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08-16-2005, 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Motohip
Who cares about the weight as long as it's got some balls. 
I have no doubt that Honda will produce a super-car that's anything less than amazing. They know what Lexus and Infiniti is coming out with so I know they'll do the usual Honda thing of making something unconventional and technologicaly advanced.
I have no doubt that Honda will produce a super-car that's anything less than amazing. They know what Lexus and Infiniti is coming out with so I know they'll do the usual Honda thing of making something unconventional and technologicaly advanced.
08-16-2005, 06:55 PM
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AWD...definitely leads me to believe it will continue as an all-aluminum construction to keep weight down...and prices up.
08-16-2005, 09:34 PM
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Originally Posted by gavriil
How about an AWD NSX and a RWD NSX? 
08-17-2005, 12:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Dan Martin
Hell, by 2010 this thing might be 6WD.
09-16-2005, 07:25 PM
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MT mag is reporting that the next NSX may not be called the NSX and that it will be at dealers' lots at the end of 2006. They also confirm the very good possibility that the car will carry a V10 engine and it will still be derived from the HSC's styling. In addition, Honda's goal is for the car to weigh less than 3000 pounds through use of carbon fiber items like the hood, doors, fenders and roof and use of alluminum alloy throughout.
09-16-2005, 07:38 PM
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Originally Posted by gavriil
MT mag is reporting that the next NSX may not be called the NSX and that it will be at dealers' lots at the end of 2006. They also confirm the very good possibility that the car will carry a V10 engine and it will still be derived from the HSC's styling. In addition, Honda's goal is for the car to weigh less than 3000 pounds through use of carbon fiber items like the hood, doors, fenders and roof and use of alluminum alloy throughout.
That's fantastic...! Here's hoping...
09-16-2005, 07:40 PM
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Originally Posted by gavriil
MT mag is reporting that the next NSX may not be called the NSX and that it will be at dealers' lots at the end of 2006. They also confirm the very good possibility that the car will carry a V10 engine and it will still be derived from the HSC's styling. In addition, Honda's goal is for the car to weigh less than 3000 pounds through use of carbon fiber items like the hood, doors, fenders and roof and use of alluminum alloy throughout.
09-16-2005, 08:14 PM
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Originally Posted by gavriil
MT mag is reporting that the next NSX may not be called the NSX and that it will be at dealers' lots at the end of 2006. They also confirm the very good possibility that the car will carry a V10 engine and it will still be derived from the HSC's styling. In addition, Honda's goal is for the car to weigh less than 3000 pounds through use of carbon fiber items like the hood, doors, fenders and roof and use of alluminum alloy throughout.
09-17-2005, 01:29 AM
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Originally Posted by gavriil
Killing 2 birds with one stone here:
1. News about the NSX Type R from England and,
2. Read the last sentence
Souce: Autoexpress
Button On Pole For New NSX
The ultimate Honda is coming to the UK - and the first customer is likely to be one of Britain's best known racing drivers. The flagship NSX Type R, seen here on British soil for the first time, has been shipped over for homologation testing so that Honda's F1 star Jenson Button can drive it on UK roads.
Although the car's 276bhp output is unchanged, carbon fibre bodywork, a revised engine and hardened suspension make the Type R a genuine rival to Ferrari's 360 Challenge Stradale. No official announcement has been made, but the green light for the six UK dealers authorised to sell NSXs is expected soon.
Several salesmen are rumoured to be taking deposits for the Type R already, even though there will be no deliveries before next spring. A price premium of around £5,000 is expected over the standard NSX, lifting the cost to £65,000. But despite the early interest, Honda does not expect to sell many more than 10 models a year here.
Meanwhile, sources in Japan have revealed that the next-generation NSX, which is due for launch in late 2005, will be powered by a mighty 3.6-litre 450bhp version of the current model's V6 powerplant.
