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Acura RDX Concept Car

The brand’s entry luxury SUV will also be on the NAIAS floor next month, attired in subtly refreshed sheetmetal to update its circa-2007 looks (albeit with a circa-2010 Keen Edge beak). The Acura RDX will be fitted with a lightened SH-AWD system and Acura expects best-in-class fuel economy (not that the RDX was handicapped enormously in the first place). The current Acura RDX is rated 19/24 and 17/22 mpg city/highway with front- and all-wheel drive, respectively.

A V-6 will finagle its way into the engine bay, contributing more power than the current 2.3-liter turbo four’s 240 horsepower and 260 lb-ft of torque. At this point, it’s hard to imagine the turbo four-cylinder is long for this world, at least in its current guise.

The third Acura to bow in Detroit next month, the RDX, will go on sale a few months later. An 11.1-percent projected growth through 2016 for the small luxury SUV segment makes the RDX more important than ever before.