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#51 of 2579 insurance rates by only1harry May 23, 2001 (1:54 pm)
Well I read that one of Acura's goals were to reduce theft of the RSX since it is really bad with the Integra (#1 stolen car in the country). The word is that the RSX motor will not fit in current g7 Civics. The motor mounts are not located in the same place. I assume '02 Civic Si (160hp) motor may have similar motor mount settings as all other g7 Civics, don't know, but they 're supposed to be different than g6 & g5 Civics. Then again '99-00 Si's didn't have nearly the theft problem g3 Integras have, although you can drop in a '99-00 Si motor in any Civic from '92+ with no problem. The theft rate on Integras was 2.2% in '00 and I 've read that the Type-R has contributed a lot to that # in the last 2-3 yrs with almost 1 out 10 Type-Rs being stolen or broken into. GSR is similarly high. If it weren't for the LS & GS thefts, and they only sold GSRs & Type-Rs, I think that perecentage would be over 5% because GSRs make up only 1/7th of all Integras.
#52 of 2579 Edmunds.com's First Look: 2002 Acura RSX by pocahontas May 30, 2001 (5:32 am)
"A New Name for an Old Flame"     Heres Edmunds.coms First Look of the Acura RSX, by Erin Mahoney. What do you think? Thanks for your comments. Pocahontas Host Hatchbacks / Station Wagons Message Boards
#53 of 2579 not much there by only1harry May 30, 2001 (10:59 am)
This is old news.. This information came out 3 mos ago. I guess Edmunds just took a "first look" at the RSX at the auto show in NYC just like every one there..
#54 of 2579 First Look by ranald May 30, 2001 (11:09 am)
Indeed this is all old, generic information. The comments are generally favorable, though, except for the (IMO unjustified) digs at the styling. So the RSX is not tacky, trendy or flashy, get over it. (The looks of the current gen Celica will not age any more gracefully than the previous gen's 'porpoise' look.)   The only comments on the front suspension are that it saves space (true, and nice to point out), that it's not as easy to modify as the old double wishbones (true, it couldn't be *easier*), and that it might not appeal as much to the 'youth market' (true cause it's a little harder to slam the car). All fair.   Overall while this is nothing new it's good to see the publicity. I think more people read Edmund's than the specialist Honda-Acura sites.
#55 of 2579 very good points by only1harry May 30, 2001 (12:14 pm)
but if you visit the "specilized" Honda/Acura forums on the web you 'll see thousands of posts a day on each one (and there are dozens of them) by hundreds of people. Although I can't answer if more Honda/Acura owners read Edmunds than those other forums, Edmunds sure doesn't get anywhere near the amount of posts on the Honda/Acura topics. I mean if you get 3-4 posts a day on the Civic or Integra (both hatchbacks and sports coupes forums) forums, it's a lot. On the other forums you get hundreds of posts on just one model. Times that by about 10 Honda & Acura models and you get some very heavy traffic. So it's either that Honda & Acura owners/prospects don't postk/participate on Edmunds and just read, or Edmunds does not have the # of people or Honda/Acura enthousiasts reading their forum that the "others" have.
#56 of 2579 RSX loses a chunk of sales by occupant1 May 30, 2001 (3:20 pm)
This new car will lose a lot of sales immediately because there is no longer a sedan. A TL sedan starts at $29K. The Integra sedan could be had for as little as $20K. Acura should have thought about that. If they're smart, they'll bring over the 1.7EL sedan which is a premium Civic sedan, which is all the original 1986 Integra was, an athletic 1.8 liter Civic. If my wife ever wrecks her blue automatic '98 LS hatchback, she'll be replacing it with a blue 5-speed '98-'00 GS sedan. Especially since we can't afford to go with a TL unless it's older.
#57 of 2579 sedan by ejonavin May 30, 2001 (9:05 pm)
So what IS Acura's plan for the sedan? They won't have a compact sedan model in the U.S. once the Integra is gone.
#58 of 2579 Acura/Honda Sedan by boomn29 May 31, 2001 (9:15 am)
Maybe Acura doesn't care about that market anymore... Since they are owned by Honda, maybe Honda decided they did not the competition and they the Accord and Civic and doing well enough???   Just an idea.
#59 of 2579 Integra sedan by ranald May 31, 2001 (10:34 am)
Reminds me of something I read somewhere, and that seems to make sense to me, that demand for a premium-priced subcompact sedan is understandably scarce.   IIRC, Integra sedans only made up about 10% of sales.
#60 of 2579 Integra sedan by himiler May 31, 2001 (3:35 pm)
Don't be shocked to see a RWD sedan with displacement in the 2.0 to 2.5L range by MY 2003--Acura isn't going to just sit by and watch the IS300 eat into 3-Series sales. There has been rampant speculation and even some in-house design concepts for such a car, which (it is assumed) will use many drivetrain components from the S2000. Now that BMW is tooling-up for the new 1-Series, a new Acura compact sedan might get a big boost from pent-up demand in the market.

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