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The 2025 Acura ZDX Type S: It Needs Less Bling, More Zing
General Motors' Ultium Platform underpins a wide range of EVs in the GM stable, from the Chevrolet Blazer EV and Equinox EV through to the all-out Hummer EV.
It also powers two vehicles sold under the Honda/Acura badge: the Honda Prologue, and the Acura ZDX.
Today we're putting the highest-spec version of that car - the Acura ZDX Type S - through its paces. And we're eager to find out one thing: Is it really a Type S? Or something else entirely.
00:00 - Introduction - Music: Mansij- Kiwi Juice
01:13 - Montage: Music - Dawncall- Enchanted Woods
02:14 - We had TWO cars to drive!
05:05 - What's behind a subscription/paywall
06:38 - Apple Car Play and Android Auto are standard
07:21 - Hands Free operation
11:51 - Interior feel and seating
15:08 - Drive Modes
16:36 - A very heavy car.
17:57 - Power and specs
19:11 - Kate doesn't enjoy the suspension.
20:27 - It doesn't feel AWD
22:23 - Hurt by that wheel choice?
22:52 - Brake test
23:45 - Easily upset chassis
24:24 - We all thought the same...
25:34 - Great large cup holders...but...
27:27 - A tough sell
28:34 - This isn't the Acura of the 90s.
29:56 - Less Bling, More Zing required
31:45 - There are better cars for the price
34:07 - It's a car for existing Acura customers, not conquest buyers
35:21 - Our final grading
35:56 - Thanks, and Goodbye!
Presenters: Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield, Kate Walton-Elliott
Editor, Colorist: Vi Horton
Art and Animation: Erin Carlie
Producer: Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield
Music supplied through Artlist.io
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By General Motors' Ultium Platform underpins a wide range of EVs in the GM stable, from the Chevrolet Blazer EV and Equinox EV through to the all-out Hummer EV.
It also powers two vehicles sold under the Honda/Acura badge: the Honda Prologue, and the Acura ZDX.
Today we're putting the highest-spec version of that car - the Acura ZDX Type S - through its paces. And we're eager to find out one thing: Is it really a Type S? Or something else entirely.
00:00 - Introduction - Music: Mansij- Kiwi Juice
01:13 - Montage: Music - Dawncall- Enchanted Woods
02:14 - We had TWO cars to drive!
05:05 - What's behind a subscription/paywall
06:38 - Apple Car Play and Android Auto are standard
07:21 - Hands Free operation
11:51 - Interior feel and seating
15:08 - Drive Modes
16:36 - A very heavy car.
17:57 - Power and specs
19:11 - Kate doesn't enjoy the suspension.
20:27 - It doesn't feel AWD
22:23 - Hurt by that wheel choice?
22:52 - Brake test
23:45 - Easily upset chassis
24:24 - We all thought the same...
25:34 - Great large cup holders...but...
27:27 - A tough sell
28:34 - This isn't the Acura of the 90s.
29:56 - Less Bling, More Zing required
31:45 - There are better cars for the price
34:07 - It's a car for existing Acura customers, not conquest buyers
35:21 - Our final grading
35:56 - Thanks, and Goodbye!
Presenters: Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield, Kate Walton-Elliott
Editor, Colorist: Vi Horton
Art and Animation: Erin Carlie
Producer: Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield
Music supplied through Artlist.io
(See chapter markers for relevant audio titles)
© Transport Evolved LLC, 2025
Links:
PLEASE help support the channel (if you are going to use Amazon) by using our Affiliate link: https://amzn.to/40xOyjm
As amazon affiliates, we will earn money from qualifying purchases made using this code.
Comma AI:- https://comma.ai/shop/comma-3x
Frogpilot:- https://github.com/FrogAi/FrogPilot
Join this channel to get access to perks:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC675NhQ4EU5TzwCMwYp5XCw/join
This video was made possible thanks to the kind donations of our supporters on Patreon and Ko-fi. Join them in supporting us.
Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/transportevolved
Buy the team a coffee -- or a meal!
https://ko-fi.com/transportevolved
Donate using bitcoin: BC1QRZRGCCXUKPDZ2DZ9KX9JYJXMZDYHYGFZ0MN4WH
Support us by buying some merch at https://www.redbubble.com/people/TransportEVd/shop
Follow our 'second' channel - Transport Evolved Take Two, at https://www.youtube.com/transportevolvedtake2
Join our Discord server at https://discord.gg/U3tnkGNfCA
Follow the show on Mastodon: https://mastodon.transportevolved.com/
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Use the TE Aptera referral code - i.refs.cc/zz56EbIi - but watch our explainer video FIRST: https://youtu.be/mwzwEssgqNI
Sign up for EnergySage at https://www.kqzyfj.com/click-101290941-16952262