Its MDX sport utility vehicle pulled in another 53, 000 customers, bringing total sales to 166, 000.

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Today's Acura models are the RL, CL, TL, MDX, RSX and NSX.

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The real competition is with gasoline-powered SUVs, like the Land Rover LR4, the Infiniti QX56, Lexus LX, Acura MDX and Cadillac Escalade.

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These include the coming Lexus RX330 and Toyota Highlander from Toyota, the Acura MDX and Honda Pilot from Honda, and the Infiniti FX35 and Nissan Murano from Nissan.

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The upgraded MDX controller boosts the random read access to a nicely rounded 100, 000IOPS, and random writes have more than doubled to 78, 000IOPS or 90, 000IOPS, depending on who you ask and what drive you use.

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