The RSX has a double wishbone rear. (strut front)
And the Integra is a much better handling vehicle...which is why you always see it autocrossing, while the RSX's are no where to be seen.
Of course you never see that when you look at pieces of paper, cause those pieces of paper are comparing stock cars with stock tires vs other stock cars with stock tires. And marketing/pr would never allow a "new" replacement model to be inferior on pieces of paper vs the "old" outgoing model.
Simple tire swap and everything changes.
Visit
http://www.sccaforums.com/index.php for more information. The old civic hatch and the old integra are some of the best handling cars on the market.
So I'd say to you...do a little research (brush the PR aside), and you'll find out the Integra is a better handling car then the RSX
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Car manufacturers love to fiddle with numbers to make the new vehicles seem better then the old...when in reality, its usually quite the opposite. This is heavily reinforced by bias review agencies, which are sponsored by the car manufacturers. Its old when you look outside of the mainstream reviewers...that you actually find people willing to point out how newer models are actually inferior to some of the older ones.
New cars have more power...but are much heavier then the old. Older cars have superior drivetrains (look at the old corolla, it was a FR RWD!!!!), while new ones have consumer driven ones (FWD, opendiffy). If you yank the new engines out of most of the current cars, and plop them in something like a 1983-85 corolla (also known as the infamous AE86), it'll blow the socks off pretty much everything on the street.
[ February 16, 2005, 09:07 AM: Message edited by: crossbow ]