Pulled the trigger on a 2026 A-Spec in the new Urban Gray Pearl color with a 6-speed manual transmission. It's an attractive car inside and out. Fit and finish is fine. There are no unwanted squeaks or rattles. Everything seems to work as it should except the left part of the speedometer cluster. I have yet to understand what the purpose of the phone feature is. Roll it to phone and push the wheel button and it briefly goes to phone and then immediately goes back to whatever it was on before the change. No contact list, nothing....so what is the purpose?

Great driving and handling car, comfortable and fun to drive, and fantastic gas milage 41.6 so far through 1,270 miles. Plenty of power and the ELS sound system is great, and it has to be because this car's road noise is terrible. Very little wind noise but unless you are driving on pristine pavement this car has an abnormal amount of road noise. All in all a nice car but Honda really needs to put a little more sound deadening insulation in a car that is the top of the line from Honda.

 

Unfortunately, poor road noise insulation is a hallmark for pretty much all Hondas (and consequentially almost all Acuras) in the name of saving weight to improve MPGs and to compensate for the smaller (and less powerful) motors.