I know for a fact that in the past every single NSX ever built has been hand built. When I say hand built I mean actually pushed by people from one stage of the build to the next. No Mitsubishi robots tacking parts on or rolling the car through an assembly line till a complete car pops out the other end. Every part installed can be traced back to the employee who checked the part out of stock and tightened the bolts. The NSX must pass very strict quality tests before it can even move on to the next stage of the build, even silly stuff like the panel gap widths are measured and have set limits- if it fails even one inspection, it goes back. An NSX costs so much because you are getting a quality sports car that has a reliability rate that no sports car manufacturer has been able to match. If you have ever owned a Porsche you know what I mean.

I don't care what the mullets say, I have yet to see Honda quality in any American car. This fact makes me sick because I'm an American and I'd be proud to say our cars are of a higher quality- the fact is I can't. I have owned American cars in the past and I own one now a 1995 Cadillac Seville SLS- it's junk, only has 70,000 miles on it and has been to the shop so many times I have lost track. It currently leaks oil all over my drive way. My little '97 Civic, 60,000 miles has NEVER been to the shop- EVER. In fact I can list on one hand how many times all four Honda vehicles I have owned here and in Japan have been to the shop. Both my Fords were the same way as were the Dodges. But I assume we all know this since I'm guessing most of us own Honda products here.

If you could see the assembly line where the NSX is built in Japan you'd understand why you pay so much for an NSX. Real blood, sweat and tears go into making it. The people on the floor turning the wrenches care about what they put out, they are not Union blind and ready to stike the minute they don't get a cost of living raise.

If owning a quality sports car means I'm 1/10th of a second slower in a 1/4 mile than a big American built V8 then so be it. I'm done wasting my hard earned money on American car manufacturers. I have tried to go back and tell myself that the American built cars are just as good as a Honda but I end up getting screwed over in the end. Never again.