- Acura’s second EV would be the RSX crossover
- It enters manufacturing in late 2025 on the Honda EV Hub plant in Ohio
- It should share a platform with Honda’s 0 Collection EVs, which may even be inbuilt Ohio
Acura will revive its RSX nameplate later this 12 months for an electrical crossover, the automaker has confirmed.
The unique RSX, badged as a Honda Integra outdoors the U.S., was a sporty coupe offered within the early 2000s. In an announcement launched on Jan. 15, Acura stated the fashionable automobile will keep true to the nameplate by providing a coupe-like profile and a fun-to-drive expertise behind the wheel.
2005 Acura RSX Kind-S
A teaser photograph of a camouflaged prototype, launched along with the assertion, exhibits a high-riding automobile with 4 doorways, a liftback tailgate, and door handles flush with the physique. Acura stated the styling was previewed by final 12 months’s Efficiency EV idea automobile.
Manufacturing might be dealt with on the Honda EV Hub plant in Marysville, Ohio, beginning in late 2025, that means we’ll possible see the brand new RSX arrive as a 2026 mannequin within the U.S. Prototype testing on public roads commences this week.
Acura Efficiency EV idea
Acura Efficiency EV idea
The automobile would be the first primarily based on a brand new EV platform developed in-house at Honda. This contrasts with Acura’s debut EV, the ZDX, which depends on Common Motors for its platform and manufacturing website.
The brand new platform, which is able to run Honda’s personal ASIMO OS software program, may even underpin Honda’s 0 SUV and 0 Saloon fashions, which have been previewed earlier this month on the 2025 CES occasion in Las Vegas. The brand new 0 Collection fashions will begin manufacturing on the Marysville plant in 2026.
Honda 0 SUV prototype
Honda has stated it leveraged its System 1 expertise—most just lately supplying energy models to the championship-winning Purple Bull Racing group—to assist guarantee its platform stays skinny and light-weight. The automaker has hinted at a weight discount of round 220 kilos in comparison with its earlier EV platforms. This could bode nicely for efficiency automobiles primarily based on the platform, together with doubtlessly a brand new Acura NSX supercar.
Acura, on Jan. 15, additionally stated its new ADX compact crossover will begin gross sales this spring and might be joined later within the 12 months by an up to date Integra compact hatchback boasting exterior and inside tweaks.