by default or as an option?

I was at my local Acura dealership the other day to service my Integra and noticed the 05 RSX's headlights... they looked different but I am not sure and didn't asked about them being HID.

HID are kind of a deal breaker for me actually. I have them for my Integra, but since the Integra's light reflectors aren't designed for HID, it doesn't look as good as the HID of a S2000 for instance.

 

NO, it doesn't...but it should

 

yes it should, thats the only thing that bothers me about the car.

 

yeah only hope the DC5 ITR comes on over
it'll have HIDs for sure
i'll take mine in Championship White
drool drool

 

Goodness! LOL... You guys expect a lot for $23,000!

 

It's really too late. The DC5 doesn't have much longer as a production run.

There's also no marketing reason and no homologation reason to bring over a DC5 ITR. The DC2 ITR came over to meet homologation rules for racing, but the DC5 can race just as it is. To win races with the DC2, Honda needed a different motor and some serious chassis bolstering to keep the rear chassis from ripping apart at several points. The DC5 doesn't need that kind of re-enforcement to race in the USDM.

The DC5 is homologated as the USDM Type S under FIA/SCCA Group N rules just as it is, and then modified according to whatever series (World Cup, USTCC) it needs to fit in.

Honda/Acura are even rethinking the entire marketing image of the Acura marque.

When Acura was first introduced, it was the "sports" line with the original Integra. When the Legend was introduced as an Acura instead of a Honda, a long fight began over the "luxury" image versus the "sporty" image.

There's a little gossip out of Torrance that lines like the former Integra and current RSX would only be introduced in the future as sporty versions of the Honda line, not the Acura line.

It's possible that ugly 2006 Civic that everybody's talking about could be introduced in an "Si" variant designed to replace the entire USDM Acura RSX marque!

 

man that would suck
well i can dream of a DC5 ITR .........drool again
but all in all i'd really hate to see the integra line up disapear

 

Don't forget that they were always part of the Honda lineup overseas. Even the Legend was a Honda in other markets.

 

well they'll always be a part of honda to me and the rest you the guys and gals that have ever driven one

 

What do you mean? Are we getting a complete make over for 2006 then?

I reckon the Integra running a VERY long time :/