I know there's a lot more involved in racing, but am I crazy for thinking that less than $200,000 is a good price for a whole race car?
Photograph Courtesy Honda Performance Development
Honda Performance Development today announced a race-ready version of the all-new Acura Integra Type S.
[2024 Acura Integra Type S: On sale this June]
The Type S race car is built to compete in the TCX class of the SRO TC America championship starting in 2024, and there are plans for the car to also race in the Sports Car Championship Canada series.
Similar to the most recent Civic Si race car, HPD makes a number of modifications to the road-going Type S to turn it into a turnkey racer:
The Acura Integra Type S DE5 will be powered by a modified version of the factory 2.0-liter turbocharged four cylinder K20C8 engine. The racing version of the engine, co-developed by HPD and HRC produces in excess of 360hp. That power is then directed to the wheels via a 6-speed sequential, paddle-shift transmission to HPD developed suspension and brakes. The body shell is purpose built from a body-in-white which deletes all unneeded street vehicle components – such as sound proofing, underbody coating and seam sealers – and is then fitted with a safety roll cage; then completed with aerodynamic components and cooling upgrades.
How much will a Type S race car set you back? First you’ll have to deposit $25,000, while the final balance–all $125,000 of it–is due upon delivery.
You'd better start scrounging in the couch for coins now, though, as the pre-order window closes on September 26.
I know there's a lot more involved in racing, but am I crazy for thinking that less than $200,000 is a good price for a whole race car?
Colin Wood said:I know there's a lot more involved in racing, but am I crazy for thinking that less than $200,000 is a good price for a whole race car?
Isn't this about the same price as what a global MX5 cup car sells for? $150k...
In reply to ClearWaterMS :
The ND2 global cup car is still a good bit under $150k...
Isn't the Honda HPD civic race car a lot less?
Scrounge the couch for coins?
Racing factory prepped production cars makes no sense to me.
Datsun310Guy said:Scrounge the couch for coins?
I don't have enough couch for that.
ShinnyGroove (Forum Supporter) said:Racing factory prepped production cars makes no sense to me.
These sanctioning bodies decided to create classes like TCR(X) and GT4, limit the suppliers of homologated cars, so now we get things like this. Instead of a couple dudes building a car in their garage to go race against the big boys. If you want to play you have to make your down payment before the order window closes, otherwise go find another manufacturer to buy from if you can find one willing to sell to you. Oh and limited production means you get to pay market prices.
Yea it's cool you get a race car completely ready to go for the price listed with some support from the manufacturer; however, the mantra of "evening the field" for E36 M3 like BoP and "overall costs reduction" has made some of these series a complete snooze fest and totally devoid of creativity that we used to see in racing. The top tier MX-5 cup is an outlier in this scenario as the racing is usually pretty awesome. The Michelin Pilot challenge used to be full of some home built and pro built cars racing against each other. Now it's just a snooze fest of TCR and GT4 cars IMO.
I will say the HPD Civic Si race car for $55k is a steal, considering most dealers have been charging close to $40k for those for the past two years anyways.
"Dual axis MacPherson strut for reduced optimized power application control"
BA5 said:"Dual axis MacPherson strut for reduced optimized power application control"
It's the same suspension mechanisms they used on the 10th Gen CTR that came out in 2017 to help reduce torque steer and wheel hop.
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