Acura Prices the Lightly Updated 2025 RDX SUV

by Chris Teague

Published: August 29th, 2024

acura prices the lightly updated 2025 rdx suv

Acura recently announced the lightly updated 2025 RDX SUV, which gained several features but kept its controversial touchpad infotainment system. Now, the automaker is announcing pricing for the upcoming vehicle, which will land with few updates instead of the expected midcycle refresh.

The base Acura RDX starts at $46,050, a $750 increase over 2024’s price after the $1,350 destination fee. The RDX with Technology Package starts at $48,050, $300 more than before, and the RDX A-Spec costs $51,650. Stepping up to the RDX with Advance Package pushes the price to $53,800 to start, and the range-topping RDX A-Spec with Advance Package.

Acura left the RDX’s powertrain offerings alone and will continue equipping a turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine making 272 horsepower and 280 pound-feet of torque. It’s paired with a 10-speed automatic transmission and all-wheel drive. Acura’s Super Handling All-Wheel Drive system offers legitimate torque vectoring and surprisingly engaging handling.

Updates for the 2025 model year include a new grille design, revised 19- and 20-inch wheels, new color options, and a slightly improved touchscreen. Acura’s polarizing touchpad-controlled infotainment system remains, however, which makes interacting with the vehicle more annoying and distracting in almost all situations.

The 2025 Acura RDX will land later this year. Additional pricing and options details will become available closer to its release date.

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Chris Teague

Chris grew up in, under, and around cars, but took the long way around to becoming an automotive writer. After a career in technology consulting and a trip through business school, Chris began writing about the automotive industry as a way to reconnect with his passion and get behind the wheel of a new car every week. He focuses on taking complex industry stories and making them digestible by any reader. Just don’t expect him to stay away from high-mileage Porsches.

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Redapple2 on Aug 30, 2024
my 1989 Civic Si, 2006 Accord EX-L V 6, and 2009 Accord EX-L V 6-to a slightly lesser extent, have all been superb cars. The 2015 Accord Sport 5 speed was the last Excellent Accord. Honda has been going downhill since. This Acura is example #23. I m turning my back to honda products.

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Theflyersfan on Aug 30, 2024
And it loses that amazing ELS stereo which was as close to a concert hall one can get inside a car. A couple of the RDXes I've had as loaners and rentals had that stereo and even with streaming audio, the quality was just stunning. But the touchpad...dear God that touchpad. Hunting and pecking on a pad in a moving vehicle lead to a few accidental lane swerves. Kind of like the VW haptic controls and everything buried in menus, there are times when the critical reviews are 100% true.

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- Joe65688619 on Aug 31, 2024
  I have a 2020 and find the ELS underwhelming - it's decent for a stock system and gets loud without distortion, but lacks bass. Maybe it would sound better in the 2022+ models where they added additional sound insolation. It's a decent car for the price (what it was in 2020, anyway). The touch pad is indeed abysmal, the infotainment systems has it's quirks (locks up 1-2x/month and requires the engine to be cut AND the door opened to reset). At 50K miles, the A/C fan resistor seems to be going (and the A/C is not that great to begin with) and I've had some issues with the speakers popping/cracking, which has a service bulletin and warranty extension. People living in colder climates are having issues with the rear hatch window shattering with the defrost on when it's cold - it's all the talk on the forums and Acura is finally replacing them out of warranty (if you ask). Would I get another one? Not likely. Nothing offensive about it, but not too exciting either. Good mid-range power and torque, but not great off the line and seems to run out of breath at 5500K RPM. The fuel econ is worse than what it is rated for under all conditions. The seats are pretty comfy though and it handles well. Simple tunes seem to be getting +50 HP - I feel the motor should be capable of more power. Honestly, if they reprogrammed the transmission to not dip into the turbo under light throttle at highway speeds it would probably get much better MPG.
  
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- Theflyersfan on Aug 31, 2024
  That's interesting you said that about your 2020. The loaners/rental RDXes were a (I believe) 2022 and 2023 so maybe it was the extra sound insulation installed. I also changed my music settings to lossless/Atmos/HD quality to help things out. And the fuel economy...yikes. It's tough to justify a turbo-4 over a small V6 when the best the RDX was able to give me was around 21-22 (tops) on the highway. I was floored how poor the highway mileage really was. Granted it was loaded with people and luggage, but I was expecting high 20s like the Audi Q5 we have in the family gets without trying hard. The combo of the small turbo engine and a ton of gears automatic transmission didn't translate to real world fuel economy gains. A few of us here on the site were commenting about that not long ago - the "compliance engines" to game the EPA system for them, but real world mileage isn't even close to what's on the sticker.
  
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