Back looks OK. The rest is not my cup of tea. It may look better in person though.

New look, same ugly beak

OK….. i just commented on the new RDX…………………..WHY THE **** IS ACURA PUTTING THIS GRILLE ON EVERY CAR!!!!!!!?????????? THIS LOOKS LIKE THE TL AND THE MDX ****ED EACH OTHER IN THE MOUTH AND GOT AN STD!!!! acura just stop it!!!!!! you should of left the mdx the way it was !!!!! i liked the old grille!

That beak is a something.
Acura has the ability to make their cars the ugliest line up in the industry. WOW.

not diggin that wood interior AT ALL!!!

well i take the other comment back… after you look at it abit its not horrible!!!!! but if they are tryna pull a BMW stunt on us they can forget it!!!

The CSX, RDX, and MDX are probably the only Acuras that are pleasing to the eyes. Just don’t look at the grille. The TSX is ok, nothing spectacular comparing those in its class and even compared to the new Mazda6. The TL, RL, and upcoming ZDX designers should all be shot dead! Don’t expect other carmakers to copy the “beak” like how everyone did their interpretation of the Audi and VW split dual front grille.

I cannot believe i actually like it. The new signature theme actually works well on this car. The theme only works on the RL, TSX, and now the MDX!

I am sure if you dropped the car 3 inches lower on 21″ black spinners with everything else blacked out………. we might just have a winner here folks.

Just saw the new RDX. He’s coming this way! Jesus Chr*st! Now there’s two of them! Run!

Looks like Acura killed two birds with one stone today… if you get what I mean.

Acura keep up the good work!
Eveyone on this LLN site loves the new look.

Very nice Suv, still not too crazy about that bottle-opener front end. Different but then so is shock therapy and not a lot of people like that either.

Lol @ Caddy-V

I don’t like the exhaust at all!!!! The exhaust is so small, but leads to a huge end piece!! WTH??? I bet they charge you at least 400 bucks for that! Put a real exhaust on it! I still wouldn’t mind the current one, but I like the color of the new interior a lot!

MDX and TSX has the besk beaks. Not saying they look great, but it works well here.

Ugly….bottom line.

Despite the comments regarding the exterior (ie “beak”), I will say that Acura finally implementing a 6-speed automatic transmission …. welcome to the club! It only took Honda how many years to catch up with ‘the standard’? It is rather unimpressive that the other luxury makes are going 7+ speeds in their high-end models whereas Honda / Acura finally caught up to 6 speeds.

As for the drop in torque … I’m not surprised that they did this. Apparently, there is a big issue with failed transmissions with their previous 5-speed transmission (take a look at the 2nd gen TL / CL / previous gen MDX). Hopefully this update will resolve any further woes to consumers in the used car market. And hopefully we will see the 6-speed transmission in the TL / RL and possibly TSX.

Better than the ’09’s at least….

Agreed, carmaster4ever (with your first comment). That wood is terrible.

Turned out better than I expected. I like it. Not an SUV guy, but if I were, this would be on my list.

I was right in RDX post: the beak has been circumsized a notch. Could loose some more foreskin.

carmaster & lv: Don’t worry, it’s not really wood.

Borat: You call yours a “beak?”

Grill isn’t as bad on the MDX as it is on the other vehicles (still won’t win a beauty contest though). It’s a bit better than the two-piece metal mess that was on the 09 model. Doubt it will help sell the product though. You can still find ‘new’ 08s on some dealer lots.

I don’t think “the beak” looks as bad on the MDX as on the TL. The air intakes on the front bumper is more detracting than the beak. The interior is beautiful. I don’t know how anyone could think otherwise.

Agree tyler,one parrot and a crow

“Tuned at the Nurburgring in Germany”

They tune everything there now? I can’t wait to read that the next gen Dodge Sprinter was tuned there too!

ICEMAN – NO room to talk about A4 when you think “spinners” are ever a good idea!

I’m genuinely afraid to click on these pics.

The MDX already had a ridiculous front end so this change isnt really too drastic. Unfortunately, they forgot to add real wood trim or improve the highway mileage to a respectable figure. I supposed the changes to the auto damping are supposed to address the brick hard ride that many have complained about.

The use of plasti-wood is excessive in this car.

The old beak was better…(in my best Charles Barkley voice: “Turrible”)

Just how many ugly sticks did Acura need to buy to smack that grill with?

It’s just a Pilot.

At least the H-Pilot looks attractive and masculine.

THIS pilot looks like a bargain basement Chevy Traverse

Inspire,

My pilot is in the shop right now with one of those fried 5-speed trannies $4500 bill on the way

I for one would not rush out to buy a Honda/Acura model with a freshly designed tranny.

I still say it looks like Tow Mater.

Nice car….NOT!!!

Ok ok, I got a good one! Which grill is worse, the Mazda3, or this, MDX?

I would say the Acura, I would rather have a smiling car then a bottle opener front grill

I am a GM guy…. and i think that the TL would be one of the best looking cars on the market today, if not THE best, if they lost that stupid face. I have no idea what they are thinking.

I always hated the MDX but finally a grille that looks better than the current one….to bad this grille looks like a piece of sh_t. You fill in the blank.

Spinners iceman? Really? I hope you’re joking.

You think at this point Acura would have figured out that nobody seems to like their new grill designs, I’ve never met a single person who admitted to liking them.

