Acura_Bossman, I thought we already agreed that our terms of Off Road are different.
You look at off road as going sking on the weekends in the snow, driving on a dirt road to get to your favorite camping spot, and driving on the beach to enjoy the sunset. Any SUV can do this.
My definition of offroad is doing the MOAB, the Baja, the Las Vegas 200 and driving your vehicle on closed logging roads that have washed out trails do to snow runs. The MDX is not designed for this. Look at where Acura put the muffler at on the MDX. Underneath the rear suspension instead of above it. The first rock that you drive over that is over 9inches tall will take that muffler right off. Look at the underneath of the MDX, then look at the 4 Runners. Also why do you think Toyota left the solid axle in the rear of the 4 Runner? Because solid axles are alot stronger and provide more suspension travel. The MDX uses the same rear suspension as the Honda Van which is an independent setup. Not sure how you can say the Pilot, based off the MDX which is based off the Honda Van is just as capable as the 4Runner off road. I'm not picking on the MDX, as the Lexus RX300 would get owned by a 4 Runner as well.
The Honda Pilot is based off the MDX which is based off the Honda Van. Hence, the Honda Van if it was all wheel drive would be a capable 4X4. Hence if the Toyota Van was all wheel drive it would too be a capable 4x4 like the 4Runner.
~A