DO YOU THINK ACURA Will Bring NSX Back ?
02-05-2009, 07:32 AM
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DO YOU THINK ACURA Will Bring NSX Back ?
Acura needs to step there game up with something. All they sell are lux. cars now. They dropped the RSX. When will we have a sport scar again?
02-05-2009, 08:18 AM
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No sooner than 2012. And I don't have a problem with that.
Taking off the rose colored glasses for a minute, the NSX wasn't all that great. From the start, the cost of designing and building the aluminum unibody would have been better spent on a more powerful V6, if not a proper V8. Yes, it was as fast as the 911 back then and it didn't leak oil like the 348 did. But both of those cars received full model changes — and with them substantial improvements — while the NSX was left to wither away.
That Ferrari and Porsche earn more per unit is tangential. If Acura is going to jump back into the premium sports car market and claim to compete with those brands, I would rather see them build a car that doesn't require excuses and sympathy seven years after it is launched.
Ultimately, I have more hope on the Honda side of the business. The success of the S2000 proves that a mid-30K roadster can distill the NSX essence into a cheaper product that is IMO, more fun to drive and more accessible to the masses.
Taking off the rose colored glasses for a minute, the NSX wasn't all that great. From the start, the cost of designing and building the aluminum unibody would have been better spent on a more powerful V6, if not a proper V8. Yes, it was as fast as the 911 back then and it didn't leak oil like the 348 did. But both of those cars received full model changes — and with them substantial improvements — while the NSX was left to wither away.
That Ferrari and Porsche earn more per unit is tangential. If Acura is going to jump back into the premium sports car market and claim to compete with those brands, I would rather see them build a car that doesn't require excuses and sympathy seven years after it is launched.
Ultimately, I have more hope on the Honda side of the business. The success of the S2000 proves that a mid-30K roadster can distill the NSX essence into a cheaper product that is IMO, more fun to drive and more accessible to the masses.
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02-05-2009, 05:48 PM
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I agree Dave. Yes Acura should've been gave the NSX more HP/ definately I'd rather see a V8 or do like Nissan with the Skyline. Now that's one nice ride in only a V6. Guess we'll have to wait til 2012. Hope they keep the S2K. Man I love that car.
02-05-2009, 05:57 PM
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And from an accountancy standpoint, I think it's an easier case to make.
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02-05-2009, 09:38 PM
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But as car sales crashed violently in 2008, the NSX project was shelved.
We do not know when — or if — they will restart the program.
Also, the S2000 is dead at the end of this year. :hs:
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02-05-2009, 09:41 PM
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So you also mean that new s2000 concept that came out is also dead?
02-05-2009, 09:55 PM
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The outgoing S2K will not have a new model to replace it in 2010.
It's a gloomy time for any Honda badged sports cars... :hs:
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Well, don't give up hope yet. News from Japan today says the NSX will live, but it will be a 3.5 liter v6 with a hybrid instead of a v10 supercar.
Eitherway, sounds like a cool car to me.
http://www.motorauthority.com/report...rts-badge.html
Eitherway, sounds like a cool car to me.
http://www.motorauthority.com/report...rts-badge.html