Acura has had to take a lot of hits lately and it's unfortunate to see another:

The 2023 Acura Integra was one of Acura's most-hyped revivals, but good luck finding one for sale—especially if you live in the southwestern United States. Honda representatives who spoke with The Drive confirmed that ongoing issues with freight rail have been a particular pain point in getting Acura Integras to dealerships, with a BNSF Railway shipping embargo of vehicles bound for California exacerbating the issue further.

Honda is still grappling with major supply chain issues that have left its manufacturing side in a genuinely precarious place, but those shipping problems don't end once Hondas and Acuras are fully built.

"It's not just the chip supply issues, it's the supply chains, it's the logistics of moving products," said EVP of Business and Sales for American Honda Motor Company Dave Gardner. "I mean, one of the things that's frustrating is we just launched our new Integra. We can't get the product to the west coast dealers because of the fact there's an embargo with railheads out here, because they're so clogged up."

To wit: A quick search for new Integras shows only 16 for sale within 100 miles of Los Angeles as of the time of this writing, but =acura&maximum_distance=100&mileage_max=&models=ac ura-integra&page_size=20&sort=best_match_desc&stock_ty pe=new&year_max=&year_min=&zip=10001]120 in a 100-mile radius of New York City.

Freight rail has been a nightmare throughout 2022, marked by staff shortages and back-ups at ports and other facilities. Data from the United States Surface Transportation Board cited by Wired shows that railroads have cut their workforce by 29%—some 45,000 workers—in the past six years, with pandemic furloughs exacerbating the situation further. Before the pandemic, 85% of trains arrived within 24 hours of their scheduled arrival time. By late May 2022, this number was down to 67%.

In response to these personnel shortages, BNSF Railways enacted an embargo on shipping automobiles by rail to California, Trains reports, as its California and Southwest Divisions were hit the hardest by staffing issues. That embargo is set to be lifted on Sept. 4.
https://www.thedrive.com/news/2023-a...rail-is-a-mess

 

I wrote this months ago, Acura got very unlucky this year. After 12-15 years, Acura changed their entire lineup and they have some of the best vehicles in their respective segments. But sadly, chip shortage and now this....just hurting Acura's sales numbers. Next is the recession, higher interests and probably slower economy.

 

We placed an order for an Integra in late May, and the dealer is getting them in dribs and drabs, just not our spec. Hoping it arrives by end of November. Even selling all cars at MSRP, I can't believe most of the manufacturers are liking this. Especially when a few, such as Volvo and Kia/Hyundai, seem to be having no problems stocking new cars on their lots, at least according to what I read/see/hear in our area. I can't imagine that the inability to just go in and come home with a car isn't adversely affecting sales to the benefit of those few makers who seem flush with new inventory.