It’s only been about a month since the Chicago Auto Show debut of the production-spec 2013 Acura RDX, but the car has just started production at an Acura plant in Ohio, according to Honda.
While the first generation of Acura’s RDX compact utility vehicle was made at the Marysville, Ohio plant (alongside the Acura TL and Honda Accord), Acura moved production of the second generation model to the nearby East Liberty, Ohio plant, where it will be built alongside the Honda Crosstour and CR-V crossovers. Acura also promises that much of the car will be made with American parts, including engines assembled in nearby Anna, Ohio, and transmissions from Russells Point, Ohio.
With the first of the RDXs coming off the East Liberty line as you read this, Honda’s officially halfway through a $166 million expansion and retooling of the East Liberty plant, promising to make the plant more efficient while keeping up with the brisk demand for the CR-V.
Honda and Acura are hoping that the RDX’s demand will be brisk as well: the car has been redesigned with simplicity and broad appeal in mind. The old car’s intricate and expensive turbocharged four-cylinder engine and torque vectoring Super Handling All-Wheel Drive have been thrown out. In their place is a simpler and brawnier 3.5-liter V-6 (which also promises better fuel economy), and a simpler all-wheel drive setup.
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