Most likely very few will agree with me but I wonder what this could have been if it was just the 500hp turbo six. Loose the batteries, electric motors and all the extra redundant crap. A 3200lb 500hp NSX, with good steering and brakes, for $120k, that is good on the track and comfortable on the street, yes please. Probably also a much better spiritual successor to the original.

 

I predict this car to sell very poorly like rest of new Acuras unless they price it around $100k.

Much better cars available than this at $150k unless you are really into the hybrid tech.

 

actually Acura sales have been doing very well....except for the RLX
http://www.goodcarbadcar.net/2012/10...sa-canada.html

 

Care to name at least three?

 

c&d article pines for an integra and is annoyed at many of the details of the nsx, that it's not loud enough, that the electronics don't let someone slide it around, etc.

sounds like a reviewer living firmly in the past.

 

so GT-R gets a pass for all the electronics but the NSX gets bashed.....gee strange.

 

The bee etching is worse at NsxPrime as usual

My take is this

The guy who can afford a super car is better off in the eyes of Acura with one that delivers phenominal performance and can keep you from killing yourself and is super reliable

And that is the car we shall receive

Since the long departed HSC the philosophy has been accessible performance and they have stayed on script

 

it was expected that there were going to be people bashing this car from day one...

 

Low fast

I had mentioned after Nsxpo that Acura did a survey and mentioned doing a version just like you outlined

We may see that and/or a spider

 

Not certain the GTR gets a pass, it has been bashed from day one as "driving itself" and not being a "drivers car." It seems over time Nissan has made it more engaging from what I have read (I have never driven one early or recent so i cannot speak to how it drives)

I also have not driven the new NSX so only can go off of the reviews. It may be a fantastic car, but at $180k it is also one I will never own. Now if it was simplified and down int he $120k range, I might be able to pick up a used one later down the road.

 

I think that would be great, but knowing Acura/Honda it will take 10 years of teases before it becomes available.

 

Porsche 911 GT3, MB GTS, Audi R8

 

that's exactly the fear i have on the new nsx. the original was raw, the new one looks nice and few things look promising. but i wouldn't want it like the gtr, which i have little feelings about

 

Acura said a while ago that the NSX was made to deliver 458 Italia performance at a more affordable price. I know numbers aren't everything, but the 458 made 570hp out of an N/A engine with a curb weight of ~3,250lbs. This was 6 years ago... It would have been nice to beat the competition, not just match them.

 

Exact same way I feel about the 918. A 4.6L V8 making 608hp? Screw the hybrid tech at that point, just give us a much lighter, driver-focused car. Sure, if I designed a performance hybrid, it'd work like the 918 - but it will still always leave driving enthusiasts wonder what could have been.

As one who has done said bashing, agreed 100%.

I'd have to drive them back to back to compare accurately, but having spent a day with the Nismo recently, I doubt it's changed much on the "engaging drive" front.