If the next NSX is indeed going to be another technology-showcase car, you guys are right, that would point towards the IMA/Dualnote strategy. It would be something to see.

 

Mainly becuase the NSX when it came out stunned everyone for being so civil and reliable, but it could still run with the big boys, and in many cases beat them. The IMA system would be the perfect sequel.

 

I could not agree more. I was at first disappointed that Honda was going to abandon the V8 and go with the V6 IMA solution, but as I think about it more a V8 just wouldn't be Honda's style.
The NSX was and is everything a super exotic is supposed to be: reliable, easy to drive, and !gasp! fuel efficient. The DN-X I hope will take everything Honda's learned in the past 12 years and introduce new technology one's even thought about! Hell they already have! A hybrid sports exotic? A V8 would be nice, but it just wouldn't be Honda's style.

 

And from the get-go theyve said they want to use the Dualnotes powertrain......

I just hope the next NSX is only a few years away.

 

I am extremely excited about the next NSX...it will again take Ferrari, Porsche, and Lambo back to the drawing boards and will re-establish Acura as the preeminate Japanese luxo car brand and Honda as the no doubt technological forebearer from Ferrari IMO. Honda's only obstacle is design...maybe Pininfarina should be given a call?

 

I wouldnt rule that our of the question, im sure you very well know they made some concept cars for Honda back in the day.

 

I do know of one concept car they designed for us in 1984 that was truly hideous, but some elements lived to the CRX and NSX. Design is so hard nowadays, because everything down to the Hyundai Tiburon has it. Back in 1989? **** man, the only thing with good design was Ferrari, Lambo, and Porsche (but theirs was classic). But we'll have this discussion when we get some solid info instead of bull**** from Motor Trend and the such ("500 HP V8 by Fall 2002!"). The funny thing is, the NSX is still one of the prettiest cars I've ever seen IMO...Honda knows how to make a timeless design. Look at a Lambo Countach...IMO those things are fugly.

 

I was going to say that that concept was ugly, but then I thought to myself, what wasnt.

As for Motor Trend, didnt they write and article about how the NSX will use and IMA system now?