From Transport Evolved.
General Motors’ Ultium Platform underpins a wide range of EVs in the GM stable, from the Chevrolet Blazer EV and Equinox EV through to the all-out Hummer EV.
It also powers two vehicles sold under the Honda/Acura badge: the Honda Prologue, and the Acura ZDX.
Today we’re putting the highest-spec version of that car – the Acura ZDX Type S – through its paces. And we’re eager to find out one thing: Is it really a Type S? Or something else entirely.
00:00 – Introduction – Music: Mansij- Kiwi Juice
01:13 – Montage: Music – Dawncall- Enchanted Woods
02:14 – We had TWO cars to drive!
05:05 – What’s behind a subscription/paywall
06:38 – Apple Car Play and Android Auto are standard
07:21 – Hands Free operation
11:51 – Interior feel and seating
15:08 – Drive Modes
16:36 – A very heavy car.
17:57 – Power and specs
19:11 – Kate doesn’t enjoy the suspension.
20:27 – It doesn’t feel AWD
22:23 – Hurt by that wheel choice?
22:52 – Brake test
23:45 – Easily upset chassis
24:24 – We all thought the same…
25:34 – Great large cup holders…but…
27:27 – A tough sell
28:34 – This isn’t the Acura of the 90s.
29:56 – Less Bling, More Zing required
31:45 – There are better cars for the price
34:07 – It’s a car for existing Acura customers, not conquest buyers
35:21 – Our final grading
35:56 – Thanks, and Goodbye!
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Presenters: Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield, Kate Walton-Elliott
Editor, Colorist: Vi Horton
Art and Animation: Erin Carlie
Producer: Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield
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