The 2024 Acura Integra Type S will get 320 horsepower “from a race-proven, high-revving 2.0-liter VTEC turbocharged engine,” Acura confirmed today.
An Old Favorite Return with New Style
2022 was a rough year for the car industry and driving enthusiasts. The return of the Acura Integra served as a lone bit of good news.
Acura built the original from 1986 through 2001. It was the company’s first platinum record – a sporty compact luxury car built on the same architecture as the Honda Civic with premium trimmings and added athleticism. It boasted a relatively affordable price for a luxury car, bringing sport sedan performance in reach for millions of buyers.
Acura retired the name in the early 2000s and experimented with several other points of entry to the brand. None ever won the kind of affection legions of fans had given to the Integra.
So, last year, Acura brought it back. The new Integra has the same spirit as the cars you might remember – it’s a sporty 5-door liftback available with a manual transmission that threatens small cars from German luxury automakers but costs less.
The formula still works. It won the 2023 North American Car of the Year award from a jury of car critics happy to see its return.
But the Comeback Still Lacks Something
The great Integras of the past, though, always had a high-performance version. Acura called it the Integra Type R. It came with a more powerful engine and weight savings – still easy to live with as a daily driver, but a little quicker off the line and more enthusiastic in the corners.
Acura still builds high-performance editions of some of its more pedestrian cars. Today, they’re called Type S models. In 2024, that treatment will finally come to the reborn Integra.
What We Know
Acura has released a few teaser photos of the Type S and sent it out in heavy camouflage to serve as the pace car for this year’s running of the 24 Hours of Daytona.
Now, the company has confirmed the car’s power output. Acura’s press release doesn’t say which engine is under the hood, but we think it’s a retuned version of the turbocharged 2.0-liter 4-cylinder engine found in the Honda Civic Type R.
Acura engineers got five more horsepower out of it. But the Integra’s Civic bones probably mean it’s still using the Civic’s best engine.
The Type S will also come exclusively with “a precise, short-throw 6-speed manual transmission,” Acura says.
Teaser photos in stark red lighting show slightly different bodywork for the high-performance model. Fender flares look larger – probably to accommodate a high-performance set of tires – while the rear features a small spoiler that may be painted glossy black.
We’ll know more when Acura unveils it in full next month. After that, the car is to launch this summer.
