Originally posted by RB26DETT
owning an NSX is a lot more impressive than owning a Z06
thatz how i decide wuh cars i want =P
To who? I don't understand why anyone would prefer the NSX when the Z06 is much faster, handles much better, cost much less, and looks good doing it.
Sadly, you are in the majority. Most younger people do buy cars because they are viewed as 'more impressive' by the idiots they are trying to impress, without regard to actual performance. Notice the import trend of the last 5 years. It's rare to find people who buy a honda for the good gas milage, good reliability, decent factory power, and high resale value. Usually it's cause 'you can put NAAAWS on it and run 10's, dude!' or 'it has VTEC so it's way faster than some stupid V8'.
Originally posted by yellow civic ex
the nsx wasn't meant to compete w/ american muscle anyways...it's meant to be an exotic (better reliability tho). it's hp and torque curves more closely resemble ferrari and such...i believe its similar in performance to a ferrari 355 all around (cept more reliable, like i said).
If you say american muscle as in the Camaro/Mustang, then yes... it is above either in performance, and FAR above in cost and quality. If you are saying it is not meant to compete w/ a corvette.... what? The Z06 competes with Ferrari, so how does the NSX not compete with it? Besides that, the Ferrari 355 (and the newer, faster 360) smoke the NSX, but the '02 Z06 will beat a 360 around most courses.