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Honda still hasn't showed us the production-spec NSX but that hasn't stopped people from buying the car. Order books in UK opened two years ago and 100 clients have signed up by making £5,000 deposits to get their hands on the second generation NSX. Honda promises the model will cost just about the same as an Audi R8 but offer the performances of a Ferrari 458 Italia.
It will do that thanks to a Sport Hybrid Super Handling All Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system encompassing a mid-mounted twin-turbo V6 and three electric motors, with one of them incorporated into a dual-clutch transmission. The conventional engine will drive the rear axle while the other two electric motors will power the front wheels.
The Honda/Acura NSX reboot will be built in Ohio, United States at the Honda Performance Manufacturing Center and should be unveiled in January at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit.
As a final note, CAR mentions Honda UK has opened the order books for the Civic Type R and those who are interested have to make a £3,000 deposit and then wait until August or September 2015 to get the car.
Its not that it looks bad, but it doesn't scream "NSX" when I look at it. I wish they would have just buried the NSX name and called this something completely different. Then if it doesn't live up to expectations, all they have to do is say "well what did you want, it's not an NSX replacement anyway"
But since they are going with the NSX name plate, It would have been cool if they used some styling cues from the first gen NSX. I'm not saying copy it full out, but do an updated F16 look like they originally did. This looks nothing like a fighter jet.
Finally. After spending years rounding three bases in the development of the second coming of the Acura NSX, we can espy home base just beyond the turn of the year. Here is your first teaser image for the profoundly anticipated coupe that will show itself in production form at the 2015 Detroit Auto Show. (We've even brightened it up for you, but feel free to see it in high-res, original form, along with a few other teaser shots, here.) What we can see of it looks like the last camouflaged prototype we saw at the 'Ring, save for switching out the prorotype's traditional headlights for Acura's jeweled units.
After years of foreplay, well... let's just say we're ready. The coupe, its zirconium e-coat and its twin-turbocharged Sport Hybrid power unit – aimed at Ferrari 458 Italia performance for Audi R8 money – will be uncovered on January 12, 2015 at 11:50 AM Eastern time, and you can watch it as it happens at www.youtube.com/acura. There's a teaser video, below, to whet your appetites.
Next month's NSX debut kicks off what John Mendel, executive vice president of American Honda, calls "The Year of Honda." Speaking to members of the media at an event in Detroit Tuesday, Mendel said that following the NSX, Honda will debut a new version of the Pilot SUV in 2015, as well as a redesigned Ridgeline pickup. Mendel also confirmed that Honda will launch small-displacement, turbocharged engines for use in production vehicles. As for Acura, the company's luxury division will offer the new ILX this year, and Mendel hinted that the RDX and MDX crossovers will get a few updates to make them more competitive within their respective segments.
It sounds like a busy year, for sure. And we're ready and waiting (we've been waiting...) for the NSX to kick it all off. Head below to read the official confirmation statement, and to see a teaser video.
The article attached to this annoys me. It says Honda is putting small turbo engines in its smaller models. It's like they don't realize Acura could use them for some serious power gains, too.
Well I'm glad its finally coming, but its been in the oven so long I've kind of lost any and all excitement I had for it.
At this point, I don't care about it either. Acura took too long with this. Maybe I'll get excited when it actually hits the dealer and I can see it in person.
10-27-2014, 01:46 PM
Sure will be interesting to see this puppy in production form if the "benchmarks" of Italia, 650s and GT3 are close to the mark. 
at thread title. Self-loathing, a fine A'zine tradition since 2005. Hunter Thompson gonna break outta his grave and write a sequel in this thread.
