This Integra Type R Just Sold For Supercar Money
The 24-year-old Acura has important historical ties, which goes some way to explaining its $204,204 selling price.
Fans of Radwood-era performance cars, look away now. A pristine 2001 Acura Integra Type R, showing just 4,800 miles on the odometer, recently sold on Bring a Trailer for a staggering $204,204. For reference, that's nearly four times the cost of a brand-new, 320-horsepower Integra Type S, or $10,000 more than a fully optioned-out 2022 NSX Type S stickered for a few years ago.
This isn't just any '01 Type R, mind you. The final production year for the vaunted DC5-generation model, this is example #1086 of a reported 1,173 built for the US market. The two-door coupe is almost exactly the same spec it was when it left the production line, right down to the original-fit tires; a Japanese market-spec rear strut brace stands out as the one modification. The high-revving B18C5 1.8-liter inline-four put out a heady 195 horsepower and 130 pound-feet of torque when it left the factory. The kicker is the now-former owner: the ITR was part of the RealTime Collection Hall in Wisconsin. RealTime Racing is Acura royalty, as the team notched five Drivers' Championships and four Manufacturers' Championships in the SPEED Touring Car Championship between 1997 and 2002 with Integra Type Rs, a record that remains unbroken today.
The stratospheric rise of '90s Japanese metal in auction circles has been going on for a few years now. Yep, it's hard to see that $200k final price against the $24,930 window sticker, but take into account inflation and the ITR is equivalent to $45,252 in 2025 dollars. That's awfully close to the 2025 Civic Type R I just drove, which lists for $47,045 including destination. The current red-badged hot hatch has an extra 120 horsepower, 180 pound-feet of torque, one more cog in its six-speed manual gearbox, and 549 more pounds to carry; the US-spec ITR tipped the scales at just 2,639 lb. But the current car doesn't rev to 8,400 rpm and, as good as it is, isn't regularly referenced as the front-drive performance yardstick. So uh, yeah... anybody have some extra change for the next auction?
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Kyle began his automotive obsession before he even started school, courtesy of a remote control Porsche and various LEGO sets. He later studied advertising and graphic design at Humber College, which led him to writing about cars (both real and digital). He is now a proud member of the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada (AJAC), where he was the Journalist of the Year runner-up for 2021.
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