---
title: "2023 Acura Integra Starts at $31,895, Six-Speed Is $5,000 More"
description: "You can have a $32,000 Acura Integra, but you'll be stuck with the CVT."
date: "2022-04-28"
modified: "2022-04-28"
authors:
  - name: "Chris Tsui"
    job_title: "Contributor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/chris-tsui"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/2023-acura-integra-starts-at-31895-six-speed-is-5000-more"
categories:
  - "Acura News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
tags:
  - "acura"
  - "compact"
  - "Hatchback"
  - "Integra"
  - "luxury"
---

# 2023 Acura Integra Starts at $31,895, Six-Speed Is $5,000 More

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/28/01-2023-Acura-Integra.jpg>)
*Acura*

Acura has announced pricing for the [2023 Integra](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/44679/2023-acura-integra-the-fwd-icon-returns-with-200-hp-and-a-manual>) and, loosely keeping its previous promise to have the car start at "around $30,000," the upcoming sports sedan will carry a starting price of $31,895 after destination. While that gets you into the base CVT-equipped model, drivers looking for a manual Integra will have to spring for the top A-Spec trim with the Technology Package that costs $36,895. As an in-between option, the $33,895 Integra A-Spec *without* the Tech Pack is also avialable but that car, like the base, is CVT-only.

To put these numbers into context, the less luxurious and feature-rich [Honda Civic Si](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/44360/2022-honda-civic-si-review-the-affordable-stealth-fighter>) that this car is based on costs $28,315 after destination.

Acura also notes that the 200-horsepower Integra will come with the company's new maintenance program in which oil changes, tire rotations, multi-point inspections, and "select factory-scheduled maintenance" are covered for the first two years or 24,000 miles, whichever happens first.

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/28/24-2023-Acura-Integra.jpg>)
*Acura*

If you ask me, that $32,000 starting price isn't bad but I'm a little bummed that Acura is essentially locking the manual away behind a $5,000 paywall. Even within Honda and Acura's own lineups, the top Integra's $37,000 asking price is knocking at the door of the bigger and more powerful TLX which starts at $39,545. It's also not all that far off from what Honda was selling the last-gen Civic Type R for—$38,910 in 2021—and that's a freakin' Type R.

Those looking for an affordable way to get a performance-grade manual in a compact Honda sedan can just opt for the Civic Si, I guess.

Anywho, differentiating the Integra from its Civic Si counterpart are different, more plush-looking designs inside and out. While the Civic is a conventional sedan with a conventional trunk, [the Acura is a liftback](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/44682/the-2023-acura-integra-is-the-honda-civic-si-hatchback-you-all-demanded>), kinda like the [Kia Stinger](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/39283/2021-kia-stinger-review-this-is-the-car-bmw-stans-should-really-be-buying>). Unlike the Si, the Integra gets a 10.2-inch digital instrument display standard while the Tech Pack adds a HUD and 16-speaker ELS audio.

But what say you? Is the Integra too expensive? Would you take it over the Si? Should Acura offer the base model with the manual?

*(Hint: The only correct answer to that last question is "yes.")*

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/28/30-2023-Acura-Integra.jpg>)
*Acura*

*Got a tip or question for the author about the new Integra? You can reach him here: chris.tsui@thedrive.com.*

## Author
Chris Tsui is *The Drive*'s former Reviews Editor and current freelance automotive journalist. He's based in Toronto.

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