---
title: "You Slept on It. Now What Do You Think of the 2023 Acura Integra?"
description: "Six-speed manual, limited-slip diff, and proven Civic bones, all for roughly $30,000. Yay or nay?"
date: "2021-11-12"
modified: "2021-11-12"
authors:
  - name: "Chris Tsui"
    job_title: "Contributor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/chris-tsui"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/43116/what-do-you-think-of-the-2023-acura-integra"
categories:
  - "Acura News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
tags:
  - "acura"
  - "compact"
  - "Hatchback"
  - "Integra"
  - "luxury"
---

# You Slept on It. Now What Do You Think of the 2023 Acura Integra?

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It's back, people. After a 16-year absence, the [Acura Integra is finally back](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/43106/2023-acura-integra-1-5l-turbo-luxury-touches-and-a-manual-gearbox-for-around-30k>). Last night, Honda's luxury division unveiled the Integra Prototype. Yes, the yellow five-door hatch-sedan you see here may technically be a prototype but if Honda's track record is anything to go by, expect the final production version to look pretty much identical (see: the [Civic Prototype](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/37599/2022-honda-civic-prototype-dumping-the-angry-cyborg-looks-for-something-more-subtle>) that turned out to look just like [the real thing](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/41063/2022-honda-civic-review-the-king-of-compacts-reaffirms-its-reign>)).

As we all kind of already gathered from spy shots, it'll essentially be a fancier, rebodied, hatchier rendition of the Honda Civic, just like the original Integra. Full specs and interior design are still a secret for now but Acura has confirmed it'll use a turbocharged 1.5-liter engine (presumably the one out of the Civic Si), be available with a six-speed manual transmission, a limited-slip differential, and start at around $30,000.

https://twitter.com/_/status/1458977465175449605

https://twitter.com/_/status/1459219245418508291

Promising stuff, right? Apparently not, if much of the automotive internet is concerned. It's "just a Civic underneath," they say. As if that wasn't always part of the Integra's central premise and as if the new Civic isn't a damn great car. "The back looks like a Genesis Coupe," the haters remark as if being accused of looking like a Hyundai in the year of our lord 2021 is still a slight.

If you ask me, the new Integra looks fine. Good, even. As somebody who literally just got out of a manual Honda Civic hatchback, it's a great car and a great platform for a revived Integra. The upcoming Civic Si, which will only come as a sedan, already starts at over $27,000 so a few grand more for what I think is better and sharper styling, plus a presumably plusher cabin sounds like a pretty good deal.

But we'd like to hear from you: What do you think of the new Acura Integra now that you've had a day to think?

*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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