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68style · 11-19-2021, 02:18 PM

Or just offered a special anything? I mean the DA and DB Integras were always different/popular because it was its own platform and had a 1.8L engine instead of a 1.5 or 1.6 on the Civic........

It was a car you graduated to from your Civic at the time. This is just like... overpaying for a Si. Much like the CSX-S/ILX were... which only makes sense because it is indeed an ILX.

Obviously I'm no CEO and never will be... but I would have 2-stepped this... re-introduced the ILX as the car above is, then also simultaneously launched the Integra as a 3 door hatch alongside it with a slightly more powerful engine (different intakes/exhaust tune, doesn't need to be much) and slightly lighter weight... and then done a Type-S version of the hatch with a CTR motor...

You sell the ILX to all the people who don't care about performance and don't want to drive a Civic... and you have 2 hot hatches for the Integra enthusiasts + all the people who would have preferred the CTR wasn't a sedan?

11-19-2021, 02:18 PM	#191
68style Performance Moderator Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Richmond Posts: 19,316 Thanked 21,283 Times in 7,250 Posts Failed 331 Times in 220 Posts	Or just offered a special anything? I mean the DA and DB Integras were always different/popular because it was its own platform and had a 1.8L engine instead of a 1.5 or 1.6 on the Civic........ It was a car you graduated to from your Civic at the time. This is just like... overpaying for a Si. Much like the CSX-S/ILX were... which only makes sense because it is indeed an ILX. Obviously I'm no CEO and never will be... but I would have 2-stepped this... re-introduced the ILX as the car above is, then also simultaneously launched the Integra as a 3 door hatch alongside it with a slightly more powerful engine (different intakes/exhaust tune, doesn't need to be much) and slightly lighter weight... and then done a Type-S version of the hatch with a CTR motor... You sell the ILX to all the people who don't care about performance and don't want to drive a Civic... and you have 2 hot hatches for the Integra enthusiasts + all the people who would have preferred the CTR wasn't a sedan?