Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.7.0.5 $; site convex Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!convex!seefromline From: weather@convex.UUCP Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: Taking Delivery in Canada Message-ID: <82600003@convex> Date: Thu, 11-Jul-85 11:35:00 EDT Article-I.D.: convex.82600003 Posted: Thu Jul 11 11:35:00 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 13-Jul-85 08:39:49 EDT References: <33900001@ur-univax> Lines: 34 Nf-ID: #R:ur-univax:33900001:convex:82600003:000:1476 Nf-From: convex.UUCP!weather Jul 11 10:35:00 1985 >And does anyone know if Honda plans to import the Integra-- >as it is called in Japan--which is basically a hatchback Prelude. >John Lam___________________________________________ I'm not sure about the Canadian situation, but the Integra is due in the US this fall. The following is quoted without permission from the June 1985 issue of Motor Trend (p. 32): "...The Integra is based on the Civic/Accord-style chassis instead of the Prelude layout. The engine is the really sweet part - a DOHC 16-valve four of 1590 cc with fuel injection, the same basic number now available in Japanese-market versions of the Civic and CRX. It will give its happy and smiling American owners in the region of 130 hp, and hooked up to a car weighing about 2100 lb will result in impressive performance. "The Integra will not be sold through regular Honda dealers but through an entirely new network, known at this time as Acura. Current Honda dealers can, of course, sign up, but we understand there is a requirement for separate showrooms and so forth. Thus, it becomes apparent Honda is using the Integra as the initial foray into higher-market cars, and its mission is to set up the system before the Honda/Leyland sedan arrives sometime next year." I just wish they'd had a 16-valve fuel-injected version of the 1.8l engine available when I bought my Prelude! Oh well.... Jim Weatherford, CONVEX Computer Corporation {uiucdcs,allegra,ihnp4}!convex!weather