What you see above is our greatest look but on the 2024 Acura ZDX. The SUV, whereas not utterly production-ready (primarily the non permanent headlights), is totally and completely devoid of line-obscuring camouflage. The ensuing car is clearly a toned-down Precision EV idea, and one which does a great job of hiding its GM underpinnings.
Just like the idea, it has a forward-leaning nostril with a blanked-out model of the Acura company pentagonal grille. The lengthy nostril offers solution to a critically raked windshield and a floating roof. That roof has a definite rear pillar remedy with a bit of notch for the rear glass to create that floating look.
There are, after all, concessions to actuality. The decrease entrance fascia has comparatively nondescript grilles, although in addition they do not detract from the remainder of the car. And naturally there are massive door mirrors and traditional seize handles to get in.
The ZDX shall be primarily based on the GM Ultium platform, and contemplating on the dimensions and certain efficiency, will in all probability be intently associated to the Chevy Blazer. To the credit score of Acura’s designers, and likewise maybe to GM’s structure, the ZDX doesn’t appear like a reworked Blazer. And the variations will proceed past the outside. Whereas GM shall be dropping Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, Honda and Acura variations of Ultium SUVs will preserve the telephone mirroring software program. It can nonetheless have Google apps built-in in addition to touchscreen help, not like some gas-powered Acura fashions.
We’ll see the ZDX launch subsequent yr. It can also have a high-performance Sort-S variant just like the TLX and Integra. That leads us to imagine one thing just like the dual-motor 557-horsepower powertrain from the Blazer SS shall be obtainable. We’ll be curious to see what the extra gentle powertrains shall be like, if they will all be dual-motor, or if there shall be single-motor setups. And if there are single-motor layouts, whether or not they’ll be front- or rear-wheel drive, as each choices can be found on Blazer.
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