loki

Finally had a chance to drive one. It has been a long time since I was this disappointed with a car that I was expecting to be spectacular. It drove great, but nowhere what I was expecting. I thought it would blow my 2.0T 6MT Accord out of the water and yes, it's a more competent car but not to the point to blow me away. My car has Acuity transmission upgrades and Eibach front and rear sway bars so my car isn't an average Accord boat but still, I was expecting dual axis front suspension + LSD to be like on rails. Well, it wasn't. Also, it's gutless below 3K RPM. My car has full torque 273 at 1500. That's not even the worst part. The worst part are the price vs what you get for the money. Even at MSRP it's a wildly overpriced car. At $54K, you have SO MANY other options that offer better/bigger engine/hp/torque numbers, better drivetrain (AWD), better transmission (DCT) and better interiors. It's wild that this is considered a luxury vehicle. Seriously, no memory seats, no rear HVAC vents, no heated steering wheel, no cooled seats, no rear USB ports, no LEDs, no 360 camera, no coolant temp gauge, no sunroof, no middle seat on a LUXURY brand 4 door, manual passenger seat...seriously??? Honda should have left Type R at $38K and Integra S should have been $44K. This $54K+ nonsense is a failure. It's a small dealership (really small in comparison) and they have two Integra Type S sitting on the lot at MSRP. No one is buying them. I've seen few YouTube videos where people filmed bigger Acura dealership lots that have 6 or 7 Integra Type S sitting. This car is I'm sorry to say it but dead in the water. Way overpriced for what it offers and at price (if that is your budget) you have SO MANY OTHER OPTIONS (Golf R, Corolla GR, Supra 3.0T, M240i, S4, CT5-V, Camaro 1SS 1LE, Mustang GT, Perf Package, Scat Packs, Model 3 Perf, STI, 370Z Nismo, Jag XE R-Dynamic S, IS 350F, G70, 718 Boxter, etc, etc, etc.).

JM2010 SH-AWD

Road and Track's Performance Car of the Year. https://www.roadandtrack.com/reviews...r-winner-2024/

The 2.0/6MT Accord was a special car. Too bad Honda d/c'd it.

Tony Pac

Unfortunately, it’s difficult to please everyone and probably you had very high expectations and Acura didn’t meet it. On the other hand, over 30,000 people bought the Integra and made it a massive success. Hope you find a car that checks all the boxes for you for less money 🙏🏽

NwTSXmt

Keep "modding" your Accord OP..way to many Type S on the road already....lmmfao....

18TLXAspec

Maybe a 2025 Accord Coupe will be released and tickle your fancy...

silverTL6

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The IT-S is a pretty cool looking car, but its looks alone aren't worth $54k imo. At that price, Acura should've given it SH-AWD (or better yet, eSH-AWD for more low end grunt). But despite all this, there were still takers. Shouldn't that be enough motivation for Acura to offer a TLX-S 6MT? They like to advertise the fact that both the base and S variants are the only 6MT's in their class, but what about the midsize class? Are they content leaving that piece of the pie to Cadillac, despite being a "performance" brand?

Alas, it's been said that the IT-S is their swan song to ICE models - such a shame if true, as there's so much left on the table with that and the TLX-S that they could've done to send them off with a bang (similar to what Cadillac did with their Blackwing lineup, which are supposedly also their last ICE enthusiast models).