Where each one leads
Acura Integra
- Against cars of the same year, the Acura Integra comes out better in New York safety inspections (fails 33% less often than average) than the Audi A4 (fails 27% less often than average).
- On Canada's official test the most frugal 2026 Acura Integra uses 7.3 l/100 km, the 2025 Audi A4 8.8.
Audi A4
Ahead on none of the like-for-like measures.
Too close to call: NHTSA overall safety rating.
Only measures that do not depend on how many cars were sold: pass and failure rates against cars of the same age, ratings, fuel use and CO₂. How we compare
At a glance
| Acura Integra | Audi A4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Model years in the US safety record | 1986–2026 | 1995–2025 |
| New cars registered in Europe | — | 654,747 (2010–2022) |
| Licensed in the United Kingdom | — | 245,933 |
| On the road in the Netherlands | — | 26,432 |
| In traffic in Finland | — | 24,632 |
| Generations on record | — | 5 |
EEA new-car registrations (CC BY 4.0) · DVLA licensed vehicles (OGL v3.0) · RDW (CC0) · Traficom (CC BY 4.0) · generations: Wikidata (CC0).
Reliability and problems
| Acura Integra | Audi A4 | |
|---|---|---|
| UK MOT first-time pass rate | — | 73% |
| … against cars of the same age | — | +6% |
| New York safety inspections failed | 0.4% | 1.4% |
| … against cars of the same year | −33% | −27% |
| Illogical odometer records (NL) | — | 4.2% |
| US owner complaints | 659 | 2,897 |
| Most complaints about | Steering | Air bags |
| Model year with most complaints | 2023 (208) | 2006 (295) |
| US recall campaigns | 9 | 27 |
| Manufacturer service bulletins | 283 | 12,104 |
| NHTSA defect investigations | 12 | 22 |
Complaint, recall and bulletin counts grow with the number of cars sold and are not adjusted for it. UK MOT: DVSA anonymised MOT results (OGL v3.0); New York: DMV inspections; complaints, recalls, bulletins and investigations: NHTSA (public domain); odometer: RDW (CC0).
Safety
| Acura Integra | Audi A4 | |
|---|---|---|
| NHTSA overall rating | 5★ (2027) | 5★ (2025) |
NHTSA New Car Assessment Program, most recent rated model year (public domain).
Fuel, emissions and price
| Acura Integra | Audi A4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Official combined fuel use, Canada | 7.3 l/100 km (2026) | 8.8 l/100 km (2025) |
| Real-world use in Europe, diesel hybrid | — | 6.1 l/100 km |
| Real-world use in Europe, petrol hybrid | — | 7.6 l/100 km |
| Real-world use in Europe, diesel | — | 6.0 l/100 km |
| Official CO₂ of new cars in Europe | — | 139 g/km |
| Average power of new cars in Europe | — | 125 kW (168 hp) |
| Average mass in running order | — | 1,574 kg |
| Dutch list price when new (median) | — | €46,767 |
| Average odometer in Finland | — | 273,000 km |
Canada: NRCan Fuel Consumption Ratings, most frugal version of the latest year (OGL Canada). Europe: EEA monitoring of new-car CO₂ and on-board fuel meters (OBFCM), CC BY 4.0. Price: RDW catalogue price (CC0). Finland: Traficom (CC BY 4.0).
