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2016 Acura MDX SH-AWD 9-Speed Automatic Test: All Teched-Up and Geared to the Nines

-The 2016 version of Acura’s bestselling model may look the same as last year’s, but there’s a lot going on behind that chiseled visage. For starters, the MDX crossover gets a new ZF nine-speed automatic transmission. Adding three more cogs creates a wider ratio spread than in the previous model’s six-speed, ostensibly helping to keep the MDX’s 290-hp 3.5-liter V-6 in the more efficient parts of its power and torque

2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata Sound System Detailed (Headrest Speakers Are Back!)

– Mazda MX-5 Miatas and Bose have gone together like Bud Light and hot dogs since the second-generation car came around in 1999, when the audio brand was applied to an optional sound system for the iconic roadster. Since then, each generation of Miata has offered some form of a Bose-designed audio upgrade, and now Mazda is showing off the all-new fourth-generation Miata‘s Bose setup.– – – The headrest speakers offered in the first-generation

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