Peter Lyon
August 15, 2025
Today in California, Acura will stage the world debut of its new Acura RSX Prototype, previewing the brand’s next-generation all-electric performance SUV. Finished in a captivating “Propulsion Yellow Pearl,” the RSX Prototype is taking center stage at several premier events during Monterey Car Week, one of the world’s top gatherings of automotive and motorsports enthusiasts, held in California every August.
The production version of the highly anticipated Acura RSX is a significant next step in the performance brand’s electrification strategy, as the first model engineered in-house on the new Honda-developed EV platform and the first EV produced at the Honda EV Hub flexible manufacturing facility in Ohio, using domestic and globally made parts. RSX will be built on the same Marysville Auto Plant production line as the Acura Integra, showcasing a new approach that enables Honda to build internal combustion engine (ICE), hybrid-electric and battery electric vehicles (EVs) on the same production lines.
Expected to arrive in the second half of 2026, the production RSX will accelerate Acura into the Software Defined Vehicle era, introducing the world to ASIMO OS – a new, global operating system designed to learn the preferences and driving behavior of the vehicle’s owner to deliver a personal in-car experience.
“The dramatic styling of our Acura RSX Prototype demonstrates that it’s not just a new EV, but a compelling all-new Acura model,” said Lance Woelfer, vice president of Auto Sales at American Honda Motor Co., Inc. “RSX will deliver on nearly four decades of Acura Precision Crafted Performance brand DNA with appealing design and cutting-edge technology.”
In support of the company’s global carbon neutra goals, RSX can be used as mobile energy storage, meaning that it will be able to power a variety of devices including appliances and provide home back-up power.
With gutsy dual-motor all-wheel drive, sport-tuned double wishbone front suspension, low center-of-gravity and Brembo brakes, the RSX promises an engaging driving experience. RSX also will further advance the brand’s top-of-class driver assistive technologies.
Actually, just as the story is being published, the RSX Prototype is making its public debut at The Quail, a Motorsports Gathering on Friday, Aug. 15, with a press event scheduled for 10:36 a.m. PT, followed by an appearance on the prestigious Concept Lawn of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance on Sunday, Aug. 17.
The styling of the Acura RSX Prototype delivers on the design language previewed on the Acura Performance EV Concept, which was revealed at Monterey Car Week one year ago.
“The Acura RSX has a sporty coupe style which expresses the performance that comes from excellent aerodynamics,” said Yasutake Tsuchida, Acura Creative Director and vice president of American Honda R&D. “Starting from this all-new RSX we will redefine the Acura brand around timeless beauty and a high-tech feel that is essential for a performance and unique brand.”
Developed in-house by Honda and debuted at CES 2025 in Las Vegas, the ASIMO OS operating system will provide integrated management of electronic control units for automated driving and advanced driver assistance systems, in-vehicle infotainment and other vehicle systems.
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For the record, the Acura lineup consists of the Integra sport sedan and four sport-utility vehicles: the first-ever ADX, RDX, MDX, and all-electric ZDX. High-performance Type S variants further demonstrate the virtues of Acura Precision Crafted Performance. Over 90% of Acura vehicles were made in America in the first half of 2025 using domestic and globally made parts—essential to avoid tariffs!
