Acura is bringing back the RSX...

[FT-1]

... But given that it's the year of our Lord 2025, Acura is hopping on the bandwagon of bringing back a nameplate that was once used on a fondly remembered compact sports car and whacked it on a crossover. An electric one, at that!

Acura Turned The RSX Into An Electric SUV | Carscoops

The name synonymous with Acura's sporty coupe of the 2000s will now represent an all-electric SUV set to go on sale in early 2026

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[Tornado]

1. They never should have renamed the Integra to alphabet soup in the first place.
2. The Integra is now back anyway.

Nobody should care.

 

[FT-1]

1. They never should have renamed the Integra to alphabet soup in the first place.
2. The Integra is now back anyway.

Nobody should care.

True on both counts. The modern-day equivalent of the RSX is basically the current Integra, and they've done an honourable revival of the Prelude name, too, to make up for this one misstep.

Still, given the reactions Mitsubishi and Ford have faced for the Eclipse and Capri revivals respectively, it's somewhat amusing Acura thought it would be a good idea to take a similar approach.

 

[Keef]

1. They never should have renamed the Integra to alphabet soup in the first place.
2. The Integra is now back anyway.

Nobody should care.

Good news: Nobody does! It's an EV crossover, literally nobody gives one lowercase f that this exists.

 

[RACECAR]

Is there even a profitable market for an EV crossover? If not, I'm failing to see what even is the point of it (nevermind the slapping of a name plate onto it).

 

[AudiMan2011]

Is there even a profitable market for an EV crossover? If not, I'm failing to see what even is the point of it (nevermind the slapping of a name plate onto it).

Pleasing the accountants

 

[Mafio]

Is there even a profitable market for an EV crossover? If not, I'm failing to see what even is the point of it (nevermind the slapping of a name plate onto it).

Theres aways a market for crossovers and SUVs. EV or not.

 

[EngieDiesel]

As long as it has decent legroom and plenty of tech toys inside, it'll sell well in China at least.

 

[05XR8]

Glad they didn’t use the TSX.

 

[Eunos_Cosmo]

Is there even a profitable market for an EV crossover? If not, I'm failing to see what even is the point of it (nevermind the slapping of a name plate onto it).

They probably thought so 2-3 years ago when this was in the concept phase. I agree with others - the RSX nameplate has basically no cache so whether or not they use it here shouldn't matter to anyone. I think Acura is slithering its way into using legacy (IE 90s) nameplates for their gas powered cars and the acronyms for the electric stuff. But that's just a guess - if they rename the TLX "Legend" for the next gen, then I'm right.