People of a certain age — a term which now can be used to include millennials, as much as it pains this millennial to admit — recall the days when Acura was known primarily as a purveyor of sedans, coupes and hatchbacks that neatly combined luxury and sportiness with Honda's typical attention to detail, as well as the occasional manual transmission. The RSX was one of those from the days of millennial youth, serving the former Integra's role as a Civic-based entry-level vehicle for the luxury brand until being axed when the company decided to take a break from that segment in 2006.
But as the automotive world is much like the Iron Islands, what is dead can never die. Earlier this year, Acura revealed that the RSX name would join the Integra badge in resurrection — but while the latter came back in a form much like its original version, the new RSX would trade in its gas-powered coupe roots for electric power and a crossover body. That announcement came with a camouflaged image of the car's rear three-quarter, but now, Acura is showing off the EV's face ahead of a forthcoming "RSX Prototype" reveal at Monterey Car Week.
The new EV will be quite a bit different from the brand's first electric vehicle, the ZDX. While that crossover was built by General Motors on The Platform Formerly Known as Ultium, and is effectively first cousin to the Cadillac Lyriq, the new one will be based on the all-new Honda 0 Series platform that will serve as the foundation for the carmaker's forthcoming EV push. It will, in fact, be the first such model to arrive on the platform, and will also be the first electric vehicle to come off the line at Honda "flexible manufacturing" plant in Ohio — where, as it so happens, it will be built alongside the gas-powered Integra.
Power, range and battery capacity haven't been revealed, but Acura did let slip that the new RDX will boast the inaugural version of Honda and Acura's new "ASIMO OS" software platform, which combines tighter integration of vehicle ECUs with constant over-the-air updates. What that means in practice remains to be seen, but don't be surprised if expresses itself to the driver via a large, interconnected infotainment–instrument panel display.
Beyond that, well, the new RSX is largely a question mark. It shouldn't remain that way for long, however, as not only will the "prototype" shown at top be revealed in full next week, but the production version will hit dealerships sometime between July and December of 2026.
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