Acura INTEGRA GS-R '97

The  Integra, sold as an  Acura in North America, and as a Honda elsewhere, was a small, sporty vehicle sold both as a 4-door sedan and as a 3-door hatchback. It was Acura's smallest and least expensive model produced, designed to offer a competitor to vehicles like the  Volkswagen Golf GTI, which was the most well known and popular "hot hatch" of the 1980s when the Integra was introduced. Although a sedan was available for the first three generations of the Integra, it was dropped when the vehicle transitioned to its fourth generation "DC5" platform, sold as the  Acura RSX in North America. Enthusiasts refer to the  Acura TSX as the second coming of the Integra GS-R sedan. Under the Honda line up, the Integra was near the middle, slotting above smaller cars such as the  Honda City, the  Honda Civic, and the Honda Logo.  The Honda Integra   was considered to be a mid-sized car by Japanese standards.