00:00If you don't know, Acura is the luxury brand of Honda
00:03In my last video, I test drove the Honda Prologue for a week
00:07To measure its comfort and its performance
00:09Look at that!
00:09Let's buckle up, safety
00:11This is the Acura ZDX Type S
00:13It's built on the same platform
00:15But is it $20,000 more impressive?
00:23Great, you can fold down the rear seats
00:25But for a luxury car, I was expecting it to be electronic
00:29Nope
00:30Let's see the inside
00:31Jump right in
00:32Oh, the white and black accent
00:35I definitely sense some Prologue aesthetics here
00:39God, I don't know why they didn't update this
00:41It's exactly the same size display
00:44Antiquated, boring looking
00:46Although, you know, it's black and white, whatever
00:48This looks slightly better
00:49It looks like it's a better panel
00:51Navigation set, we set off for New York City
00:53Our Double Apex Blue Pearl Type S is the top trim of the Acura ZDX
00:57And will cost you $74,500
01:00What you get for that is a 499 horsepower dual motor
01:03With all-wheel drive
01:05With 102 kilowatt-hour battery
01:06And a range of 278 miles
01:10This is exactly the same platform as the Prologue
01:14Sunroof looks exactly the same
01:17Controls, the dashboard looks exactly the same
01:20I can't even say if this is a lot more comfortable
01:23Even this here is identical
01:26So for an extra $20,000, that is tough
01:32Compared to other luxury vehicles
01:34I tested like the Gents
01:35The Gents is for some odd reason
01:37For the money, they really go overboard
01:40With the features, the look, the interior space
01:42The amount of features
01:43It's very different
01:45It's a big contrast to this
01:47Look at that
01:49It's the same thing as the Prologue
01:51At least change it up
01:52Make the lights a little bit brighter
01:53Or I don't know
01:55It doesn't feel luxury to me
01:56And granted, yes
01:58They're not going to put a lot of emphasis
01:59On the visor here
02:01But man, it could have been a little better
02:04The other thing I noticed about this
02:06Over the Prologue
02:07Is that you have the auto-dimming rearview mirror
02:10So for at night with the headlights
02:12It dims it so it's not straining your eyes
02:15And I believe the Prologue also has it
02:17On the side mirrors
02:18But you get here and also the mirror up here
02:21As far as comfortable
02:22I want to say it's equally as good
02:25As far as the seats go
02:26I want to say they're the same level of comfort
02:28You know, the leather type materials
02:30Plush, it's breathable
02:32They do have the heated ventilated seats
02:34Which is great
02:35Steering wheel?
02:37Surprisingly, I want to say this might be
02:39Actually smaller than the Prologue
02:42One thing I do notice is the sound
02:44Definitely the soundproofing seems to be
02:45A little bit better here
02:47But again, the true test will be on the highway
02:49When we're driving pretty fast
02:50Is it exhilarating?
02:52I'll find out when I get to the highway
02:55So we're driving on the highway
02:58Pretty much cruise speed
03:00And I could hear just a little bit of noise
03:03Just a little bit of that wind
03:04But a little bit quieter than the Prologue
03:07If there's one feature I really want
03:10In any vehicle, even an EV
03:12It's super cruise control or smart cruise control
03:14Because I think it's a really helpful feature
03:17For this long distance driving
03:18And I gladly pay the extra money
03:20To get the Prologue
03:21Because I think it's a great feature
03:23And I gladly pay the extra money for it
03:25Cruise control on
03:27Let's set our speed
03:29Let's 70 right now
03:31And then press this button to activate
03:34It goes green
03:35Technically, it is steering the car for me
03:38But it's an assist feature
03:41Oh, there it is, auto lane change
03:44Cool
03:45Nice feature
03:47Comfort and convenience right there
03:50Let's do that again
03:51Right
03:52It's going to look if it's clear
03:54And just like that, it will change the lane for me
03:58I know in this super cruise control system
04:01It will disengage if you're not paying attention
04:04To the road in front of you
04:05If you have, there are actually infrared camera sensors
04:07Right here into the steering wheel
04:09So if it senses that you're looking away
04:10For an extended period of time
04:12It will stop it
04:13You'll feel the buzz and totally stop it for you
04:17Let's find out if it does it
04:19Oh, it doesn't give a sh**
04:21Not yet
04:24Oh, there it is
04:25Hands-free cruise control disengaging
04:28And that is a safety precaution
04:30Because again, while these are great convenience features
04:33For any luxury car
04:34You still have to be mindful about your driving
04:37It's more there to be an assistive feature
04:40Versus a fully autonomous one
04:42When I first tried it out, I was terrified
04:44You know, I had my hands on the wheels still
04:47There's something about giving an EV, a computer
04:50Complete control of the vehicle you're in
04:52It is terrifying that way
04:54Can you say that you're exhilarated?
04:56I am exhilarated
04:57I'm happy because that's one less thing
04:59For me to worry about
05:00You know, we're not quite there at fully automated
05:03But it's nice to have
05:05There we go
05:07There we go
05:08It's doing it
05:11Wow, okay
05:12If you're doing a lot of long distance driving
05:14You just drive for an hour
05:16Those are small touches
05:18That make a big difference
05:19Because now you can rely on the car
05:21More confidently to do the driving for you
05:24A quick pit stop gave us the opportunity
05:26To try the parking assist feature
05:28I'll let you know when to back in
05:31So maybe it's our right
05:32Oh no, we don't want that
05:33We want left
05:36See if it can do this
05:38By itself
05:39Oh, it's backing up
05:40I have no idea which one's gonna do it
05:42We're stopping
05:44Fail
05:50Clearly wants to go in the middle
05:53Oh my gosh, it's too slow
05:55Yeah, no, that was not smooth
05:56That was not comfortable
05:58It was exhilarating though, I gotta say
06:01Okay, we can't do this
06:02We're not doing this here
06:04We're not...
06:05Yeah, get the f*** out of here
06:07With that abust
06:08There was only one more thing to do
06:10As we approached New York City
06:12I don't have high expectations here
06:13But let's find out
06:14A lot more organized
06:16You know, a little bit more clean looking
06:18You don't have all everything exposed
06:20But yeah, no extra storage here
06:23No problem
06:25There are a lot of things I love
06:25About the Acura ZDX Type-S
06:28You have the stylish, aggressive design
06:30You have the super cruise control
06:32Which I absolutely love
06:33And it handles a lot better in the highways
06:36But is that all worth an extra $20,000 over the Pro-Lux?
06:40I don't think so
06:41I think it's a little bit overpriced
06:43Over the Pro-Lux
06:44I don't think so
06:45Yes, it's comfortable
06:46And yes, it's also exhilarating
06:49But I was expecting more for an extra $20,000
06:52What do you guys think?
06:53Which one did you like better?
06:54The Pro-Lux or the Acura ZDX Type-S?
06:56Let me know in the comments below
06:58Make sure to watch all our other EV videos on the channel
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07:04And as always, I'm John B
07:06And I'll see you in my next video
07:13Transcribed by https://otter.ai
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