Acura Honors the Integra Type R's 30th With a 700-Unit Heritage Edition
The 2027 Type S gets new trim, more standard features, and a $54,600 price, while the yellow Heritage Edition adds copper wheels and a titanium shift knob for $2,300 more.
Acura is bringing yellow back to the Integra. The 2027 Integra Type S Heritage Edition, capped at 700 units, gets a new Blazing Phoenix Yellow paint, copper-finish wheels, and a titanium shift knob as a tribute to the "DC2" Integra Type R, which arrived in the U.S. for the 1997 model year as the first Type R sold in America.
The regular Type S is updated for 2027 as well, and it costs more. Acura lists the 2027 car at $54,600 before a $1,395 destination charge, or $55,995 delivered. That's $1,200 more than the 2026 Type S's MSRP when it went on sale in August 2025. The Heritage Edition adds another $2,300, for $56,900 ($58,295 with destination). The update lands days after Acura added a cheaper look-alike package with the Urban Spec trim for the 2027 Integra, ADX, and MDX.
What changes on every 2027 Type S
Outside, gloss-black wheels are now standard, joined by gloss-black mirror caps and yellow Brembo brake calipers.
The cabin gets dark gray trim on the dashboard, door panels, shifter surround, and interior door handles, with a new diamond pattern on the dash insert and black climate-control knobs. All three upholstery choices are redesigned: Ebony gains yellow perforation and stitching, Orchid gets blue microsuede stripes, and Red gets black microsuede stripes. A driver memory seat, side mirrors that tilt down in reverse, and memory brake hold are now standard.
Nothing changes under the hood. The turbocharged 2.0-liter four still makes 320 hp and 310 lb-ft, and it still drives the front wheels through a six-speed manual with automatic rev-matching and a limited-slip differential. Acura says it's the only manual in the class. EPA ratings stand at 21 mpg city, 28 highway, and 24 combined.
The Heritage Edition
Acura calls Blazing Phoenix Yellow a brighter take on Phoenix Yellow, which debuted on the 2000 Integra Type R, and says it's the first yellow Integra since the 2001 Type R. Black Type S badges and 10-spoke 19x9.5-inch copper-finish wheels complete the exterior.
Inside, the titanium shift knob is shaped like the one on the Japanese-market Integra Type R. Every Heritage car comes with the redesigned Ebony interior and its yellow accents.
"The original Integra Type R became an icon because it delivered an exhilarating yet attainable, and unmistakably Acura performance experience," said Mamadou Diallo, executive vice president of the Auto Business Center at American Honda.
Where it sits
The original DC2 was sold in the U.S. for the 1997, 1998, 2000, and 2001 model years with a high-revving 1.8-liter VTEC engine and a close-ratio five-speed manual. Today the closer benchmark is the Integra's Honda cousin. The 2027 Honda Civic Type R starts at $48,695 before destination, so the 2027 Integra Type S now costs $5,905 more, and the Heritage Edition $8,205 more.
Owners who want more than paint and trim will have factory options soon: HRC Performance Parts, including a short-throw shifter for the Integra Type S, reach Honda and Acura dealers in March 2027.
The Heritage Edition makes its public debut today, Nov. 14, at Super Street After Dark in Santa Ana, California, then moves to the LA Auto Show, which runs Nov. 19–29. Both versions are built in Marysville, Ohio, and reach dealers in December. Acura hasn't said how the 700 cars will be allocated, and its release describes the run as both North American and U.S.-market, so it's unclear whether Canada gets any.
