Integra Targa Concept
Honda’s latest oddball creation surfaced just in time for Thanksgiving week, and it’s not what anyone expected. At the 2025 Guangzhou Auto Show in China, the company revealed a highly unusual GAC-Honda Integra concept: a two-door, manual-transmission targa that looks more like a modern reinterpretation of the Honda Del Sol than anything wearing the Integra badge today.
The car appeared online through posts from HondaProJason and other social-media accounts, though its purpose remains unclear. It doesn’t seem tied to a future production model, nor does it appear to preview an official design direction.
Instead, it feels like the kind of wild, one-off project you’d find at the Tokyo Auto Salon or the SEMA show, an experiment built simply because someone thought it would be fun.
Before anyone gets too excited, this isn’t the Integra that Acura sells in the United States. In China, GAC-Honda rebadges the Honda Civic as the “Integra,” offering it in both sedan and hatchback form. This particular concept started life as a Civic hatchback before undergoing heavy surgery to become a two-door targa.
GAC-Honda didn’t publish specifications, but the model on display clearly features Honda’s turbocharged 1.5-liter four-cylinder paired with a manual transmission; you can even spot the stick in the photos. A hybrid powertrain is available on the regular model, but it’s almost certainly not powering this build.
Major exterior modifications include the elimination of the rear doors and the removal of a large portion of the roof to create a targa-style opening. The “Integra” script now appears boldly along the side thanks to new badging. The roof cutout is notably large for a targa, giving the car an open-air look more dramatic than many factory targas of the past.
GAC-Honda also fitted white wheels to match the exterior paint, contrasting them with bright red side mirrors. Red accents continue inside, where the dash and door trim carry the same color theme. Interestingly, the rear seats remain intact despite the structural changes.
As fascinating as this two-door “Integra” may be, it’s nothing more than a design exercise. Honda has no plans to produce it for China, the U.S., or anywhere else.
Still, as a quirky custom concept, it serves as a reminder of Honda’s playful past, and it certainly stirs nostalgia for the long-lost Honda Del Sol. If any old Honda nameplate deserves a comeback in proper two-door targa form, that one might be at the top of the list.
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