The Acura RSX was a sporty coupe but, like the Ford Puma and Capri and the Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross, its name is being dusted off for an SUV.
Australians will be familiar with the RSX itself, if not its nameplate; it was simply what the fourth-generation Honda Integra coupe was sold as in North America.
The revived RSX, in contrast, will be an electric SUV based on last year’s Acura Performance EV Concept and it will enter production in the US this year at the new Honda EV Hub.
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It debuts a new Honda-developed electric vehicle (EV) platform, as well as the new ASIMO OS operating system introduced by Honda at the 2025 Consumer Electronic Show.
Acura hasn’t confirmed any specifications for the new RSX.
As expected of an SUV wearing an old coupe nameplate, the RSX has a sloping, coupe-like roofline.
Under the curvaceous roof, Acura designers have given the RSX some sharp creases on the doors, as well as a belt line that rises dramatically at the rear doors.
There’s also a full-width light bar, plus a rear-end treatment with dramatic cutouts. Overall, however, the silhouette is much less dramatic than the concept, which had more of a coupe-on-stilts appearance.
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Acura Integra, TLX and MDX Type S
In the US, Acura is Honda’s premium division, which battles Toyota’s Lexus and Nissan’s Infiniti marques. It calls itself a ‘premium performance brand’, and has been busily expanding its lineup of hotter Type S models.
It sells vehicles only in North America, as well as Panama and Kuwait; all its vehicles are built in North America.
Acura pulled out of China in 2022, and has never sold cars in Europe, Japan or Australia, though some of its vehicles have been offered in these markets with Honda badges, including the NSX.
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North American Acura Integra -
Chinese Honda Integra
While it may be sad for some enthusiasts to see a well-known sports coupe nameplate dusted off for an electric SUV, fans of hot Hondas were treated in 2022 to a revived Integra.
The Acura Integra was launched for model year 2023 as a sporty five-door hatchback, based on the same platform as the 11th-generation Honda Civic, but it’s exclusive to North America.
It joined the BMW X3-rivalling RDX, the X5-rivalling MDX, and the TLX, Acura’s rival for the BMW 3 Series. The range is also being expanded this year with the ADX, taking on the BMW X1.
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Acura ZDX -
Acura ADX
The Acura Integra is a separate vehicle to the Honda Integra sold in China, launched in 2021. This is simply a Civic with some minor styling changes.
Acura has been reviving some names from earlier in its almost 40-year history. In addition to Integra and RSX, it resurrected the ZDX – last applied to an unpopular coupe SUV – on an electric SUV riding a platform borrowed from General Motors.
The brand’s back-catalogue consists predominantly of acronyms, with Acura selling only three models with ‘real’ names: the Integra and Legend, plus the short-lived Vigor.
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