Anyone know if the new NSX will have something like that. Would be cool to see Honda incorporate some F1 technology like that into it.

 

Hrmmm not sure if general public would be ready for that.

I'm sure the motor can take the abuse if someone does it improperly, however I think it more has to do with legal red tape n' shet.

 

I never really understood the point of that.
Is it just so you can launch perfect everytime, so you dont have to get good at doing it the old fashioned way?

I can see how it would be useful in a F1 car, the last thing you want to do is stall without a starter motor onboard, and it must be hard with the super tall 1st, super touchy throttle, and on/off switch clutch. If you did it wrong you'd probably just burn tire way too much.

 

Well Ferrari has it on their street cars. The Enzo and the 360 Modena have it. Would be a great feature for those who take the cars to the track on a regular basis.

Its all about bringing one more aspect of racing to the public. I will never be able to drive a F1 car but would love to drive something with sequential paddle shifters or have launch control.

 

just like no production nitrous

 

Yeah I just thought about that. Then think about what kind of market buyer a Ferrari guy is than someone considering a Honda.

 

NSX is up there with Ferrari. People that buy Ferraris tend to look at NSX's too. The new RL is the first Honda to incorporate the F1 shifting style. So why not create a flagship car for Honda that takes a lot of its racing technology and gives it to the public.

 

I doubt they'd want to spend tons of money developing a brand new NSX if its only going to sell like the old one. Don't they lose money on them?

 

Why would Ferrari spend tons on developing the Enzo when only 399 were sold. All got sold even before the car was released to the public. Because people want an exotic car and the NSX certainly is in that rank. The NSX is supposed to be for certain people and most of those people probably have a Porsche or a Ferrari or a Lamborghini too. So why not make it like those other elite cars and have cool features like launch control or the rising front airdam that the Diablos had.

 

I dunno about that.
You don't think Honda was going for big numbers with the first NSX by advertising it as the most driveable supercar ever concieved? Wasn't it going after some of the lower end European exotics that sold well like the 911's?