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Subject: Re: Taking Delivery in Canada
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Date: Thu, 11-Jul-85 11:35:00 EDT
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>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
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