Acura has teased an all-new performance-oriented electric SUV with coupe-like proportions that will be built in Ohio.
Honda’s luxury brand today released the first teaser photo of what it’s calling the Acura RSX, bringing back a model name last seen in 2006, when it was a sporty coupe. The company didn’t say when the RSX will reach dealerships. But Acura says the RSX rides on the same platform and uses the same operating system as the two radically designed Honda 0 Series electric vehicles (EVs) revealed last week. Honda plans for those two to go on sale in 2026.
The RSX wears the lines of an SUV coupe – a design style common to European luxury automakers that combines the high stance of a sport utility vehicle with the low, sleek roofline of a coupe. Despite the name, SUV coupes tend to have four doors.
This one features a deep, angular vent behind the front wheels, a pronounced set at an opposing angle behind the rear wheels, and flush door handles. In the photo Acura provided, the RSX is wrapped in camouflage, so we can’t see every line.
Acura says it’s “based on the Acura Performance EV Concept revealed last summer. If so, its lines have been toned down significantly for the production car.
It uses Honda’s new Asimo OS. Honda designed that system to support so-called Level 3 self-driving technology (which allows drivers to look away from the road while the car drives under limited conditions), and host a conversational AI chatbot that gives the car personality. Acura hasn’t confirmed those features for the RSX. But if they exist on Honda models, they won’t be absent from more luxurious Acura models.
