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Valuation · Honda · DC5 · 2001-2006

Honda Integra Type R

2.0L NA i-VTEC four · 147 kW / 192 Nm · 6sp manual · FWD
CONSIDERRated within the under $30k band · 3 of 46 at this money
Research estimate
$27,000
Must gain each year to break even
+13.7%
The projection does not clear it, and nor does most of the library.
CarQuant score
54/100
Scored against the under $30k band, not the whole library
Evidence grade
Researched
No Australian transaction of any kind
$27,000
$21,273 lowhigh $41,063
Researched, no recorded transaction
No public Australian result of any kind. This model changes hands privately and through classifieds here, and neither leaves a published price.
Measured across this library, a value with no Australian result behind it runs high about seven times in ten, by a median of ten per cent. Read this one as a ceiling rather than a midpoint.

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Should make, typical example
$27,000
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No Australian sale stands behind this value, so treat the figure as indicative.

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Price history

Today $27,000 · modelled median at five years $31,564
Solid line: the value this library has carriedDashed from 2026: modelled · even money $26,151 to $36,560
The green band is the even-money range and the one to plan on: half of outcomes land inside it. The pale band behind it bounds eight in ten ($21,273 to $41,063). The path is this model's own: it starts along the momentum of its recorded history and bends toward its projected median as the horizon lengthens, so no two cars share a future curve.

The verdict

A defensible case with reservations. Scores 54/100, ranking 3 of 46 in the under $30k band. Liquidity is the strongest input, risk resilience the weakest.
Running it costs about $4,390 a year (16.3% of value), which is what the economics score measures. All in, including the projected value change, it is $3,833 a year.
The model's five year median is $31,564, a +16.9% move, with the tenth percentile at $21,273.
Value is research, not a measurement. Treat the level as indicative and the structure as the analysis.
Evidence
Researched0 recorded sales
Off its peak
at peak
Value band
wide
An external source, but no itemised transactions. Indicative only.
Scored against every recent Australian sale this library holds, half its values land within 11.2 per cent of the price paid and the rest miss by more, in either direction. Projections are therefore damped toward flat in proportion to how little is known, and the plausible band is never narrower than the error the model is known to make.
Short term (1-5 years)$3,833 a year all in, +16.9% median value move
Long term (10-15 years)Scarcity case already formed
Negotiate from$27,000

Recorded sales

No individual sales are logged for this vehicle.
The value is supported by the aggregate evidence noted at the top of this report, but the underlying transactions are not itemised here.

Score breakdown

Against the under $30k band median
46 cars in band · ink tick marks the median
Ownership economics30% of total
50/100+15
Scarcity25% of total
54/100+13
Demand durability20% of total
58/100+2
Liquidity15% of total
70/100+11
Risk resilience10% of total
30/100-7
Sub-scores run 0-100 before weighting; the weighted total is 54/100. Medians are computed live from the 46 cars currently in the under $30k band, so this picture moves when the library does.
The working behind each factor: baseline and drivers ↓
Ownership economics30% weight
50/100
Baseline84 pts
− 16.3% of value a year to run-40 pts
+ Below its Australian list price+6 pts
Sub-score (baseline plus drivers, clamped 0-100)50 pts
Scarcity25% weight
54/100
Baseline20 pts
+ 375 survivors estimated in Australia+34 pts
Sub-score (baseline plus drivers, clamped 0-100)54 pts
Demand durability20% weight
58/100
Baseline52 pts
− Lives in the shadow of the DC2, which still sets the local price-12 pts
+ The last naturally aspirated Honda Type R with hydraulic steering+10 pts
+ Type R badge carries a durable following here+8 pts
Sub-score (baseline plus drivers, clamped 0-100)58 pts
Liquidity15% weight
70/100
Baseline12 pts
+ 45 days on market+42 pts
+ 60 sales a year+16 pts
Sub-score (baseline plus drivers, clamped 0-100)70 pts
Risk resilience10% weight
30/100
Baseline66 pts
− Two specifications trade under one name at different money-10 pts
− Track use is common and leaves structural evidence-8 pts
− No Australian transaction behind the value-18 pts
Sub-score (baseline plus drivers, clamped 0-100)30 pts
Model output, not advice or a valuation. Verify independently before acting.

