Acura ZDX

And the standard feature list in the ZDX is even better than the maximum amount of features you can get in the Prologue Elite.

So as standard, the Acura ZDX base spec gets adaptive cruise control, no lane centering, which is kind of disappointing, but that's an aside.

But you get leather seats that are heated and ventilated up front, a Bang & Olufsen sound system, a panoramic opening glass roof, ambient lighting, wireless Apple CarPlay, wireless Android Auto, wireless phone charger, power liftgate, and more cargo space.

The ZDX offers about thirty cubic feet of cargo space, whereas the Prologue offers about twenty-five point five cubic feet.

It's just not the same vehicle, right? It's like if the FT1 was a GT car, like a legit GT race car, kind of like that new...

new thing they have coming out is then you have to make the street car that's consumable for everyone and every type of demographic on a car like that needs to be taken into consideration so what you end up is with a final product that's more for the everyday person but still has some of that same design language the super has a design language of the ft1 concept i think the last time i was in monterey 2022 they had the precision ev concept which i think maybe you would know this because you're a little closer to those than i am but i think that was kind of almost like mdx-ish like we have a 2026 mdx right now and it looks different than our 2023 a little bit but it had kind of the larger front front grills and some of the more aggressive designing and if you look at the headlights or the taillights there's always that nice little design thing in there that wouldn't have been there before and i have to believe that came from like the precision ev concept of 2022 Or it could be the ZDX, right? Because we have the 2024 performance EV concept.

Maybe that became the ZDX, the RSX concept in 25.

That's shelved right now.

Can you, in layman's terms for people, what does it really mean when we tell them this is like, what can they realistically expect when a manufacturer says this is a design language? This isn't something that's intended to 100% be one of one out there on the road someday.

It's a small slice of MDX sales, but a big profit driver.

It's the latest cut after the manual Integra, the TLX, and the ZDX all got axed.

Stellantis says there's no business case to keep its Brampton, Ontario assembly plant.

That news just broke before recording time.

Just keep it on the road.

Uh, and people will ask, "Why, uh, why is Honda Prologue and Acura ZDX on this list?" Apparently, they share a lot of similar components, um-

Yeah

... from, from this brake system.

There's like a sliding scale that they'll use, etc.

So know keep that part in mind and you could always check with uh with tesla to see what that looks like there should be actual written documentation on treadwear treadwear depth versus lease return charges and requirements etc so you should be able to calculate that out yourself on your list i i don't i hate to confuse you further but i would say adding in a cadillac lyric and or acura zdx might not be too bad vehicles to toss into this blender because they also have big back seats and reasonable cargo areas.

They're probably going to be a little bit less expensive.

Might be easier to find, too.

and I think it's too long to wait.

So anyway, that's option number one.

The most logical option probably is Acura ZDX because it's the best Chevy Blazer ever built.

For sure.