Originally posted by asianautica
I think the NSX stands alone. There's really no connection between the NSX and the rest of the Acura line. NSX is an amazing sport car in many ways while the rest of the acura like like sporty luxury.
Even with its age? Those 2 are 5 years younger than Acura. But I think they didn't bring over their super car yet because they don't feel like they need to yet. But they are bringing it over according to R&T. Toyota is bringing over a V10 supercar costing about $150k and Nissan is bringing over the GT-R with about 450 HP & still AWD.
Acura is looking at the NSX for performance image while Lexus and infiniti is just trying to improve all their cars to match the image they want to project.
You are correct in saying that the NSX stands alone...as the only Japanese supercar. And the connection between the NSX and the rest of the Acura lineup is very evident. The NSX is built out of the technology used in Honda's race cars that has been adapted to fit a real life production vehicle. This technology used in the NSX has then been adapted to the rest of the Acura lineup. Where do you think the sport come from?
Sure Infiniti and and Lexus are not as old as Acura, but Nissan(Datsun) and Toyota have been around longer than Honda...why did those two not produce a car similar to the NSX, afterall the NSX is a Honda everywhere else in the world, except for Canada. And the NSX is 13? years old and neither Nissan or Toyota have a car that can match it in overall build quality.
What image is Infiniti and Lexus trying to project? Honda/Acura was born out of a motorcyle racing company that moved onto car racing and production cars. Their cars are still built upon that technology. Don't get me wrong though in the fact that both Nissan(Infiniti) and Toyota(Lexus) make great cars, but they are built in a different manner from Honda(Acura).