The fifth-generation Acura Integra is getting a handful of minor updates inside and out for the 2026 model year. The A-Spec trim features sportier-looking styling, and all variants receive more tech features.
You might need a cheat sheet to spot the changes; this isn’t a major overhaul. Acura added three colors: Solar Silver Metallic, Urban Gray Pearl, and Double Apex Blue Pearl to the palette. Cars painted in the new shade of blue or in Performance Red Pearl get a body-colored grille, while those finished in any of the other available colors ship with a black grille. Alternately, Acura offers a body-colored grille painted in Urban Gray Pearl and Platinum White Pearl through its range of accessories.
The A-Spec trim will enter the 2026 model year with a few additional updates. It benefits from a new body kit that includes gloss black accents on the front bumper, and it rides on newly designed 18-inch wheels.
Inside, the most noteworthy news is that Acura has expanded the list of standard features. The updates focus on technology: Every trim level now comes with a nine-inch touchscreen, wireless Apple CarPlay, and wireless Android Auto. Acura tells us that the new touchscreen, which is two inches bigger than the touchscreen previously found in the Integra, gets a faster processor that will reduce lag.
Minor trim updates, including extended ambient lighting for the A-Spec model, round out the changes.
Acura isn’t making any significant mechanical modifications to the Integra for 2026. Power comes from a 1.5-liter four-cylinder engine that’s turbocharged to 200 horsepower and 192 pound-feet of torque. Front-wheel drive and a continuously variable transmission (CVT) come standard, and a six-speed manual with an automatic rev-matching function is available. The stick brings with it a limited-slip differential.
What about the range-topping, 320-horsepower Integra Type S? Good question; Acura conspicuously left it out of the announcement detailing the 2026 changes. We’re betting that the Type S will receive at least a handful of updates for 2026 as well and that we’ll hear more about it in the not-too-distant future.
Built in Ohio, the 2026 Acura Integra will land in showrooms in the coming weeks. Pricing hasn’t been unveiled yet. For context, the outgoing 2025 model carries a base price of $34,195 including destination.
Pretty minor but basically allright changes. Glossy black is not a great thing on modern cars but it is the trend.
