There are tons of compound angles and swooping shapes that give the cockpit a sense of movement and wavelike forms.Īcura says that the Precision EV Concept will offer two driving modes: “Instinctive Drive Mode” and “Spiritual Lounge Mode.” Instinctive, indicated by digital sport-style instrumentation and a red lighting treatment, offers the driver the ability to control the car with the yoke steering wheel. At the center of the vehicle sits what Acura says is a preview of a future infotainment screen: A large, curved, transparent touchscreen with haptic feedback. The unconventional wheel sits in front of a curved dash and small screen, presumably a driver’s instrument panel. Inside the futuristic cockpit, which Acura says is inspired by Formula 1 racers, the driver gets a wide yoke-style steering wheel with a transparent bar in the middle. From the rear, the body appears wider than the greenhouse, giving the Precision EV Concept a wide and slightly squat look. The grille styling echoes that of the MDX, Acura’s best-selling SUV, and the midsize TLX sedan, which was also Acura’s most buzzworthy car in years until this the 2023 Integra came on the scene at last year’s Monterey Car Week.Īcura says that the design is inspired by “luxury Italian powerboats,” and the rear gets a slight boattail styling with a split spoiler, topped with a single, red taillight fin.
The crossover-style EV gets a low-slung floating roofline, frameless windows all around and a blindingly bright “Particle Glitch” grille with a similar pattern echoed onto the concept’s huge five-spoke wheels. Last week, ahead of the events at Car Week on the Monterey Bay peninsula, Acura offered up a short teaser of the Precision and followed it with photos earlier today, now we’ve gotten to see it in the flesh and learn more about Acura’s plans. The first hint of the luxury brand’s all-electric future, the Precision offers a glimpse of the design language Acura plans to use its future electric vehicles starting with the 2024 ZDX SUV, which will closely mirror the Precision EV in shape and style. Abigail BassettĪcura took the wraps off of its Precision EV concept this evening at a private event in Carmel, California, adjacent to the annual Monterey Car Week. We still think it’s a desirable feature in cars, and one that showed its merits in cargo and passenger seating tests of the larger Nissan Rogue and Volkswagen Tiguan.The Acura Precision EV, with style inspired by Italian power boats and Formula 1 cars, heralds the arrival of the luxury brand’s first all-electric vehicle, the 2024 ZDX. The big passenger- and cargo-volume miss? Chevrolet axed the sliding second row for the new Chevrolet Equinox - a favorite feature of ours on the 2017 Equinox model - making the feature scarcer in this SUV class. The Chevrolet Equinox’s cargo area didn’t fit the small box lying flat behind the backseat without it sticking out a little, but only one cargo area in this test could: the Tiguan. Having two releases in the cargo area for the split-folding portions of the backseat also made maximizing cargo space a snap. The Equinox’s flat load floor (some aren’t very flat) made loading the bike into the rear of the Equinox a breeze.
Though we laid the cardboard box flat for visualization of the cargo area, general practice for transporting a cardboard box like ours with a flat-screen TV inside is to keep the TV upright.
View all 2018 Volkswagen Tiguan models for sale near 60606Ĭargo included a 23-inch adult bicycle and an adjustable cardboard box tested in two sizes: 37 inches long, 6 inches wide and 41 inches tall, which we fit behind the backseat, and an expanded 70-by-6-by-41 inches, which we fit with the backseat folded.