This Integra Type R Build Shows Why It’s Now a $120,000 Collector Car

Tolman Revives a 1990s IconA shift is underway in the restomod world, with overlooked performance cars now gaining recognition as cultural and engineering icons. Few embody that change better than the Honda/Acura Integra Type R (DC2), long regarded as one of the purest front-wheel-drive driver’s cars ever built. British specialist Tolman has applied its “sympathetic” restoration philosophy to the model, focusing on preservation rather than reinvention.That renewed appreciation is also being reflected in the market. Clean, well-preserved examples of the Integra Type R have surged in value, with top-tier cars reaching as much as $120,000 at auction, once-unthinkable territory for a car that was originally an attainable performance hero.

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