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Acura has revealed that the new 2024 Acura Integra Type S will be available in 2023. Here are some of my thoughts on the upcoming release.
When looking at Acuras history with sports cars, the Type S line in particular held important value to enthusiasts. My personal belief is that the introduction of the Civic Type R introduced to the United States in 2017 hurt Acura’s Type S line. Many Americans have probably felt something along the lines of since there are no Type R’s in America the Type S line is the next best thing. Guess what happens when the Type R is introduced to the states. It devalues the Type S line. I don’t believe that people will hold Type S and Type R to the same level, even though they very well can be. Type R has been a long awaited thing and the excitement remains high. I think a crucial mistake is not branding the new Integra Type S as the 2024 Integra Type R. Yes, I know Type R is for Honda and Type S is for Acura but there was never an Integra Type S. There was however an Integra Type R. Now that the Type R badging has been brought to the states I think it would help the branding behind the vehicle history. An argument I can think of behind that would be that putting Type R on the new Integra would classify it as a race car. I think Integra wants a high performance daily driver which is more fitting for Type S.
All of that aside, when you look at the car on paper it is great. I am thrilled that they are going with a 6-speed manual transmission as the only option as of right now. The K20C from the CTR is a great engine now that they have improved upon its overheating issues. The interior of the 2023 CTR is fantastic and that would only bring high hopes to what an upscale version would look like. Looks we haven’t seen much of but it does look like a big improvement from the standard Integra. As far as pricing I hope they can keep the price under $50,000. With factory options and dealer markups, if this car hits $60,000 I don’t think it will sell at all. I am near certain that this will be the last manual transmission car from Acura. Which in my mind makes it a special car and something that enthusiasts shouldn’t take for granted. All in all, I am excited to see what else we see about this car. Check out our Behind the Wheel podcast on more thoughts on the 2024 Integra Type S!
Recently the NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) has made a recommendation to car manufacturers to implement speed limiters in their vehicles. This is not entirely new as there are vehicles out now that have this technology already. This technology would prevent vehicles from surpassing the speed limit of the road that you are driving on. Once you reach the top of the limit, the accelerator would cease to send power.
I saw a video with a Chevy in it that had this technology and the car had a button you could press that would allow the car to exceed limitations for a duration of 15 seconds (for merging or passing I assume.) Looking at this from two angles, I think it makes sense and it doesn’t make sense. If you have a rather simple daily commute, I can see a speed limiter with an option to speed for a little as not too much of an issue. However, even when implementing this into a vehicle the maker understood that capping the car to the speed limit is too restrictive which is why they would even put that boost button in there in the first place.
Safety should always be a priority but there are many things that are sold to the average person that can be unsafe or result in injury or worse. You can make the argument that something like kitchen knives are dangerous if used improperly. You can make the argument that a ladder can be dangerous and accidents may occur. I think the main differences between vehicle accidents and the examples above would be that if you wanted to hurt someone else with a kitchen knife that is a decision not an accident. If you hurt yourself with a kitchen knife by accident it doesn’t affect someone else. If you had an accident on a ladder you yourself would fall and get injured. The problem with vehicles is that even if you make a mistake and cause an accident you can affect other people without intentionally doing so.
I am not advocating for the use of the limiters, however I do think there should be other ways to go about ensuring safer roads for people. I think driving tests should be a recurring test where someone would have to pass it periodically in order to keep a valid license. That would be an easy way to weed out unfit drivers regardless of what kind of hinderance they may be experiencing. Thanks for reading.
-Rich, Konig Wheels
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