Acura is better in every way except that it is a hatch. Honda is better because it’s a sedan.

 

Any experience on which is quieter to drive? thanks!

 

Hatches are better, everyone agrees except one person. The Acura will be quieter for sure, but I didn’t think it was worth the money over the civic for the refinements you get

 

Thanks for your response. I plan to test drive both tomorrow and see the difference. Thanks!

 

I always liked the small dealer experience with Acura many years in the past when I owned one, it is different than a Honda dealer IMO. You do pay money for that though in higher costs. Generally speaking I always found sedans (with a trunk) to be quieter than hatchbacks, but if the Acura has more sound deadening underneath that may help, I don't know the specifics so you should find out on any test drive you can arrange. Good luck.

 

I prefer the interior of the Civic, specifically the dashboard. I also prefer the Civic hatch better because it has a larger opening and a lower lip making for easier entry. That said, I like the available technology on the Integra such as HUD that is unavailable on the Civic. If only we could design our own cars and have them built from the ground up just the way we want them.....

 

Check out the YouTube video from my favorite reviewers:

 

Great vid^^^

also recommend the below, from another great group (tedward and the topher and daily motor have covered these cars extensively). Personally I went CVT but the comparison is still very relevant and not manual specific.

 

While the hatch is a little bit more spacious in the rear compartment for loading things like that, you sacrifice privacy, which I prefer to have having by a separate compartment truck

 

The hatch in the Integra (and presumably the Civic hatchback) has a detachable privacy screen, you can't see anything in the "trunk" with it attached. And "a little bit more spacious" than the trunk in the sedans is an understatement imo. You can fit things that are a lot bigger and more oddly shaped compared to the sedan. Ex. the medium sized moving boxes in the attached pic

Also attached a pic out of the back window because I couldn't get a good pic from the outside

 

You guys are awesome! Thanks so much for all the ideas and impressions.

I had hoped to do the back to back test drives today but need to wait a week due to some family obligations. Will keep you posted. And I welcome any additional thoughts or photos!

 

Just a few of the loads I’ve carried, no way a sedan can touch that. There’s a few correct things here and a lot of wrong info. In theory the sedan can be quieter, but comes with louder (and objectively worse) tires that make the sedan louder than the hatch. Privacy in the trunk is a non issue. Yes the integra is quieter, but the overall feel wasn’t 7k better in the loaded Acura vs the loaded Civic. The stereo was better, but the Bose is far from Bad. And my opinion and totally subjective, but I prefer the styling of the Civic inside and out, to the Integra too. The integra gets a little more power, which is counteracted by added weight, and it feels the same as the civic. Integra has a higher load lip which makes loading stuff considerably harder vs the civic

you’ve really gotta drive both, I drove the Acura while I was waiting for my civic to come in, cause the civic was delayed and I thought let me maybe cancel that and get the Acura, and that’s where my opinion comes from it just wasn’t that much better for the price, but I think a lot of that comes from the civic already being so so good

 

Are you saying that the tire quality and quietness is inferior on the Sedan Touring vs. the Hatch Sport Touring? Or vs. the Integra?

 

I haven’t driven the Integra but I got the civic touring hatch 6MT recently. A 6MT was top priority for me, and in hindsight the Integra is something I wish I’d text driven (price delta not that much considering markups). The touring civics are supposed to have more sound deadening than lower trims, but I find it still pretty loud at highway speeds, so points to Integra most likely. I prefer the interior design of the civics. But the Integra strikes me as a great mix between the civic si performance capabilities, and the nicer amenities of the civic touring trims. If you go for an Integra, the rev match of the Integra and LSD will make it a ton more fun than the civic sedan touring. And you’ll have the cargo flexibility of the hatch (which just about looks like a sedan in this generation).

 

Thanks for those thoughts! What is "LSD"?

 

I finally had the chance to drive the top trim level Integra today. Was a beautiful car and I thoroughly enjoyed the drive. But it made clear for me that I prefer the civic touring.

To me, the civic feels more comfortable and relaxed, is more esthetically pleasing, and brings back great memories of a civic I had 35 years ago.

A great reminder that nothing can take the place of a test drive. Thanks again for all the comments everyone shared!

 

Bit of an old post, but I just wanted to chime in here as someone who owns both an Integra 6MT and is currently in the process of purchasing a Civic Sport Touring. I've also had extensive seat time in a 2022 Civic Touring sedan as we purchased one for my mother in early 2022.

The Integra is the loudest of the 3, even if by a small margin. Best I can tell, it did not get the sound deadening that the Touring models have. Alex on Autos testing confirms this - the Touring Sedan is quieter than the Sport Touring, the Integra is louder than both.

 

The sedan being quieter does make sense since the back wheels and cargo area are better isolated from the cabin than in the hatch. The integra being the loudest, doesn’t make sense actually.

 

Another interesting data point I noticed today between our Civic Sport Touring and Integra. The Civic has an acoustic windshield. The Integra, for some reason, does not.