Acura at present has two SUVs in its portfolio, the midsize RDX and the bigger three-row MDX. Each fashions are stable, well-respected choices, however given the raging recognition of utility automobiles as of late, the premium Japanese model could possibly be contemplating an enlargement of its lineup. As reported by WardsAuto on Tuesday, Acura product planners could also be creating a subcompact SUV.

With trimmer dimensions and certain a commensurately cheaper price tag, this new car would compete with fashions just like the Audi Q3, BMW X1 and Lexus’ NX. In fact, firm representatives are at all times cagey about discussing future product plans, however Acura vice chairman and model officer Jon Ikeda instructed WardsAuto, “We’ve to feed the funnel.” Learn into that remark what you’ll, however it positive looks like he is hinting they’re seeking to solid a wider web.

By providing a smaller SUV, Acura might enchantment to clients that do not want an enormous, honkin’ car. The 2022 RDX, for instance, is 187.4 inches lengthy and rolls on a 108.3-inch wheelbase. That makes the most recent model of this family-hauler almost 7 inches lengthier than the first-gen mannequin that got here out again in 2007. The wheelbase has additionally been stretched by a not-insignificant 4 inches. Naturally, the bigger MDX has grown much more.

With its longstanding SUVs getting greater and greater, it appears there’s undoubtedly room for this model to increase its mannequin lineup, to supply a downsized utility car, although this may increasingly not occur within the fast future. In the intervening time, it seems like Acura has its fingers full. “Our 100% focus is on launching Integra,” stated Ikeda. “Then we’ll see the place we will go.”

If Acura decides to enter the subcompact SUV fray, it might want a reputation for this future product. Based mostly on logos, the model is at present sitting on a pair viable candidates, ADX and CDX, although it’s miles too early to take a position about names earlier than a car has even been introduced.