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

There was a big surprise in the announcement of Acura's new RSX, but the news isn't bad. Instead, it sheds light on the future of Acura -- and Honda.

The new RSX will be the first car to be built on Honda’s all-new EV-specific platform. Sales of the Acura RSX are expected to commence in early 2026. Hot on the heels of the company’s retro-name revival that has already included the likes of the Integra and the Honda Prelude,

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.

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.

"The nameplate pays homage to the Acura RSX with its coupe-like silhouette, but it truly represents a forward-looking approach to fun-to-drive performance. Our second all-electric SUV will solidify our EV credentials even as its ICE stablemates, the all-new ADX, RDX, MDX, TLX and Integra continue to attract new buyers to the Acura brand."

Acura has already confirmed that the new performance SUV will be the first EV built on Honda's latest proprietary electric platform, and that it will be built at the company's "EV Hub" in Ohio. Additionally, the brand announced today that the RSX will debut the new ASIMO OS system shown in two Honda 0 concepts at CES last week.