Next-Generation Acura NSX Test Mule at the Nurburgring Spy Video:
10-04-07, 03:42 PM
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Next-Generation Acura NSX Test Mule at the Nurburgring Spy Video:
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Spy Video: Next-Generation Acura NSX at the Nurburgring
Posted on: October 4th, 2007
From this spy video shot by AutoCar, this may seem like a tuned Honda S2000. When in fact this is Honda’s next-generation Acura NSX hitting up the Nurburgring for some high-speed testing. Why is this test mule wearing the Honda S2000 body?
Well that’s because Acura engineers have completely ripped the whole Advanced Sports Car Concept script, which the NSX was supposed to be based on, and have decided to start from scratch since top Honda management isn’t happy with where the car is headed.
It was said that a redesigned Advanced Sports Car Concept is headed to Tokyo Motor Show this October, but rumors from Japan say that Honda has decided not to display it since designers are still unsure of the direction it’s going in.
The next-generation is expected to be powered by a V10 unit producing above 500 horsepower.
Posted on: October 4th, 2007
From this spy video shot by AutoCar, this may seem like a tuned Honda S2000. When in fact this is Honda’s next-generation Acura NSX hitting up the Nurburgring for some high-speed testing. Why is this test mule wearing the Honda S2000 body?
Well that’s because Acura engineers have completely ripped the whole Advanced Sports Car Concept script, which the NSX was supposed to be based on, and have decided to start from scratch since top Honda management isn’t happy with where the car is headed.
It was said that a redesigned Advanced Sports Car Concept is headed to Tokyo Motor Show this October, but rumors from Japan say that Honda has decided not to display it since designers are still unsure of the direction it’s going in.
The next-generation is expected to be powered by a V10 unit producing above 500 horsepower.
10-04-07, 03:57 PM
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"If you listen closely, you can hear the signature exhaust note of the V-10."
I would be able to hear it if you would stop blabbing over the video when the car was at full tilt...
Also, if you notice... Quad Stacked Exhaust... I'm telling you... The revolution has arrived...
I would be able to hear it if you would stop blabbing over the video when the car was at full tilt...
Also, if you notice... Quad Stacked Exhaust... I'm telling you... The revolution has arrived...
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10-05-07, 10:27 AM
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Its not, theres no set design since the Acura executives discarded the latest design. Im how ever disappointed that it will be a front mounted V10 (or so they claim the engine is a V10). Ill be willingly to bet that Acura is going to include thier SH-AWD system as a possibility.
Who likes to draw? Draw waht you think the NSX should look like
Who likes to draw? Draw waht you think the NSX should look like
10-05-07, 11:20 PM
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10-06-07, 09:45 AM
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Acura SuperCar Concept, Pt 2
Looks like we’re getting another design direction, and not a production version, of the much-anticipated next-gen Acura NSX supercar in Tokyo.
BY ALISA PRIDDLE, PHOTOGRAPHY BY KGP PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE MANUFACTURER September 2007
When it comes to Acura, the most adored nameplate is the NSX supercar (deceased in 2005), and it is here the traditionally conservative parent company, Honda, is proving to be quite the tease.
We salivated at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit last January with the unveiling of the Acura Advanced Sports Car concept (ASCC), which we all assumed was the precursor to the next-gen NSX. With a powerful 5.0-liter V-10 and Acura’s Super Handling All-Wheel Drive, the ASCC no doubt foreshadows a sports car of the highest level, despite crowing from purists that all-wheel drive and an apparent front-engine layout are sacrilege in a car called NSX.
But, in the months that followed, the rumor mill was full of stories about how the carmaker was not as enamored with the concept as we were and more work was needed. That must be the case, because a senior Honda exec recently told Ward’s Automotive Reports that a second supercar concept will be the headliner for Acura at the Tokyo auto show in October—and not a production NSX as promised.
The ever-cautious Honda apparently needs the public to go gaga before it can commit. So, we’ll see a more refined “design direction” in Tokyo. It’s now looking like closer to 2010 before the NSX will be the headliner for the brand.
And there are further ramifications. The 2009 NSX was to be the cornerstone of the rollout of the Acura brand in Japan, so it appears that plan also is delayed a couple years from the original 2008 target.
Acura is rolling out its 2008 lineup amid record sales of the MDX SUV and strong demand for the smaller turbocharged RDX. But August sales in the U.S. were down 10 percent overall, and year to date the luxury brand is off by more than 8 percent.
Acura execs say their goal for this year is to hold the line on sales, during what they describe as a product lull. But they promise to keep us scribes hopping with product news in the next two years (we can spell NSX).
And we expect to see SH-AWD, which is proving popular, expand further into the lineup. Officials won’t say if existing vehicles must wait for their scheduled redesign to add the feature that increasingly is becoming a point-of-entry for luxury models.
For now, the 2008 lineup is marked by making Bluetooth wireless connectivity a standard feature across the portfolio.
But we expect big transmission news in the not-so-distant future. One major ***** in Honda’s armor is the lack of a six-speed automatic transmission. Engineers say one is in the works, and it appears it could make its debut in an Acura. The TL is due for an upgrade in 2009, and a six-speed automatic would go so nicely with a new 3.5-liter V-6.
As for a V-8 in an Acura sedan any time soon, the company still seems wed to the idea of skipping this step and going from its current V-6s to a V-10 in the NSX, with no displacement stops in between—no matter how little sense this seems to make.