Car ruins an otherwise slick Acura ZDX spot

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Acura's got a pretty stylish teaser ad airing for its new ZDX model, but a lot of the spot's charm ends where the car begins. As a service to Acura and parent company Honda, AdFreak has compiled viewers' real-time reactions into five key take-aways: 1. The woman is attractive. 2. The Acura is ugly. 3. The Acura looks like a Cadillac, which is not to say it is attractive. 4. The term "four-door coupe concept" is damn confusing.

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