This might interest a few peeps who never leave the ITR board...
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=121228

 

We will not see a Civic Type R ever in America. Why? Because Honda is desperately trying to separate Honda and Acura as much as possible. The whole TYPE something is an Acura thing. However, Si and SI-R's are Honda designations.

A RSX type R would be perfect though. Acura is going for the sporty luxury look. Just look at how they designate the RSX, TL, and CL as type S's andnote the new 6 speeds in the RSX and the CL type S. So use the RSX as a niche car to show off the technology and the direction that Acura is heading toward. From a marketing standpoint, using the S2000 would have been good here, but it would be sacreligious because it was to commemorate 50 years of Honda. It would be kinda like a Saturn Corvette or a Lincoln Mustang. However, it would give the image that Acura wants,giving it 2 sports cars, while commanding a high price on the market with a few more amenities of course.

As usual, I expect the RSX type R to be detuned and gutted however. If Acura knows what it is doing, it would bring it over as is from JDM. I mean everything from 2003 Mustang Cobras to STi's will have Brembo brakes! Also, even if they bring it, it may not be the hit that the DC-2 ITR was because now the RX-8, Z, WRX STi, and Lancer will all be only a few thousand north of the type R. Honda may have missed the boat here.

Sorry for my long post. Just my opinion.

 

this is really stupid but I always thought the dc5r should be brought to america as the <U>honda</U> integra. Since the quelude is gone, honda has nothing performance wise between the si and the s2k.
whatever they call it, I would have a tough choice if they brought dc5r and ctr here. I guess I would wait a year or two and see which I could get low milage cheap from somone selling it to get the next flash in the pan car.


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