Source Autoexpress
http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/ae...y.php?id=42011
1. News about the NSX Type R from England and,
2. Read the last sentence
Souce: Autoexpress
Button On Pole For New NSX
The ultimate Honda is coming to the UK - and the first customer is likely to be one of Britain's best known racing drivers. The flagship NSX Type R, seen here on British soil for the first time, has been shipped over for homologation testing so that Honda's F1 star Jenson Button can drive it on UK roads.
Although the car's 276bhp output is unchanged, carbon fibre bodywork, a revised engine and hardened suspension make the Type R a genuine rival to Ferrari's 360 Challenge Stradale. No official announcement has been made, but the green light for the six UK dealers authorised to sell NSXs is expected soon.
Several salesmen are rumoured to be taking deposits for the Type R already, even though there will be no deliveries before next spring. A price premium of around £5,000 is expected over the standard NSX, lifting the cost to £65,000. But despite the early interest, Honda does not expect to sell many more than 10 models a year here.
Meanwhile, sources in Japan have revealed that the next-generation NSX, which is due for launch in late 2005, will be powered by a mighty 3.6-litre 450bhp version of the current model's V6 powerplant.
Source Autoexpress
http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/ae...y.php?id=42011
The type-r nsx is pretty nice but you can make any nsx handle better and faster than a type-r nsx.......
Meanwhile, sources in Japan have revealed that the next-generation NSX, which is due for launch in late 2005, will be powered by a mighty 3.6-litre 450bhp version of the current model's V6 powerplant.
if that is the case with the motor then that would not be bad........there is already a 3.8 liter nsx motor developed for the current nsx at will be putting out about the same hp...........and I will be getting that one dropped in my nsx as well......=)
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09-17-2005, 01:32 AM
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Originally Posted by NSX-Tuner
And a report from honda and some news sources report that it may also have SH-AWD.
I sure hope so looking forward to a v10 nsx with 500 hp sh-awd
09-17-2005, 01:48 AM
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Originally Posted by ediddy
I sure hope so looking forward to a v10 nsx with 500 hp sh-awd
09-17-2005, 02:15 AM
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Originally Posted by TL CHROMETIDE
That sounds good but 450bhp from a 3.6 liter V6 sounds so damn tempting.
Yes it is but there is already a v6 3.8 liter developed at about the same hp......the first guy going to be with it is John Martin the developer of the motor.....then my buddy Frank C........and then me whenever I get 15k or so to buy all the parts
09-17-2005, 11:32 AM
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Originally Posted by ediddy
The type-r nsx is pretty nice but you can make any nsx handle better and faster than a type-r nsx.......
Meanwhile, sources in Japan have revealed that the next-generation NSX, which is due for launch in late 2005, will be powered by a mighty 3.6-litre 450bhp version of the current model's V6 powerplant.
if that is the case with the motor then that would not be bad........there is already a 3.8 liter nsx motor developed for the current nsx at will be putting out about the same hp...........and I will be getting that one dropped in my nsx as well......=)
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Meanwhile, sources in Japan have revealed that the next-generation NSX, which is due for launch in late 2005, will be powered by a mighty 3.6-litre 450bhp version of the current model's V6 powerplant.
if that is the case with the motor then that would not be bad........there is already a 3.8 liter nsx motor developed for the current nsx at will be putting out about the same hp...........and I will be getting that one dropped in my nsx as well......=)
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So nothing to take seriously from the above.
09-17-2005, 06:51 PM
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Originally Posted by gavriil
If you look at the date I posted this you will realize that since then a lot has changed within Honda and the people running it have changed their minds about what they are gonna do about the NSX and its engine a couple thousand times So nothing to take seriously from the above.
So nothing to take seriously from the above.hehe i know man I just got bored and decided to join the fun
the next nsx will be bad ass though.....hopefully it look clean like the current one......... 
09-17-2005, 09:26 PM
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Originally Posted by gocubsgo55
wow, V10 power under 3,000 lbs. too good to be true, ill believe it when its official (if)
to Honda if they can pull it off. Think about it. This car will, no way in hell, cost more than 150k. With a V10. Under 3k lbs. And some degree of practicality.The closest thing to this is the Carrera GT, which is far more practical than you would imagine. But the NSX has been a whole different league. And you already know how much the CGT costs.
