!!!!!! (Just saying)

Who could've imagined that the best Type-S product Acura offered was in an SUV?

Perfect for Washington State

Only small gripes for me are the shift by wire gear selector unit (not a fan) the lack of touchscreen compatibility (Acura give us both touchscreen and non-touchscreen control options) and all that shiny piano black trim (just use a nice light wood veneer) around the console and across the dash. Otherwise, the styling looks good, the interior looks upscale and comfortable, and it has more than enough power as a daily driver. I guess MPG's could be better but this is the performance version so it's not a surprise!

Acura seat ventilation doesn’t work at all. For those of us that live where summers are hot, it’s one of the worst brands you can buy and I hate that because I really loved everything about my old Acura but I’ll never buy another because for reasons unknown Acura refuses to address that issue.

I have the TLX Type S. The SUV version is nothing I’m interested in. I’m a single person. It is very nice though.

I almost stopped watching at $73k

Air ride suspension, a small engine, with a turbo? Three new systems that will be riddled with gremlins.

Well done worked that wife's Porsche in again 👌

73k?!

Only draw back is the horrible mpg but I guess if your spending this kind of money you don't care much about the mpg

I’d still take a used x5 m50i or cayenne s

Who love brown cars ? You like my new Acura ? It's the "I eat mexican last night" brown metalics !

Type S vs X5… That’s my dilemma right now…

great review nice car

Too much money. Period. There is no justifying it. I eagerly await the recession to set things back to normal anymore because things are crazy. Especially in these SUVs and CUVs. Yeah, sports car prices went up, but so did the performance, multiple times. But did SUV, umm, people hauling go up the same way with "in a pinch" 3rd row? No. They get out done by a Taurus station wagon with backwards facing 3rd row seats. Are they faster? Sometimes, but they're big SUVs, don't care. Do they ride better? Sometimes, because many older SUVs rode good. SUVs and CUVs are just massive cash grabs. At least Toyota and Honda still do one thing right, the RAV4 and CRV are great. They went up too sure, but not as much, and they actually became more usable at the same time. Mix Mazda in there too.

The GV80 is, by far, a better buy. Particularly with the GV80’s excellent warranty. $77,000 for a Acura MDX without a third row might be a stretch.

14:54 Good catch, this new generation of all Acura cars (including non Type-S MDX and TLX Type-S) have the same problem, the acceleration paddle is not responsive, comparing to the last gen. That's a deal breaker for me.

Its just no taos .

At this pricepoint, I'd much rather the GV80 or Aviator. They look unique, have more potent powerplants, and their cabins many times luxurious than what you get in this MDX, especially considering the $73K pricetag. Door panels and most of the switchgear looks like it came straight up from an Accord. Panel gaps are also not the best. Can't expect much though, it's not really a Japanese product but rather American built, actually all Honda/Acura products are for that matter. Want a true Japanese SUV, get a Lexus LX.

'Baby Poo Yellow' Sorry.

Nice but I'd go with Lexus gx470 or lx570

I like the GV70 better. Looks like they have the EV version too.

Avoid this suv if you live in warm climates. The AC is sadly almost non-existent on hot days and you will constantly be uncomfortably warm. I’ve had better AC in a Kia.

Still can't touch the Lincoln Aviator, especially for that similar price.

Every spec of dust is jumping off all that shiny black plastic interior.

There is no chance that I would take this over a Genesis

355hp come on mdx the going rate is 400hp.

But it’s a Hyundai

A hybrid F150 is faster than this “type s” Acura lol. And more fuel efficient. And cheaper! With Bigger interior space! It’s ridiculous how marginally they improved this Acura with the “type s”

Give me a reason why don't go buy a BMW X5 40i at around $73000? It's still just a HONDA.