Next Acura NSX built on flip-flopped Honda Accord chassis?
11-22-10, 05:29 PM
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Next Acura NSX built on flip-flopped Honda Accord chassis?
Damn, we have heard all the Unicorn
news in regards to this brand and this car but really, an Accord based 400hp hybrid with AWD NSX?
It sounds like all the unicorns told a reporter a story
Thank goodness Lexus had the ***** to bring the LFA to market and not make a trillion excuses.
http://www.autoblog.com/2010/11/22/r...-just-resting/
http://www.motortrend.com/features/a...ife/index.html
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Honda NSX Gets New Lease on Life
Flagship Coupe Reportedly Back On, But in a Different Form
November 22, 2010
/ By Peter Lyon
Illustrator: Holiday Auto Magazine
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The NSX lives, at least in a different form. According to one source, Honda never gave up its plans for an NSX successor. Even though the V-10-powered post-NSX concept came along at the wrong time -- during the economic meltdown -- and had to be cancelled, Honda engineers didn't completely shelve the project.
They simply applied a more market-friendly (and eco-friendly) sports-car approach to the company's flagship two-door, giving it the latest hybrid gizmology. Completely different than Toyota's THS-II hybrid system, the technology slated to power Honda's new sports coupe "can be driven with either a clutch and an engine only, the engine and motor only, or the motor only," says our source. It will also offer a manual transmission option.
It apparently will employ a modified Accord platform, and power will come from either a 2.4-liter 4-cylinder or a 3.5-liter V-6, with the latter considered the sure favorite. Why do we think so? Once again our spies in Japan have uncovered a patent application that specifies a "V6 powertrain developing upwards of 400 horsepower." That makes sense, especially when you consider what one company staffer told us about Honda's desire to return to making sports cars. "Honda does not see the CR-Z as a sports car. It's a sporty coupe and a great first try in the hybrid-sports direction. To be called a sports car, a car needs to have the potential of an NSX or an S2000. That's what we need to aim for."
And as expected, the coupe will employ a version of the automaker's proven SH-AWD system, but Honda will apply NSX concept technology by fitting the rear-drive-based SH-AWD setup that enabled the test mule to lap the Nürburgring in 7 minutes, 37 seconds two years ago.
Using the front-wheel-drive Accord platform as a base for this car will cut R&D costs dramatically. Engineers will swap the front and rear around to create a rear midship AWD package. If the coupe gets the green light for production, expect to see it in showrooms as early as 2014. Still unclear is if the car will continue to be badged as an Acura here in the U.S.
Read more: http://www.motortrend.com/features/a...#ixzz1644X15Gf
news in regards to this brand and this car but really, an Accord based 400hp hybrid with AWD NSX? It sounds like all the unicorns told a reporter a story
Thank goodness Lexus had the ***** to bring the LFA to market and not make a trillion excuses.
http://www.autoblog.com/2010/11/22/r...-just-resting/
http://www.motortrend.com/features/a...ife/index.html
Check Dealer Pricing On a New Honda!
Honda NSX Gets New Lease on Life
Flagship Coupe Reportedly Back On, But in a Different Form
November 22, 2010
/ By Peter Lyon
Illustrator: Holiday Auto Magazine
|
The NSX lives, at least in a different form. According to one source, Honda never gave up its plans for an NSX successor. Even though the V-10-powered post-NSX concept came along at the wrong time -- during the economic meltdown -- and had to be cancelled, Honda engineers didn't completely shelve the project.
They simply applied a more market-friendly (and eco-friendly) sports-car approach to the company's flagship two-door, giving it the latest hybrid gizmology. Completely different than Toyota's THS-II hybrid system, the technology slated to power Honda's new sports coupe "can be driven with either a clutch and an engine only, the engine and motor only, or the motor only," says our source. It will also offer a manual transmission option.
