The 2025 Acura MDX gets a handful of significant upgrades, adding appealing new audio systems and other features to what’s already one of the most popular three-row luxury SUVs. The MDX is Acura’s bestselling and most profitable vehicle. Honda’s luxury brand has sold more than 1.2 million MDXs since sales began in 2000.

The car business is a lot like Hollywood in that in a sea of obligatory sequels and ill-advised remakes, it’s not every day that we get a truly new IP. The 2025 Acura ADX may be a whole new name, but do not be fooled: we’ve seen quite a bit of this movie before.

Some automobiles, like Ferrari, have names that inspire lust and envy. Others, like Yugo or Cimarron, make you chuckle. Others, like the Honda Accord, inspire adoration. Then there are names that bring blank stares.