What it costs to own · about 5,778 km a year

Annual cost of access, excl. fuel
$4,390a year
Share of value per year
16.3%
Scheduled servicing$99023%
Tyres, annualised$67015%
Registration and CTP$53012%
Insurance$1,25028%
Sinking fund (failure table)$95022%
All-in annualised (a different number)
Purchase (model value plus duty)$28,080
Running costs × 5 years$21,950
Median exit, net of selling cost$30,864
All-in annualised over 5 years$3,833/yr
Share of value per year14.2%
Cost of access is what the car costs to run. All-in annualised adds depreciation, duty and selling costs across a five year hold. They answer different questions and are labelled separately for that reason.
Break-even appreciation, 5 year hold
13.7%a year, only to get the money back
This library projects
+3.2%a year
The projection falls 10.6 points a year short of the hurdle. On these assumptions this car is a cost, not an asset, which can be an entirely rational thing to buy but should be bought knowing it.
Purchase$27,000
Stamp duty$1,080
Running costs x 5 years$21,950
Selling cost at exit, 2.6% of the salescales with price
Sale price needed at +5 years$51,362
Storage
Bought at
No forecast is used to compute the hurdle. It is the purchase, the duty, any premium and 5 years of running cost, grossed up for the cost of selling and spread back over the hold. The projection it is measured against is the weakest number in this product and is drawn that way in the chart above. Transport, finance and any restoration spend sit outside it.

Specification

Engine2.0L NA i-VTEC four
Power / torque147 kW / 192 Nm
0-100 km/h6.7 s
Transmission6sp manual
DriveFWD
Kerb weight1,160 kg
Built worldwideNot established
Delivered to Australia550
Effective AU survivors375
Australian sales / year60
Typical days on market45 days
Launch price$43,990

What moves the price on this model

Colour hierarchy
Championship White+8%
Original paint throughout+5%
Resprayed after panel damage-8%
Options
Japanese-market 162kW specification with the 8,600rpm limiter+35%
Unmodified with original wheels and Recaro trim+12%
Documented valve clearance service history+8%
Odometer sensitivity±1.6% per 10,000 km vs 130,000 km
Applied on top of these

Condition, history, originality, ownership, delivery and modification multipliers apply to every car in the library. They are applied automatically when an advertisement is analysed, and the schedule is set out once, on the analyser page.

Projected value in five years

Projected value at five years
$31,564
+16.9% on today
The model's figure. Today it is $27,000.
Even odds it lands between $26,151 and $36,560.
$21,273 lowhigh $41,063
The shaded range is even money and 40% wide; the outer figures bound eight outcomes in ten. Band width follows the evidence - a model with a tight measured record carries a tight band.
A stronger five year outlook than 78% of the library.
-26.6% weakest projected move in the librarystrongest +73.1%
Five-year cost of ownership
Value change alone: +$4,564 across five years.
Running costs over the same period: $21,950.
Duty and expected selling costs: $1,780.
Net cost of five years of ownership: $19,165, or $3,833 a year.
The projected value rise offsets part of the running cost. It does not make the car free to own.

The case for and against

The case for

Australia sold this new at $43,990 and the market still prices it below the older DC2, which is a gap that has closed everywhere else. The K20A is the engine the DC2's K-series successors are judged against.

The case against

The local car is the detuned 147kW specification, not the 162kW Japanese one, and buyers increasingly know the difference. Turnover is entirely private, so there is no public price to point at.

Known faults and risks

Risk 1Australian 147kW cars and Japanese 162kW imports trade as different cars
Risk 2Second and third gear synchro wear on a hard-driven example
Risk 3Rear lower control arm mount cracking on cars that have seen circuit use
2nd and 3rd gear synchro wear, gearbox rebuild$3,500
Rear lower control arm mount cracking on track-used cars$2,750
Timing chain tensioner wear and chain stretch past 100,000km$2,100
Valve clearance adjustment on solid lifters, commonly skipped$1,050

Similar cars, and what they cost to run

Evidence behind this valueResearched · 0 recorded sales
Carried value
$27,000
Historical price
2016 · $16,7002026 · $27,000
Researched
An external source, but no itemised transactions. Indicative only.
Wikipedia is wrong about this car and Australia

The DC5 Type R is widely described as a Japan-only model. Honda Australia sold it new here from 2001 to 2002 at $43,990, and the local car is the reason the value below is what it is.

Read the rest of the evidence notes (2 more)
There are two cars under one name

The Australian-delivered DC5 R is the detuned 147kW specification. The Japanese-market car is 162kW with an 8,600rpm limiter, a helical limited-slip differential and closer ratios, and it arrives here as a used import. The Japanese car is worth $28,000 to $40,000 against $27,000 for a good local one, and treating the two as one model is the single most common pricing error made on this car in Australia.

The value is research, and the reason is Structural

This model does not go to auction here. It sells privately and through classifieds, neither of which publishes a completed price, so there is no Australian transaction record to fit anything to - not a thin one, none. The direction is clear enough from the DC2 in this library at $31,500, a car that is older, slower and still dearer, and from the fact that gap has closed in every other market. Direction is not a value, and this page says which one it is offering.

What we will not sell you
We will not price a Honda Integra against an advertisement.

No Australian transaction stands behind this value. A spec-adjusted figure built on it would look precise and would not be, so the report is refused instead of sold with a caveat. That goes for this car and 87 others. Everything above is free and stays free.

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