- Acura’s second EV would be the RSX crossover
- It enters manufacturing in late 2025 on the Honda EV Hub plant in Ohio
- It is going to share a platform with Honda’s 0 Sequence EVs, which can even be in-built 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 a press release launched on Jan. 15, Acura stated the trendy 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 Sort-S
A teaser picture 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 automotive.
Manufacturing might be dealt with on the Honda EV Hub plant in Marysville, Ohio, beginning in late 2025, that means we’ll doubtless 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 Basic Motors for its platform and manufacturing web site.
The brand new platform, which can run Honda’s personal ASIMO OS software program, can even underpin Honda’s 0 SUV and 0 Saloon fashions, which had been previewed earlier this month on the 2025 CES occasion in Las Vegas. The brand new 0 Sequence fashions will begin manufacturing on the Marysville plant in 2026.
Honda 0 SUV prototype
Honda has stated it leveraged its Method 1 expertise—most just lately supplying energy items to the championship-winning Purple Bull Racing workforce—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 properly 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.
