The Acura ZDX has been canceled. Once more. It additionally is not an enormous shock, contemplating Honda’s web site is already promoting the 2026 Passport, however should you head over to Acura’s web site, you will see it is nonetheless caught on the 2024 ZDX. Plus, there’s the half the place the ZDX is mainly a Cadillac Lyriq carrying an Acura costume, and the Japanese automaker will quickly launch the RSX, an electrical crossover constructed by itself platform.
The information was first reported by the location Automotive Dealership Man, which claimed to have seen an inside memo despatched to sellers. Acura has since launched an announcement confirming the ZDX’s cancellation, saying:
To higher align our product portfolio with the wants of our prospects and market situations, in addition to our long-term strategic targets, we will verify the Acura ZDX has ended manufacturing.
ZDX has performed a helpful position for the Acura model, and can present a basis we’ll construct on subsequent yr with the arrival of the all-electric Acura RSX, which might be produced on the EV Hub in Ohio within the second half of 2026, in addition to with hybrid-electric Acura fashions now in improvement.
Acura ZDX prospects will proceed to obtain full product assist by our seller community, together with service, components, and guarantee protection.
This transfer additionally comes solely days earlier than the $7,500 federal tax credit score disappears, killed off by Republicans who imagine solely the oil and gasoline business ought to get authorities subsidies.
A used automobile discount
Once we first drove the now-dead Acura ZDX, we discovered that the Ultium platform it was constructed on meant it nonetheless had “a really cavernous inside” and provided some good know-how, even when it wasn’t a real Acura. It additionally did not damage that it made loads of energy, with the single-motor base mannequin cranking out 358 horsepower and 324 pound-feet of torque, whereas the Sort S made 500 hp and 544 lb-ft from its dual-motor setup. It additionally provided the uncommon combo of Apple CarPlay assist and GM’s Tremendous Cruise driver-assistance tech.
Nonetheless, the ZDX was let down by disappointing inside supplies that made it a tough promote in comparison with a lot of its rivals and their way more luxurious cabins. As we stated on the time, “All the things under the armrests, and sure that features all the bi-level heart console, feels prefer it belongs in a $30,000 automobile, not a $75,000 automobile.” Because of reductions and incentives, although, Acura nonetheless managed to promote extra ZDXs than you would possibly count on. By the tip of August, year-to-date gross sales had been 11,520, which is not terribly removed from the 13,072 Integras offered in the identical interval.
When you could not have had any curiosity in a $75,000 ZDX Sort S when new, used examples are already beginning to present up for lower than $40,000. And that was earlier than the ZDX’s cancellation. In one other six months, who is aware of how far values will fall. If you may get a 500-hp crossover with SuperCruise and CarPlay for $25,000, you would possibly simply should look extra significantly at a used ZDX Sort S.