Pricing announced.
Only way to get a stick is a loaded Aspec Elite for $45k... That's crazy!
Pricing announced.
Only way to get a stick is a loaded Aspec Elite for $45k... That's crazy!
Last edited by Pauly Boy; 05-02-2022 at 09:57 PM.
Originally posted by killramos
It's a Chrysler, it won't last long enough to depreciate.
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Originally posted by sputnik
Cell providers are the next Blockbuster video stores.
At $45k for a 1.5L 4-cylinder with a manual transmission this car is DOA in Canada.
What an absolute pizza shit
These announcements always deliver in terms of entertainment
Originally posted by Thales of Miletus
If you think I have been trying to present myself as intellectually superior, then you truly are a dimwit.
Originally posted by Toma
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Exactly what I was thinking. My first car was a 3rd gen Integra. This whole thing makes me sad.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Isn't $45k an entry-level car these days anyway? I swear it's hard to find anything useful under that.
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Civics, Corollas, etc are still had easily for under $30k which is what the Integra is essentially.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I didn't start buying cars new until integras were long out of showrooms, but how much more than a base civic was an integra back in the day?
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Back in 96 when I bought mine (going from memory), the RS was $22k, the LS was ~ $24k-24.5k, and the GS-R was ~ $27.5k-28k. (There was also an "SE" that had a few GS-R bits, slotted in-between the LS and GS-R) In 98, the Type-R was about $31k-$33k-ish. And by 2001, the last year of the model, the GS-R was around $29k-$29.5k-ish.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Not sure on the Civic pricing at that time, but I think the Si in 96 was about $20k-22k. (that was the ~125hp model).
Thinking about this is bringing back memories. I remember around 98 or 99, they released the Civic Si-R, which had the 1.6L DOHC VTEC engine from the Del-Sol (160hp). And that car got a huge amount of attention. People acted like this was finally what everyone was waiting for and it was so ground breaking. But the pricing of that model was encroaching on the Integra GS-R, and IMO the GS-R was still the better car.
I recall a yellow ITR that sat in the Northwest Acura showroom for a while before it was sold as not many people wanted to pay that much for an Integra. Different times.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
A couple pics I took during my spring 98 visit to Acura of Edmonton. They had 8 Type Rs on the lot that day. I test drove one and almost bought.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I remember that car. I tried so hard to talk my dad into buying it but he wanted something just a little more grown up.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
The 2nd gen Integra was a great car. Even the 1st gen was decent - it just needed to grow up a little.
But this is not a car I am excited is being produced. It looks like a slightly sharper Civic (no surprise there) which in it's own right isn't a vehicle I think looks good at ALL. To me, this appears disproportioned and the C pillar area looks brutal. The rear lights also look like the old Genesis coupe. Basically, it looks outdated before it's even been released.
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I don't remember the 1st gen being popular in the enthusiast crowd at all though. That was the early days of Acura when they were trying to market the upscale-ness of their brand, more than the sporty aspects (this was pre-NSX).
That makes the current pricing pretty much bang on with inflation.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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I think the better comparison is how it’s peers are priced. What else does $45k get you these days?
Stripper LT1 Camaro for $43k. Is it a good comparison for 450hp?This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Pic's of stripper, plz.