Acura NSX News
01-13-15 | 09:57 AM
#542
Pit Crew
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Wow so excited for this car, gonna start saving up for it. At least you can actually buy it within reach unlike the LFA which is probably $2M now...
I do think it looks better than R8, probably more reliable, cheaper to maintain and maybe a bit cheaper than the V10 version
Plus it might do well as a DD with that hybrid system getting decent mpg
probably not as good bang for the buck as the GTR...but surely looks better
I do think it looks better than R8, probably more reliable, cheaper to maintain and maybe a bit cheaper than the V10 version
Plus it might do well as a DD with that hybrid system getting decent mpg
probably not as good bang for the buck as the GTR...but surely looks better
01-13-15 | 10:22 AM
#543
Acura NSX Loses Top, Becomes a Targa in PhotoShop
Acura has only just lifted the veil off its (production) NSX supercar, and digital photo manipulators are hard at work creating new versions based on it. X-Tomi cut the top off the NSX and called it the Targa – it looks pretty clean, and the design itself is next to identical to that of the coupe.
Honda’s own effort to make a topless NSX would probably be very similar if not near-identical to this – there would be no reason to change more and the design does look as if it’s been done with a removable roof in mind.
It could, however, end up being completely different, if the version you saw Tony Stark driving materializes. It’s more of a conventional roadster than a targa top like this rendering.
Talk of a drop top is still premature, though, as we’ve yet to even learn the specs of the NSX. Besides, as is the case with all modern supercars in the same vein as the Acura, ditching the roof has minimal effect on stiffness.
Honda’s own effort to make a topless NSX would probably be very similar if not near-identical to this – there would be no reason to change more and the design does look as if it’s been done with a removable roof in mind.
It could, however, end up being completely different, if the version you saw Tony Stark driving materializes. It’s more of a conventional roadster than a targa top like this rendering.
Talk of a drop top is still premature, though, as we’ve yet to even learn the specs of the NSX. Besides, as is the case with all modern supercars in the same vein as the Acura, ditching the roof has minimal effect on stiffness.
01-13-15 | 10:50 AM
#545
Until the specs come out, I would also like to know what else is in that price range?
Heck, for the half of that price, a C8 (which I don't mind having) is a much better buy<------there's a little sarcasm in there
Designs are so subjective......and the R8 is pretty ugly to me
(no offense to R8 fans)
01-13-15 | 12:05 PM
#549
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From: East Bay, CA
WAY TO GO ACURA!!!
I LOVE how the front looks like one of the Knight Sabers in Bubblegum Crisis! I Love how its unapologetically Japanese! Like the LFA was. Selling it at 150k had to make Toyota/Lexus say
Now if they can only make a RWD sedan in their regular lineup. I dont mind AWD int eh new RLX, TLX, but the overhangs and that narrow gap between the cab and the front wheel well just screams FWD in a tux to me.
I LOVE how the front looks like one of the Knight Sabers in Bubblegum Crisis! I Love how its unapologetically Japanese! Like the LFA was. Selling it at 150k had to make Toyota/Lexus say
Now if they can only make a RWD sedan in their regular lineup. I dont mind AWD int eh new RLX, TLX, but the overhangs and that narrow gap between the cab and the front wheel well just screams FWD in a tux to me.
01-13-15 | 04:02 PM
#551
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Don't see how anyone could say it was ugly, maybe not what they wanted or as good looking as the original but ugly?
01-13-15 | 07:17 PM
#554
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It certainly did. It's been mentioned many times throughout the industry. Ferraris of that period were mostly pretty bad, and even worse, they were unreliable and bad.
The NSX showed that you could make a 'supercar' that was reliable and user friendly, whilst still maintaining excellent performance.
The NSX showed that you could make a 'supercar' that was reliable and user friendly, whilst still maintaining excellent performance.
01-14-15 | 09:56 AM
#555
Acura already planning NSX Type R?
Acura just took the wraps off the production version of its long-awaited new NSX, but rumors are already circulating of an even hotter version to follow.
Meeting up at the Detroit Auto Show this week, Auto Express asked the NSX's chief engineer Ted Klaus about the prospect of a Type R version in the future, to which he reportedly answered: "I think everyone who loves cars wants to see a version that we say is pure red. The NSX has always been silver first, moving towards red later. Someone asked me, 'when will you be satisfied?' Probably never. What you do today, you can improve on tomorrow."
That doesn't mean that tomorrow will actually come tomorrow, but it does speak to a spirit of improvement on the NSX team that could stand to keep the American-made Japanese supercar on the knife's edge and out in front of the competition, which Klaus identified as including the Ferrari 458, Audi R8 V10 and Porsche 911 Turbo.
The previous model bred the NSX-R two years after its release (in the Japanese domestic market anyway), benefiting from a 265-pound weight reduction, a stiffer suspension, and though never officially confirmed, a long-suspected bump in output.
Meeting up at the Detroit Auto Show this week, Auto Express asked the NSX's chief engineer Ted Klaus about the prospect of a Type R version in the future, to which he reportedly answered: "I think everyone who loves cars wants to see a version that we say is pure red. The NSX has always been silver first, moving towards red later. Someone asked me, 'when will you be satisfied?' Probably never. What you do today, you can improve on tomorrow."
That doesn't mean that tomorrow will actually come tomorrow, but it does speak to a spirit of improvement on the NSX team that could stand to keep the American-made Japanese supercar on the knife's edge and out in front of the competition, which Klaus identified as including the Ferrari 458, Audi R8 V10 and Porsche 911 Turbo.
The previous model bred the NSX-R two years after its release (in the Japanese domestic market anyway), benefiting from a 265-pound weight reduction, a stiffer suspension, and though never officially confirmed, a long-suspected bump in output.