The all-new Acura Integra was unveiled last 7 days and as of March 10 when pre-orders began, 70% of customers reserved the leading A-Spec variant with a handbook transmission. We should really stage out that the base Integra only will come with a CVT and starts from about USD30,000 (RM126,120), so Acura’s consumers are plainly enthusiastic sufficient to spend much more to have a stick shift.
“We are absolutely thrilled with the pre-start response to the 2023 Integra. The complete variety of reservations has far exceeded our expectations and most exciting is that close to 70% of Integra reservations are for the six-pace guide. We’re assured this new Integra will encourage a new generation of fanatic prospective buyers for the Acura brand,” Emile Korkor, Acura’s assistant vice president of profits, instructed Motor Craze.
The Integra attributes the Honda Civic Si’s 1.5 litre VTEC Turbo four-cylinder petrol motor that serves up 200 hp and 260 Nm of torque. Contrary to the Civic Si that is manual only, the entry-amount variant of the Integra will come with a CVT, with only the A-Spec acquiring the alternative of a handbook with a constrained-slip differential. The A-Spec also receives adaptive dampers when specified with the Engineering Offer.
Although automatic transmissions are desired by most car or truck potential buyers in today’s world, it is very clear there’s still a desire when it will come to specified models like the Integra. In simple fact, Motor Craze stories that the life time acquire charge for manuals throughout all generations and product forms of the Integra is a noteworthy 56%.
GALLERY: 2023 Acura Integra