09-17-2005, 10:03 PM
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Originally Posted by ediddy
I sure hope so looking forward to a v10 nsx with 500 hp sh-awd
Only prob is 500hp is HOT now from a 38-80k cars, I can't see in 2009 with 100k+ cars, 500hp won't be so hot, we'll be back at square 1.
09-18-2005, 12:22 PM
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Only prob is 500hp is HOT now from a 38-80k cars, I can't see in 2009 with 100k+ cars, 500hp won't be so hot, we'll be back at square 1.
There will be a reversal given the trend in gasoline prices!
09-19-2005, 01:16 AM
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eh, i rather have the NSX running a V6 engine still. i dont like how these companies are trying to raise horsepower by using big engines all the time. kinda like the 3.6liter that some of you guys have been talking about in previous posts. if they can get the 3.6 V6 motor pumping out 450hp, than why not have that? this will definitly keep the weight down and not have to deal with cost problems. a V10 plus an even lighter chassis?? first dropping that engine is gonna definitly boost prices then lightening up the chassis by using CF for most parts of the body and aluminum throughout the rest?? oh god i dont want to know the price on that. just use that 3.6 and boost the horses! i know they can do it, V6's have much more potential than what that. personally, i dont think the NSX needs a V10, i love the damn car right now, just needs a little more power from that V6.
09-19-2005, 03:45 PM
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eh, i rather have the NSX running a V6 engine still. i dont like how these companies are trying to raise horsepower by using big engines all the time. kinda like the 3.6liter that some of you guys have been talking about in previous posts. if they can get the 3.6 V6 motor pumping out 450hp, than why not have that? this will definitly keep the weight down and not have to deal with cost problems. a V10 plus an even lighter chassis?? first dropping that engine is gonna definitly boost prices then lightening up the chassis by using CF for most parts of the body and aluminum throughout the rest?? oh god i dont want to know the price on that. just use that 3.6 and boost the horses! i know they can do it, V6's have much more potential than what that. personally, i dont think the NSX needs a V10, i love the damn car right now, just needs a little more power from that V6.
The thing is, anybody can do that. I think that's why it's taken Honda so long to replace the NSX. The NSX was so revolutionary when it came out that Honda pretty much shot itself in the foot; now it has to come up with an even better NSX and that is a tough act to follow. I like the idea of a V10 in a lightweight car - it lends more credibility to the NSX as an "exotic" or "supercar" or whatever label you want to apply to cars of this caliber.
09-19-2005, 05:09 PM
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Originally Posted by phile
The thing is, anybody can do that. I think that's why it's taken Honda so long to replace the NSX. The NSX was so revolutionary when it came out that Honda pretty much shot itself in the foot; now it has to come up with an even better NSX and that is a tough act to follow. I like the idea of a V10 in a lightweight car - it lends more credibility to the NSX as an "exotic" or "supercar" or whatever label you want to apply to cars of this caliber.
but the price is going to push me farther from my dream. I'm glad I'm doing well in school. Time will come
09-21-2005, 02:18 PM
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Take it with a grain of salt.
09-21-2005, 03:54 PM
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Wow...I like it!
09-21-2005, 04:23 PM
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Originally Posted by kurt_bradley
It looks like the old HSC Concept sketch.
10-20-2005, 07:17 AM
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V10 Engine
http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/...ceo-usat_x.htm
Honda CEO says hybrids must become less expensive
By Chris Woodyard, USA TODAY
UTSUNOMIYA, Japan — Automakers will to have to slash the cost of developing gas-electric hybrid vehicles compared with conventional models before they truly catch on with the public, Honda Motor CEO Takeo Fukui said Tuesday, one day before Honda's new Civic hybrid goes on sale in the USA.
Honda CEO Takeo Fukui introduces the new Civic hybrid in September.
