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ACURA MDX Car Overview
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She fits America more!
Cars of class SUV (SUVs) are still popular in North America. Naturally, all manufacturers do not mind play this popularity. But at the same time they are not particularly located to the waste, and are always looking for workarounds - so as not to attract large investments. Here, for example, Honda seems to have already found.
The essence of the developer's plan is reduced to take the chassis of the Honda Lagreat car, install a 6-cylinder engine on this chassis, a 3.5 liter working volume (V-shaped cylinder location), collect it all at the factory located in Canada, and submit to the buyer under the guise of new SUV.
Since the main target of MDX becomes the automotive market of North America, then all the revision of the car occurs in place. America is now a country where the principle of a soap bubble is in economics. In such an economic situation, the buyer
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With normal driving drive only on the front wheels
All the above is true. But still developers - Honda engineers, do not forget! They could not do without new items. This time is a new full drive system, which was named VTM-4.
The principle of its action is: under normal conditions, the thrust is transmitted only to the front wheels. But if the conditions of movement change, the electronic control system includes a multi-disc hydraulic clutch, mounted at the same time with the rear differential of the rear axle, after which the traction begins to be transmitted and on the rear wheels. The course of the thoughts of engineers is clear: the car weighs almost 2 tons;
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MDX is equipped with more powerful than Lagreat, engine. Let me remind you that it has 6 cylinders that are located V-figuratively. The car itself has retained the former dimensions. Therefore, the thrust is that the machine is moving without any voltage. The steering is not acting that very quickly. But because of the suspended suspension, the steering turn leads to a natural change in the direction of movement, and not how sometimes it happens: you make a steering wheel, and you feel that the wheels are thinking for some time: turn - do not rotate?
Will they bring him to Japan?
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It seems that Honda is thinking about to get this model and Japan. But is there any need? Of course, this car is pure American, it is made by Americans and for Americans. And in Japan there is no space that needs for him. So why the Japanese is a car for American roads? Although, maybe I am not right.
Technical Specifications Acura MDX
Body sizes (length / width / height) 4789 mm / 1938 mm / 1744 mm
Wheel base 2700 mm
Machine weight 1992 kg
4wd drive
Engine 3.5-liter, 6-cylinder with V-shaped cylinder arrangement, gas distribution mechanism One top-location shaft with 24 valves, developing power - 240 hp At 5,300 rpm, the maximum torque is 33.9 kg / m at 5000 rpm.
Transmission 5-speed automatic transmission
Basic price of the car $ 35.000-40.000
Posted by: Watanabe Syntaro (Watanabe Shintaro)
Photo provided by the advertising department of Honda
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