The 2022 Acura MDX SH-AWD Advance is a sharp-looking 3-row SUV with good power, sporty handling, and all-wheel-drive. Rare that an automaker skips making one of its best sellers for a year, but ...

Acura's new three-row MDX SH-AWD benefits from significantly sharper handling and more technology.

Acura will build the new MDX in Ohio, with an Ohio-sourced engine and a Georgia-made transmission. Pricing should continue to be a major MDX strength, with the base, front-wheel-drive 2022 Acura MDX ...

The 2022 Acura MDX looks better and offers more space and technology, but it also lacks the performance and ease of use that would push it to greatness.

As before, the 2022 MDX comes standard with front-wheel drive, although all-wheel drive (or SH-AWD in Acura parlance) adds $2,000 to the bill. Want a sporty looking 2022 MDX A-Spec?

Optionally available is the latest generation of Acura’s torque vectoring SH-AWD or Super Handling All-Wheel-Drive, but the MDX is front-wheel-drive standard.

The 10-speed automatic transmission gets a sportier tune in MDX Type S application, while the performance model also gets Acura’s SH-AWD with torque vectoring standard.

Infotainment is still needlessly complex One of the best AWD systems in the segment The 2022 Acura MDX is a mid-sized luxury SUV with three rows and a lot of upsides.