The Acura Integra Is Coming Back again and “Will Dwell Up to the Hype”

Acura is exhausted of getting questioned when it will bring again the Integra sport compact, which has not been offered in this article considering that 2001. The remedy, announced all through Monterey Vehicle Week and the festivities main up to the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance: The Acura Integra, a person of the two cars and trucks that aided launch the Acura manufacturer back again in 1986, is building a large comeback in 2022. It will really possible debut as a 2023 design.

Honda’s luxury brand applied drones to split the news in the evening sky above Pebble Seaside. The lights of the drone depicted what appears to be a compact two-doorway hatch, even though with its boxy profile and pop-up headlights, we consider this was far more of a stylized homage to the primary ’80s Integra two-doorway (a four-door was also provided throughout the Integra’s near-20-calendar year operate).

A teaser image and movie (at the top of this tale and above) show a more present day Acura visage with pointy headlights and the brand’s signature pentagonal grille. We specifically dig the ’90s-retro “INTEGRA” lettering debossed in the bumper include just beneath the headlight—it’s a sweet contact.

MotorTrend tried to get much more data from Acura model officer Jon Ikeda, who was the one who verified that the automaker is fatigued of individuals inquiring for the Integra’s return and elaborated on how it made the decision to make the new Integra transpire.

Basically, the conclusion to bring the Integra was built about 6 several years in the past, Ikeda confesses. He would not say what platform it utilizes, where it will be constructed, or a lot other detail. But it is expected to be electrified to some extent—that is the upcoming of Acura. It will very likely be a hybrid as opposed to a pure EV. And it will be enjoyment to travel, which would be appropriate, presented the Integra’s historic DNA.

Oh, and when the primary Integra was not all-wheel drive—it was in its place a extremely clever-managing entrance-driver—we anticipate the 2022 Integra to be AWD. We presume that, like former Integras, the new one particular will be a compact, sporty motor vehicle potentially it will be a coupe, though we’re purely speculating at this level.

The correct time to convey it again is now, Ikeda claims, as Acura performs to return to its roots as a functionality model and has been growing its Variety S choices (TLX, MDX, and now the NSX). And there will be a hole in the halo category with the 2022 NSX Kind S capping the latest NSX sports activities car’s operate as the brand’s efficiency north star. Right after the Type S, no far more NSX.

Manufacturer aficionados especially and automobile enthusiasts frequently keep in mind Integra and there are superior feelings behind it, Ikeda says. The new Integra must provide persons into the model, equally new buyers, and the nostalgic. “It will stay up to the hoopla,” Ikeda notes.

The new Integra is not a substitute for the Acura ILX compact sedan—which departs following the ’22 product year—the manufacturer main says. But it is an addition to the present lineup that does look to fill the section gap with a a lot more thrilling entrant. That implies there is nevertheless a slot available for a little sedan, though no term as of nevertheless no matter whether Acura will fill it as soon as the ILX dies.