It apparently will employ a modified Accord platform, and power will come from either a 2.4-liter 4-cylinder or a 3.5-liter V-6, with the latter considered the sure favorite. Why do we think so? Once again our spies in Japan have uncovered a patent application that specifies a "V6 powertrain developing upwards of 400 horsepower." That makes sense, especially when you consider what one company staffer told us about Honda's desire to return to making sports cars. "Honda does not see the CR-Z as a sports car. It's a sporty coupe and a great first try in the hybrid-sports direction. To be called a sports car, a car needs to have the potential of an NSX or an S2000. That's what we need to aim for."
And as expected, the coupe will employ a version of the automaker's proven SH-AWD system, but Honda will apply NSX concept technology by fitting the rear-drive-based SH-AWD setup that enabled the test mule to lap the Nürburgring in 7 minutes, 37 seconds two years ago.
Using the front-wheel-drive Accord platform as a base for this car will cut R&D costs dramatically. Engineers will swap the front and rear around to create a rear midship AWD package. If the coupe gets the green light for production, expect to see it in showrooms as early as 2014. Still unclear is if the car will continue to be badged as an Acura here in the U.S.
Read more: http://www.motortrend.com/features/a...#ixzz1644X15Gf
11-22-10, 05:34 PM
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????????
I thought they wanted to get rid of all the 'fun' and focus only on being 'green'??
I'm all for platform sharing, but those who buy supercars and exotics want something more special than a chassis that was derived from the parent's bread and butter car.
I'll be happy if Honda releases this car, but please don't call it an NSX.
I thought they wanted to get rid of all the 'fun' and focus only on being 'green'??
I'm all for platform sharing, but those who buy supercars and exotics want something more special than a chassis that was derived from the parent's bread and butter car.
I'll be happy if Honda releases this car, but please don't call it an NSX.
11-22-10, 05:57 PM
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More unicorn news indeed.
An NSX based on the Accord? What a COMPLETE and utter DISGRACE to the NSX heritage and NSX fans.
Soichiro Honda must be rolling in his grave, and Shigeru Uehara would do a double face palm when hearing this.
An NSX based on the Accord? What a COMPLETE and utter DISGRACE to the NSX heritage and NSX fans.
Soichiro Honda must be rolling in his grave, and Shigeru Uehara would do a double face palm when hearing this.
11-22-10, 06:09 PM
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Why does this sound like a Toyota Sporty Hybrid concept (400hp awd mid engined hybrid)?
I'll believe it when I see it. I wouldn't mind seeing the HSV turn up first though. C'mon Honda, WTF?
+1. I've been asking myself this question since high school.
I'll believe it when I see it. I wouldn't mind seeing the HSV turn up first though. C'mon Honda, WTF?
+1. I've been asking myself this question since high school.
11-22-10, 06:11 PM
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????????
I thought they wanted to get rid of all the 'fun' and focus only on being 'green'??
I'm all for platform sharing, but those who buy supercars and exotics want something more special than a chassis that was derived from the parent's bread and butter car.
I'll be happy if Honda releases this car, but please don't call it an NSX.
I thought they wanted to get rid of all the 'fun' and focus only on being 'green'??
I'm all for platform sharing, but those who buy supercars and exotics want something more special than a chassis that was derived from the parent's bread and butter car.
I'll be happy if Honda releases this car, but please don't call it an NSX.
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11-22-10, 07:36 PM
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This alone is sufficient to make this report pixie dust, not that we didn't know that was the case already. Hopefully it didn't actually come out of the mouth of a Honda exec. What a way this would be to destroy the legacy of the NSX.
11-22-10, 09:03 PM
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The NSXcuse, I like that, very fitting description for all these rumors.
I don't think that's a Honda rendering. I think that is a Motor Trend rendering. No way would a Honda rendering look that good. Honda has completely lost the ability to come up with good designs.
I don't think that's a Honda rendering. I think that is a Motor Trend rendering. No way would a Honda rendering look that good. Honda has completely lost the ability to come up with good designs.