{"id":36066,"date":"2026-04-24T15:13:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T19:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/?p=36066"},"modified":"2026-04-24T15:13:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T19:13:14","slug":"payne-stick-shift-acura-integra-is-two-wheels-shy-of-perfect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/payne-stick-shift-acura-integra-is-two-wheels-shy-of-perfect","title":{"rendered":"Payne: Stick-shift Acura Integra is two-wheels shy of perfect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/gcdn\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2026\/04\/22\/PDTN\/89730274007-acura-integra-side.jpg?width=660&amp;height=346&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"The 2026 Acura Integra manual shares a platform with the Honda Civic Si.\" width=\"507\" height=\"266\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"gnt_pg_img_cap\"><em>The 2026 Acura Integra manual shares a platform with the Honda Civic Si.<\/em><\/div>\n<p><em>Henry Payne, The Detroit News<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Built on the same bones as the terrific, manual-only\u00a0<a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/business\/autos\/2025\/10\/22\/review-2025-honda-civic-sport-hatchback-is-quietly-exceptional\/86820322007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\">Honda Civic<\/a>\u00a0Si, Integra is the rare vehicle that offers a manual shifter these days. Honda-Acura are brands built on performance: Honda Formula One drivetrains, Acura IMSA Weathertech Sportscar prototypes, Honda Civic Type R IMSA World Challenge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">If the manual is ever retired, Honda-Acura models will surely be some of the last bulls put out to pasture.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Integra\u2019s manual fits like a glove. Intuitive console placement. Precise shifts. Short throws. It\u2019s the best thing this side of a Porsche 911. Complemented by a standard rev match no matter what mode you\u2019re in \u2014 SPORT, NORMAL, COMFORT \u2014 it begs to be rowed. Even on M-31 which \u2014 unlike my favorite, west side M-32 and Hell, Michigan, roads \u2014 is as flat as a board with few twists and turns.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/business\/autos\/2026\/04\/23\/review-stick-shift-acura-integra-is-two-wheels-shy-of-perfect-payne\/89726110007\/\">Read full article here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2026 Acura Integra manual shares a platform with the Honda Civic Si. Henry Payne, The Detroit News Built on the same bones as the terrific, manual-only\u00a0Honda Civic\u00a0Si, Integra is the rare vehicle that offers a manual shifter these days. Honda-Acura are brands built on performance: Honda Formula One drivetrains, Acura IMSA Weathertech Sportscar prototypes, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,87],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36066"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36066"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36071,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36066\/revisions\/36071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}