subject: Fremont Acura MDX among 2011 Motor Trend Sport Utility of the Year finalists [print this page] Fremont Acura MDX among 2011 Motor Trend Sport Utility of the Year finalists
Designing and selling new cars is very similar to a career in writing; for every quality hopeful with good material and talent there are a million other hopeless wonders out there looking for a shot. In writing as in the automobile industry it is often those who respond favorably to criticism that end up flourishing while others remain stagnant.Acurahas been successfully navigating the fine line between listening to the critics too much and using criticism as a tool for future growth. As a result, the Acura MDX finds itself in the running for 2011 Motor Trend Sport/Utility vehicle of the year.
So why the diatribe about the importance of criticism? The SUV category is filled with contenders all facing the same burdensome, incessant criticism about sport utility vehicles: looks good, but why so sluggish? Acurahas been paying attention to the concerns of drivers and has responded by loading the new MDX with a new engine combination that will help it drive less like a slug, and more like a thoroughbred.
Underneath its serious grill, the MDX boasts a new, 3.7-liter V6-engine designed to increase driveability, handling, and performance. The new V6 features sturdier connecting rods, crankshaft, and block, as well as a higher compression ratio and better engine cooling; improvements conducive to more favorable performance and maneuverability. Add to this a wider difference between horsepower and torque pinnacles and the result is a technically-sound answer to widespread SUV-nay saying.
Acura is responding to the inevitable plethora of automotive critics lurking anonymously in the SUV category. Whether or not the MDX goes on to capture the 2011 Motor Trend Sport/Utility of the Year title, or not, it will remain a paradigm for how highly-scrutinized SUV's and young, aspiring writers can ingest criticism and turn it into a positive improvement on their work. Like the wealth of SUV models out there, there is an ample supply of aspiring writers with talent, skill, and style. The best ones the ones who make it, like the MDX differentiate themselves by beating the talk with creative innovation and staying fresh.
