The Integra Type S is the performance poster car of the current Acura lineup, but wind the clock back a couple of years and we were all getting excited about the 2023 TLX Type S PMC Edition. We bet this car’s owner wishes he could wind the clock back because this ultra rare Long Beach Blue example is looking decidedly worse for wear after a front-end shunt.
Acura bragged about the limited edition sedan being “handcrafted by the same master technicians who build the NSX Type S at the Performance Manufacturing Center in Ohio,” and while the PMC didn’t get any real technical goodies to differentiate it from the stock car, it did look a heap cooler.
The appearance package included Berlina Black paint on the roof, antenna, and door handles, gloss black badging, a carbon fiber spoiler, carbon fiber rear diffuser, black-chrome four-pipe exhaust system and 20-inch copper-finish wheels.
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Inside, buyers enjoyed more carbon trim, Milano leather seats with Ultrasuede inserts, an individually numbered plaque, illuminated sill plates and special floor mats with colored accent binding. Plus they got to tell their buddies that the 355 hp (360 PS) 3.5-liter V6 was given the same treatment afforded the NSX, including a “dyno check, paint inspection, and rough-road simulation,” before being wrapped in a specially designed car cover and then transported to dealers in an enclosed, single-car carrier.
The $63,995 price when new back in fall 2022 meant buyers paid a $7,550 premium over the starting price for the mechanically identical TLX Type S.
Only 300 PMC Editions were built with production being split evenly between the three available colors: 130R White, Curva Red and Long Beach Blue. We imagine the car pictured here, which currently resides at a Copart lot in Virginia, isn’t the first PMC to be wrecked, but this certainly makes a dent in the number of cars still left on the road. Fortunately, it stills runs and drives and the body looks straight even if it is missing a few panels, so we imagine it’ll be back on the street before too long.
