2025 Acura ADX SUV Unveiled as an Integra on Stilts
Acura has unveiled a new SUV, the ADX, in a bid to lure younger buyers into showrooms. Slotted into one of the most competitive segments of the market, the company’s smallest and most affordable high-riding model features a turbocharged engine, a generous list of standard features, and a high-tech interior.
Branching out into the compact luxury SUV segment makes perfect sense: nearly all of Acura’s rivals are already there, including BMW and Mercedes-Benz, and the only compact model in the brand’s range is the Integra. We love the Integra, but buyers have made it crystal-clear that they prefer SUVs to sedans.
Related to the Honda HR-V, the ADX stretches 185.8 inches long, 63.8 inches tall, and 72.5 inches wide, so it’s almost exactly as long and as wide as the Integra but approximately eight inches taller. Its front end falls in line with Acura’s current design language thanks to styling cues such as a diamond-shaped grille flanked by thin, sharp-looking horizontal headlights, but the Honda DNA is more pronounced out back.
The interior layout shares more than a passing resemblance with both the Integra and the HR-V. The driver faces a three-spoke steering wheel, a 10.2-inch digital instrument cluster, and a nine-inch touchscreen for the infotainment system, and Acura wisely kept physical buttons for the climate control system.
In spite of the similarities between the three models, the ADX neatly fills a gap. It’s more spacious than the Integra: it offers up to 24.4 cubic feet of trunk space with both rows of seats up and 55.1 cubes with the second-row bench folded flat. It’s also better-equipped than the HR-V: The list of standard features includes 18-inch alloy wheels, a power-operated hatch, a 15-watt wireless device charger, and an eight-speaker sound system. For audiophiles, the range-topping trim gets a 15-speaker Bang & Olufsen system.
At launch, ADX buyers will have a single engine to choose from. It’s the familiar turbocharged, 1.5-liter four-cylinder that also powers several other Acura and Honda models, though its horsepower and torque ratings haven’t been released. For context, the turbo-four develops 200 horsepower and 192 pound-feet of torque when it’s in the Integra A-Spec and the Civic Si. Front-wheel-drive and a continuously variable transmission (CVT) linked to shift paddles come standard, and all-wheel-drive is available at an extra cost.
The 2025 Acura ADX will reach dealer lots in early 2025. The range will initially include three trim levels called ADX, ADX A-Spec, and ADX A-Spec with Advance Package, respectively. Pricing will be announced closer to the model’s on-sale date, though Acura tells us to expect a base price somewhere in the mid-$30,000 range. For context, the Integra carries a base price of $33,000 and the HR-V starts at $25,400.
