The premium and mid-luxury division of the Honda brand is called Acura.

As such, when compared to bigger sibling Honda, Acura has always been the more 

Acura has also built legendary vehicles like the NSX and Integra, so it is no stranger

to performance. The Integra Type R—named after the racing letter "R"

was introduced in 1997 and was marketed until 2001. Speaking of this categorization

the Civic Type R was just introduced in 2017 and was never seen in the United States.