2025 Acura ADX First Look: Acura’s Cute New $35,000 Luxury SUV
Acura’s take on the Honda HR-V aims to bridge the gap between the sporty Integra hatchback and the RDX SUV.
Buoyed by the success of the Integra, Acura is expanding the lower end of its lineup with a new subcompact luxury crossover. The new 2025 Acura ADX becomes the baby bookend of Acura’s luxury SUV lineup, joining the compact RDX and midsize three-row MDX as its luxury subcompact SUV offering. Promising to offer up high levels of style, luxury, and practicality, Acura hopes this Integra-sized and roughly $35,000 offering will help it continue to attract new buyers to the brand.
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Meet the ADX
The 2025 ADX is new to the Acura lineup, but it’s not entirely new to our roads. Riding on a platform shared with the Integra/Honda Civic and Honda HR-V subcompact SUV, the new ADX blends elements of the former with the latter.
Its 104.5-inch wheelbase is identical to that of the HR-V, while its 185.8-inch length matches the Integra, with flared SUV-like fender arches responsible for the half-inch width increase (to 72.5-inches) versus the Acura hatchback. A minor ride-height difference and an HR-V-like profile with a two-box design accounts for the 7.9-inch height difference between the new ADX and the Integra. Those specs make the ADX similar in length to the more expensive RDX, but it’s about two inches shorter and narrower.
Under the hood the ADX thankfully takes a page from the Integra instead of the HR-V, the latter of which we’ve previously described as “painfully slow,” thanks to an underpowered 158-hp 2.0-liter I-4 engine. The ADX instead gets the Integra’s 1.5-liter turbocharged I-4 with a CVT and either front- or optional all-wheel drive. Acura isn’t talking power output at this point, but we think the ADX will most likely match the Integra’s 200-hp and 192 lb-ft of torque. The 2025 Acura ADX likely won’t be quick—the Integra, for instance, scoots to 60 mph in 7.6 seconds—but that amount of grunt should make the ADX perfectly pleasant to drive.
The New Acura ADX Inside and Out
Visually, the 2025 Acura ADX shrinks the RDX formula into an HR-V-sized package. Its styling largely looks sporty and premium, save for the near non-existent dash-to-axle ratio and raked rear glass that betray its HR-V underpinnings.
It’s a similar story inside, with the ADX largely cribbing the HR-V’s layout and design. The biggest differences here are the replacement of the Honda’s shift buttons for a proper shift lever, the addition of an Integra-like panel on the passenger side of the center console to help the interior feel more driver-focused, and higher-quality interior materials. The new ADX also sports a more interesting color mix than the limited options available for the HR-V, including a red and black combo, and an Acura-first “orchid” blue and white.
Acura promises that the ADX’s three trims are well-equipped. The base ADX comes standard with a 10.2-inch digital instrument cluster, 9-inch infotainment display with wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, heated seats, and a full suite of active safety tech. The mid-level 2025 Acura ADX A-Spec adds sporty-looking trim inside and out, a panoramic sunroof, ventilated power front seats, rear seat USB-C ports, and a handful of other extras. The top-trim ADX A-Spec with Advance Package adds an individual drive mode, parking sensors, 360-degree cameras, remote start, and a heated steering wheel. It replaces the stock eight-speaker sound system with a 15-speaker Bang & Olufsen-branded setup.
