I would mind if it had a V6 with like 350hp if dropped down to like 2500lbs.

 

they stole the gauges out of the rx8??

 

Um, no. They look exactly like TSX gauges(font and color...well, numbers are more RSX-like, but you get my point), but with a pod that moves up and down. A la G35/350Z.

 

Um I think he's talking about the circular hoods over the gauges.

Whatever, there's only so many ways you can style the freakin top of a cluster.

 

Oh. Whatever. I think I'm quitting from any future discussion involving automoive design accusing anyone of "stealing" anything...it's hard not to coincidentally (or not) replicate something used during the past century in a car.

 

lol, i was just saying, when i saw the gauges, the first thing i thought was "rx8"

 

I like it

 

Beautiful car, except for the rear end. It'll be interesting to see how much makes it to production. Also, I wonder what will become of the Dual Note's hybrid system. Will Honda ever bring it to production?

 

(07:49 Nov. 03, 2003)
Honda confirms it: Acura NSX sports car will be replaced

By YUZO YAMAGUCHI | Automotive News

TOKYO - The 13-year-old Acura NSX sports car will be replaced soon by a car much like the HSC concept coupe shown at the Tokyo Motor Show, Honda President Takeo Fukui disclosed last week.

"I want to bring it out soon," Fukui said in an interview for the annual Automotive News Talk from the Top series. "Everybody is waiting for it. It won't be in a year, though."

Fukui called the two-seat HSC concept "a realistic proposal" and said the production NSX would not change much from the show car. The HSC concept, which had a 300-hp V-6 under the hood, is shorter, wider and lower than the current NSX.

"I like the overall proportion of it," Fukui said. "Its compactness is attractive."

The NSX, which has a small but passionate following among performance enthusiasts, has not been fully remodeled since it debuted in 1990. Reflecting its age, worldwide sales last year totaled only 364, with the U.S. market accounting for 233. The car's worldwide sales peaked at more than 4,500 in 1991.

"This is not a volume car, so it has be aimed at the global market," Fukui said.

The replacement for the nearly $90,000 vehicle is part of Honda's move to shore up the Acura brand. The automaker also will update the Acura RL, due out next fall, by dropping front-wheel drive.

On another topic, Fukui said Honda may increase imports of U.S.-built vehicles into Japan if the yen gets much stronger. The dollar has fallen to about ¥108 from around ¥120 since August, yielding less yen profit for Japanese companies for every dollar of sale.

"We have to think of different ways" to adjust, he said.

Honda imports the U.S.-made Element and the Canada-built MDX and Odyssey minivan, which is sold in Japan as the LaGreat. Through September, the automaker has imported 16,689 cars and trucks into Japan, up 132 percent over the same period in 2002.

http://www.autoweek.com/cat_content...._code=04595978

 

so it's just a 300HP regular V6? What happen to the 400HP IMA? also, this won't be out til 2007, it definitely won't "wow" the public like 290HP NSX did in 1991. Can't believe it'll take them 16 years to update the NSX and all they can do is increase it 10HP.