Reviewers strongly agree on its performance and handling, but split on value.
Performancestrong consensus
“it's so much faster in a straight line the torque from this K20 C1 is immense” ▶ 11:35 Zygrene “The Integra Type S makes nearly 30 foot-pounds extra torque down low in the RPM band between two to three thousand RPM when you wind this thing out to redline it makes 15 to 16 more Peak horsepower” ▶ 22:55 Savagegeese “it has five extra horsepower 320 to be exact” ▶ 0:49 Tedward Handlingstrong consensus
“it is astonishing how well this car puts the power down” ▶ 2:35 Zygrene “this car with this LSD is amazing like what you're doing right now yeah it's amazing” ▶ 6:53 TheStraightPipes “this feels so much better the sem typ part it's a bit over damned you get this pogoing constantly whereas here vented uses olan's coilovers” ▶ 12:20 Jubbal & Cars Fun to drivestrong consensus
“in terms of the driving dynamics of the car dare I say close to faultless” ▶ 10:42 Zygrene “this is hands down the best option in this segment for someone that's interested in driving enjoyment” ▶ 21:29 A Auto Buyers Guide “this six-speed oh man they just nailed it like this is such a good transmission” ▶ 10:35 TheStraightPipes Daily drivabilitystrong consensus
“from a daily driving perspective this type S is superior to the type R um it feels more well insulated it feels a little more substantial” ▶ 11:03 Tedward “for daily driving this car is supremely comfortable since we do have adaptive dampers” ▶ 4:01 Zygrene “Go over to Acura buy the type S enjoy it more as a daily.” ▶ 33:22 EverydayDriver Valuesplit
“the integr type S MSRP is so much higher roughly a $7,000 price difference for as you can see not that big of a difference” ▶ 16:30 Zygrene “paying the extra 7 or 8K you're really paying for a slightly nicer interior and some more Creature Comforts” ▶ 15:53 Jubbal & Cars “What do you get for your $53,000 well quite a few things that don't come in the Civic Type R.” ▶ 25:54 EverydayDriver Where reviewers split · Value3 say · liveable“What do you get for your $53,000 well quite a few things that don't come in the Civic Type R.”EverydayDriver ▶ 1 say · critical“the integr type S MSRP is so much higher roughly a $7,000 price difference for as you can see not that big of a difference”Zygrene ▶ 
