Lincoln Corsair vs. Acura RDX

Your morning commute sets the tone for the day. When you take the wheel of the Lincoln Corsair or the Acura RDX, you can plan for every day to be like a day at a luxurious retreat. You don’t sweat the small stuff and have a greater appreciation for details others often overlook. How can your SUV do this? It’s easy when you have seats that support you exactly as you need.

The Acura RDX features available 16-way power front seats with lumbar support, thigh extension, and side bolsters to hug your body’s curves. When these seats are selected, they also include heated and ventilated capabilities for a more personalized experience. The Lincoln Corsair, on the other hand, includes available Perfect Position front seats, which take the capabilities of the RDX and add:

• 24-way adjustability
• 5 massage programs with 3 intensities

While comfortable with adding Premium Milano leather upholstery, the RDX lacks the prestige of the Lincoln Corsair, especially when you factor in the Lincoln Soft Touch trim, which adds a smooth and supple texture to the already sensory-enhanced cabin.

The Lincoln Corsair and the Acura RDX offer more than premium seats to enhance your daily drive. Their focus on ride quality helps eliminate road imperfections and make you feel like you’re gliding on air. With the Acura RDX, this starts with its Super Handling All-Wheel Drive™ system. This advanced drivetrain gives your SUV a sporty edge with its enhanced grip and torque vectoring.

The Lincoln Corsair offers an optional all-wheel drive system, but the ride quality features extend far beyond this drivetrain. An optional adaptive suspension uses sensors to monitor the road’s condition. It will automatically adjust the vehicle’s suspension to iron out any imperfections in the road’s surface.

You’re further wrapped in a bubble of bliss with the Lincoln Corsair thanks to Active Noise Control and its acoustic laminated windshield. These features block unfavorable road and wind sounds, leaving you with nothing but your favorite songs or conversations with loved ones to fill the cabin’s space.

Confidence is your best accessory. The Lincoln Corsair and the Acura RDX boost your driving confidence thanks to their intuitive driver-assist suites, Lincoln Co-Pilot 360™ and AcuraWatch™, respectively. Each system uses sophisticated monitoring technology to monitor a range around your SUV and alert you to potential hazards you may have missed. Some features may provide gentle braking or steering support when certain conditions are met.

Regardless of which SUV you choose, you’ll have access to brand-specific versions of these features:

• Forward collision avoidance with pedestrian detection and emergency braking
• Blind spot monitoring system with rear-cross traffic detection
• Lane-keeping system
• Intelligent adaptive cruise control system

While each SUV offers these features, only the Lincoln Corsair offers hands-free driving, courtesy of Lincoln BlueCruise. Compatible with 97% of controlled highways across North America, it allows you to arrive at your destination with less driving fatigue.

Having confidence allows you to enjoy every moment of your commute better. With intuitive infotainment systems on board, the Lincoln Corsair and the Acura RDX invite you to bring your favorite songs along for the ride. Each SUV features wireless Apple CarPlay® and Android Auto™ integration, but the similarities between these SUVs end here.

The Lincoln Corsair continues to impress with its optional Revel® Ultima 3D Audio System. Featuring 28 speakers, QuantumLogic® 3D Surround technology, and three custom listening modes, this advanced speaker system makes every note resonate with you more than the optional 16-speaker system of the RDX.

No two commutes are the same. While your morning may start wanting a comfortable, balanced ride, you may crave unbridled thrills during your evening commute. While the Lincoln Corsair and the Acura RDX feature standard turbocharged engines that pack a punch, it’s about what you can do with this power that matters most.

Each SUV features a selectable drive mode system. With its Integrated Dynamics System, the RDX offers four modes: Comfort, Normal, Snow, and Sport. Each adjusts performance benchmarks to deliver a more fine-tuned response.

The Lincoln Corsair also features four selectable modes—Normal, Excite, Conserve, and Slippery. The more diverse modes offer more ways to fine-tune performance output. Plus, select trim levels include two additional modes for more ways to choose how your SUV performs.

The trend of the Lincoln Corsair offering more performance versatility continues with its plug-in hybrid (PHEV) trim level. When optionally equipped, this trim level lets you travel farther distances with fewer stops, all while creating less tailpipe emissions.

When traveling with only electric energy, the Lincoln Corsair achieves an EPA-estimated all-electric driving range of 27 miles.* When using a combination of gas and electric energy, this range increases to an EPA-estimated 80 combined MPGe rating.

Without a PHEV trim level, the Acura RDX needs to make more frequent stops at the gas station. Its most efficient configuration achieves an EPA-estimated 21 city/27 city/23 combined MPG rating. Within your busy life, fewer pit stops are an invaluable addition you and your wallet will be happy about.