Acura RSX

The RSX is the fifth-generation Honda Integra (chassis code DC5) wearing the Acura badge for North America. Acura had decided in the late 1990s that recognisable model names were holding the brand back, so the Integra became the RSX in the US the same way the Legend became the RL. Built on the seventh-gen Civic platform with a switch from double-wishbone to MacPherson strut front suspension — controversial at the time, fine in hindsight — the RSX took the Integra's recipe of a high-revving four, sharp chassis, and front-wheel-drive coupe body and updated it with the new K20 engine. Two specs: a 160-hp base car with the K20A3, and a 200-hp Type-S with the K20A2 and a 6-speed manual. A 2005 facelift bumped the Type-S to 210 hp via the K20Z1. Acura killed the model after 2006 because, in their telling, the tuner-car image was hurting their move upmarket. It was the last Integra of any kind sold in North America until the 2022 reboot — and in the meantime the original has become a cult classic.