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The all-new 2019 Acura RDX compact luxury sport utility vehicle, manufactured at Honda’s East Liberty Auto Plant, came out of the gate at full gallop, helping break multiple U.S. sales records in June, while topping its highly competitive segment.
The 2019 model, which arrived at U.S. dealerships June 1, is the first in a new generation of Acura products and represents the most extensive Acura redesign in a decade.
• RDX sales set an all-time record for any month jumping 36.9 percent over June 2017 (itself a record month) on sales of 7,292 units.
• RDX set a new monthly sales record for Acura SUVs, eclipsing the previous mark of 6,761 units set by MDX in 2014.
• RDX sales in June were the highest monthly sales total of any Acura model in more than a decade (since the Acura TL sedan in April 2006).
• RDX was the best-selling model in the compact luxury SUV segment and one of the top-selling luxury vehicles in America in June.
• RDX propelled Acura to a new June light-truck sales record of 11,185 units, a 16.9 percent gain over June of last year.
“The 2019 RDX sets the foundation for a whole new generation of Acura products, and this incredible response from the market and all of our stakeholders affirms the direction we are taking the Acura brand,” said Jon Ikeda, vice president and general manager of Acura.
The 2019 Acura RDX is the first RDX to be designed and developed in America. Like its predecessor, the new RDX is manufactured in East Liberty with the powertrain produced at the company’s other plants in Ohio and Georgia.