It's seems more like that way to me too, they just took the same car and gave it a familiar name. Like Ford taking the Five Hundred during its facelift and calling it the Taurus.
Well Acura has been using letters for a while. Other than Integra, there's Legend and Vigor and that's pretty much it. Don't think they ever had a SUV with a name.
And the RSX doesn't exist anymore, because selling a coupe-only platform is not a smart financial decision. Case in point, the Civic which primarily sells as a sedan and is profitable enough to fund a niche coupe. If I remember correctly, Integra sedans used to be extremely common and sold in high numbers. It helped spread the cost of the shared platforms across more market segments.
And apparently they're still quite expensive for some reason. Autotrader has then priced at around $20k with around 100k miles which seems unusual for luxury brands, especially cars that didn't sell well. I had assumed these would've hit rock bottom right now. They're as expensive as a G37 S coupe which is still genuinely in-demand. Good news is that the ZDX's infotainment is easily upgradeable to Carplay and Android Auto without actually replacing the factory system.
We don't know that there won't be a coupe. My point was that offering both a sedan and a coupe is the better financial decision. As for liftbacks/fastbacks, for the longest time the American market had no appetite for hatchbacks but the "coupe sedan" marketing machine combined with transition to SUVs seems to have solved that. Plus the fact that all sedans will be liftbacks or fastbacks - Kammbacks - in the future due to aerodynamic efficiency requirements. Ultimately I think it will prove to be a good thing that they're offering a sedan because otherwise it wouldn't make financial sense to only sell the coupe. Many other luxury manufacturers do this - Infiniti Q50/Q60, BMW 3/4, Mercedes C and CLS, Audi A5, etc.
I had an Integra LS with a B18B. The non-Vtec models didn't have the same fireworks, but they were still great. The B18B had a pretty solid torque curve, and the best bits about the great Hondas were all there - double wishbone suspension, great chassis tuning, fantastic ergonomics, great shifter feel, great visibility. I also had a tuned B16A (170hp, Vtec) powered 1994 Civic coupe. Very similar to the Integra. It was marginally more exciting, but honestly didn't feel much faster despite the extra 30+hp and I wouldn't say it was a necessarily better car. Even a D15 powered EG Civic hatchback was fun to throw around, although they were truly, despairingly slow.
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