Acura RSX electric SUV coupe prototype. Acura. In spring 2024, Acura launched its first battery electric model, a General Motors-built crossover that revived the ZDX nameplat

The name synonymous with Acura's sporty coupe of the 2000s will now represent an all-electric SUV set to go on sale in early 2026

Acura is bringing back the RSX name, but not as a performance-oriented sport compact coupe. Instead, it's an all-electric crossover based on the Acura Performance EV Concept shown at Monterey last year.

Yes, the Acura RSX was a sports coupe, and an electric crossover is not a sports coupe, but come on. Unless you owned one in high school or college, is the RSX name really that important to you? It existed for like five years and then disappeared.

The new RSX will slot right under the existing ZDX electric vehicle in size, and it will be the first EV to be designed by Honda and built at the new Honda EV Hub in Ohio.

See that camouflaged coupe SUV thing up there? That’ll soon be known as the Acura RSX. The RSX was the US-spec name given to the fourth-gen DC5 Honda Integra, meaning it got a 2.0-litre i-VTEC four-cylinder engine with various power outputs throughout its life.

Acura is bringing back another classic model … name. On the heels of the return of the Integra and ZDX names to the brand’s lineup, Honda-owned Acura has announced that its first homegrown electric vehicle will be called the RSX.