---
title: "2022 Acura MDX Type S Is Towing a TLX Pikes Peak Race Car From Ohio to Colorado"
description: "Because your go-fast family car should be able to haul your go-fast track car."
date: "2021-06-17"
modified: "2021-06-17"
authors:
  - name: "James Gilboy"
    job_title: "Contributing Writer"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/james-gilboy"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/41134/2022-acura-mdx-type-s-is-towing-a-tlx-pikes-peak-race-car-from-ohio-to-colorado"
categories:
  - "Acura News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
tags:
  - "acura"
  - "luxury"
  - "mdx"
  - "suv/crossover"
---

# 2022 Acura MDX Type S Is Towing a TLX Pikes Peak Race Car From Ohio to Colorado

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/images-by-url-td/content/2021/06/Acura_Pikes-Peak-2021_MDX-Type-S-Tow.jpg>)
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The 2021 Acura TLX Type S is a statement, one whose message rings loud and clear to anyone who drives it: [Acura hasn't forgotten what it does best](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/40704/2021-acura-tlx-type-s-review-the-best-handling-acura-this-side-of-an-nsx>). It's about to test our faith again, though, by launching a second Type S performance model, the 2022 Acura MDX Type S, its first-ever ([real](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/26183/2019-acura-mdx-a-spec-test-drive-review-theres-nothing-wrong-with-pretending>)) sporting crossover—that can still tow.

This, the larger of today's two Type S models, is powered by a turbocharged V6 producing 355 horsepower and 354 pound-feet of torque, equal to that made by the TLX Type S—it's presumably the same 3.0-liter V6. A 10-speed automatic forwards its force to torque-vectoring SH-AWD, optimized further with an exclusive Sport+ driving mode. It tightens up vehicle responses, allowing full exploitation of the MDX Type S's double-wishbone front suspension and its Brembo front brakes.

![message-editor%2F1623944709745-typesinline.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1623944709745-typesinline.jpg>)
**Acura**

Said Brembos also come it handy while utilizing the MDX Type S's maximum tow rating of 5,000 pounds, which it will ply for its first public appearance as its hauls a TLX Type S race car across the country to Colorado. Once there, it along with one other TLX and two of [Acura's American-made NSX supercars](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/29346/the-only-supercar-made-in-america-is-the-2020-acura-nsx>) will storm up Pikes Peak for the mountain's internationally acclaimed hill climb race, taking place Sunday, June 27.

![message-editor%2F1623942381106-mdx22\_types-126\_crop.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1623942381106-mdx22_types-126_crop.jpg>)
*2022 Acura MDX Type S, *Acura**

![message-editor%2F1623942388891-mdx22\_types-123.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1623942388891-mdx22_types-123.jpg>)
*2022 Acura MDX Type S and 2021 Acura TLX Type S, *Acura**

The 2022 Acura MDX Type S won't be far behind its marvelous, yet mature TLX Type S forebear, and will arrive in dealers by the end of 2021. Full details will trickle out as this date nears—hopefully complete with a lap time of the Nürburgring, for frivolous comparison with [its new crossover lap record holder](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/41122/new-hi-po-version-of-the-porsche-cayenne-just-smashed-the-suv-nurburgring-lap-record-at-738-9>).

*Got a tip or question for the author? You can reach them here: james@thedrive.com*

## Author
James is a former staff writer for The Drive. He has changed the conversation around electrification, debunked misinformation online, and become a prominent hunter of what he calls "automotive cryptids."

### Author social links  
[Instagram](<https://instagram.com/jamesgilboy>)