New Acura Integra Confirmed As Five-Door Hatchback In Teaser

The Integra name will always be intrinsically linked to the neat-looking coupe versions, particularly the DC2 and DC5 Type R screamers. Plenty of Integra derivatives were five-door hatchbacks, however, and it’s in this medium that Acura has chosen to resurrect the name.

Honda‘s premium division has released a teaser image for the car showing a decent chunk of its rear-three quarter, including the shut line for a rear door. And in case that wasn’t enough, we get this note in the press release: “Just like the original Integra, which helped launch the Acura brand in 1986, the fifth-generation Integra will be a premium sport compact with striking five-door design.”

If you were hoping we’d get more information at this stage, we’re going to have to disappoint you. The next line notes: “More details about the all-new Acura Integra will be available closer to its 2022 introduction,” and that’s quite literally the extent of the press release. So, we’ll have to continue with some harmless speculation.

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It’s likely that under the new Integra with its sleek, sloping roofline will be 11th-generation Civic underpinnings. In North America, that car has the choice of either a 156bhp 2.0-litre inline-four or a 178bhp 1.5-litre four-pot turbo. The latter would be a good fit for the new Integra, particularly if combined with a manual gearbox. At present, the Civic is only available with a CVT.

We (and others) had wondered if the new Integra might merely be a rebranded replacement for the outgoing Civic coupe, but the latest announcement pours cold water on that theory. There is still hope for a hot version borrowing the circa-300bhp 2.0-litre inline-four turbo engine from the incoming new Type R, but we won’t be getting our hopes up too much until some solid intel on that front arrives.

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Although we have a little while still to wait for the Acura Integra’s arrival, a new Honda Integra has already emerged - it’s a lightly tweaked version of the Civic built for the Chinese market.