Front seat comfort in the MDX is excellent. The seats are firm and supportive, and power adjustable eight ways for both front passengers – the driver also gets adjustable lumbar – with two memory settings for the driver’s seat. Our test car’s seats were covered in chocolate brown perforated leather as part of the sport package, and the front seats were heated. Almost everything within reach is nice to touch; the leather steering wheel and shift knob, the padded door armrests and sills, and the padded center console armrest. About the only tactile letdown was the plastic wood used throughout the cockpit. Its dark wood-grain pattern looks good, but the obvious plasticness contrasted sharply with the otherwise luxurious surroundings.