Tow Mater! ROFL!! With those new overchromed sub-grilles in the bumper, it almost appears like the bumper is indeed falling off!

There are two reasons the new “signature” grille looks better here than elsewhere in the lineup: 1) It doesn’t extend upward beyond the headlights or on to the hood, which is why it looks SOOO bad on the TL and RL. 2) The weird “inside out” perforated grille the MDX used to have was even worse.

Honda has been experimenting liberally with every grille on everything they’ve released since the MDX.. with very little stylistic success. From the Civic’s Saturn-like chrome bar to the tri-level CR-V beak, the USB-port inspired Pilot and the Ridgeline’s faux tuff-guy monstrosity, every Acura two-tone fake metal shield, and most recently the mini-Ford-3-bar inside the Insight’s maw.. nothing has been remotely cohesive or attractive.

Like it or not, at least we know it’s an Acura! Too bad we don’t want to buy it.

I think it looks good. They should have changed up the back though.

You say Tow Mater and I say Tow Motter,
You say Pow Tater and I say Pow Totter,
Tow Mater, Tow Motter,
Pow Tater, Pow Totter,
Let’s call the whole grille off!

the grill looks like the cookie sheets we used to make in 8th grade shop class.

This is a nice vehicle – beak or no beak. That being said, I don’t regret buying the Buick Enclave in any way, shape or form. In fact, I find the Enclave a more attractive vehicle.

Don’t worry bubs solo. I hear if you hit a deer with the new Acura TL they come out looking like smiley face cookies.

ACURA is getting lost in LALA Land.

First of all, Its styling is getting worse and worse every time they release a new car.(but this might just be ME since “LOOKS” are highly subjective)

Another thing is that the Fuel Economy estimates are ridiculous for this CUV with 300 HP / 270 lbs of Torque.

I mean, Lincoln will be releasing their 2010 Lincoln MKT Ecoboost which has 355 HP/350 lbs of Torque yet It’s rated 17 City / 22 Highway with STANDARD All-Wheel Drive System and according to Car & Driver this engine runs on 87 Octane.

Come on, Acura DON’T LEAVE BEHIND.

Wow, and I thought the Aztek looked bad. Even they didn’t make it look worse on the touch up.

How many Chrysler designers do they have working on the exterior of this train wreck?

That Lincoln packs a smaller direct injected and twin turbo’d engine Perez, that’s why it’s more powerful and more efficient at the same time.

I have to admit – it looks better.

I’m not a fan of the “plastic-wood heaven” interior though.

A.J. I totally agree. Despite the spoon full of crap Acura has been offering everone, this car is actually a nice effort, except the lower air dams. But what the hell happened inside? It looks like a half assed effort to truly exude luxury. The seats look like they’re built for racing and the dinky blind spot indicator should be outside and the wood couldn’t be more obviously fake. It wont be so bad if they had just painted it piano black. All in all, it is barely passable for a decent luxury SUV.

I have to say, this does look quite pleasing (contrary to what most people have said above.)

Perhaps one of the reasons that the MDX received this grille, is to keep up with the corporate image (for better or for worse).

I feel that the grille attracts a plethora of attention and it strikes up much controversy. Without it, would most of you even know that Acura existed? And would you know that the previous generation of Acuras were beautiful??

TL, it’s good to know that a car exists and to have your name out there and the buzz around the car and all, but to be laughed at? That’s not buzz, that’s humiliation.

I must admit that I was in the market for an SUV. I looked at the Acura MDX and overall, it was nice, but I couldn’t get past the grille and those huge pieces of plastic wood inside. I don’t think many would dispute Acura’s tie to Honda for reliability, though, so at least they have that going for them. I really think that this is a situation where management at Acura has “made the call” to stick with the grille as opposed to changing it, which would not be all that hard to do. They’re gutting it out!

Reliable? Didn’t they just admit they had to tweak the engine for added reliability? If Honda couldn’t get their 5spd to work without the teeth falling off of it, are you gonna bet this new 6spd transmission is any better. A friend of mine has the 5spd manual in a 06 TL, and that car all ready has a jacked up 3rd gear too. Not too mention the 21mpg. R U Kidding. . . New Cadilac SRX is getting 25MPG, and looks way nicer, and runs on 87 octane.

Though not a huge fan of the beak, it doesn’t look bad on the SUVs and is OK on the TSX (looks awful on the TL and RL). For what it is, I think the MDX is a decent looking CUV. I do like the interior layout and I do like the darker wood grain.

I really like the wood, it is reminiscent of BMW. No, it won’t ever be like BMW, but I do like it. I think it may just be the lighting coupled with the lighter leather color the wood looks bad. They have finally made this thing worth the money, CMBS, lane departure, 19″ wheels, ventilated seats, and a 6spd tranny finally!

Absolutely looks horendous,just as bad as that fat piclkle tub Taurus!

Anyone think that the 09’s have a problem with engine bay temperature? They seem to have opened up the front quite a bit in this redesign.

What the heck is Acura doing? All of the new car styles are absolutely fugly. Time to can the chief designer and get something else going. Stop producing these uninspiring, discontinuous eyesores!!

Come on haters!! Look past the grille, its been out for 2 years!!

I’m an MDX fan.. but sheessh, Why the front fascia.. ???? is that a TL crossover version..?