By Yoshikazu Tsuno, AFP
But the hybrid premium won't disappear until automakers can make the popular gas savers in larger volumes and gain more control over costs of their unique components, Fukui said at Honda's auto-testing center here. (More car news: Photo gallery of Tokyo Auto Show)
Honda hybrid sales are growing, he said. With the newly redesigned Civic hybrid, the first able to move under electric power alone, Honda will boost hybrid production to about 50,000 cars a year, up from the current 30,000. Toyota will sell an estimated 100,000 Prius hybrids this year.
The Civic hybrid is rated at 51 miles per gallon on the highway, a 4-mile-a-gallon improvement over the model it replaces.
The 2006 Civic hybrid is priced at $21,850, 15% more than the $19,060 for the top-of-the-line Civic with a five-speed automatic transmission. The entire Civic lineup has been redone for 2006. The 2005 Civic hybrid came at about the same premium over the top-of-the-line sedan with a four-speed automatic.
"We do still understand the price difference is rather significant for ordinary consumers," Fukui said. He said that automakers have to find a way to reduce the price difference by about half.
To reduce the price difference further will require attacking costs in the key components that separate hybrids from regular cars — the battery, computer modules and electric motors. Reducing those costs will be easier as consumer demand grows, Fukui said.
He said he sees hybrids as just one solution to the move among consumers to save energy. The company also is developing vehicles powered by hydrogen and natural gas. Fukui isn't writing off conventionally powered cars either, saying he thinks there are still more gas savings that can be wrung out of them.
In a wide-ranging interview on the eve of the Tokyo Motor Show, Fukui also:
• Said General Motors' deal with the United Auto Workers to cut worker and retiree health care costs won't pressure Honda to consider changes for its U.S. auto-plant workers.
• Said China's burgeoning auto industry represents more of an opportunity than a threat, although he can see "both aspects."
• Promised to introduce a hot new NSX sports car powered by a giant V-10 engine.
Honda CEO says hybrids must become less expensive
By Chris Woodyard, USA TODAY
UTSUNOMIYA, Japan — Automakers will to have to slash the cost of developing gas-electric hybrid vehicles compared with conventional models before they truly catch on with the public, Honda Motor CEO Takeo Fukui said Tuesday, one day before Honda's new Civic hybrid goes on sale in the USA.
Honda CEO Takeo Fukui introduces the new Civic hybrid in September.
By Yoshikazu Tsuno, AFP
But the hybrid premium won't disappear until automakers can make the popular gas savers in larger volumes and gain more control over costs of their unique components, Fukui said at Honda's auto-testing center here. (More car news: Photo gallery of Tokyo Auto Show)
Honda hybrid sales are growing, he said. With the newly redesigned Civic hybrid, the first able to move under electric power alone, Honda will boost hybrid production to about 50,000 cars a year, up from the current 30,000. Toyota will sell an estimated 100,000 Prius hybrids this year.
The Civic hybrid is rated at 51 miles per gallon on the highway, a 4-mile-a-gallon improvement over the model it replaces.
The 2006 Civic hybrid is priced at $21,850, 15% more than the $19,060 for the top-of-the-line Civic with a five-speed automatic transmission. The entire Civic lineup has been redone for 2006. The 2005 Civic hybrid came at about the same premium over the top-of-the-line sedan with a four-speed automatic.
"We do still understand the price difference is rather significant for ordinary consumers," Fukui said. He said that automakers have to find a way to reduce the price difference by about half.
To reduce the price difference further will require attacking costs in the key components that separate hybrids from regular cars — the battery, computer modules and electric motors. Reducing those costs will be easier as consumer demand grows, Fukui said.
He said he sees hybrids as just one solution to the move among consumers to save energy. The company also is developing vehicles powered by hydrogen and natural gas. Fukui isn't writing off conventionally powered cars either, saying he thinks there are still more gas savings that can be wrung out of them.
In a wide-ranging interview on the eve of the Tokyo Motor Show, Fukui also:
• Said General Motors' deal with the United Auto Workers to cut worker and retiree health care costs won't pressure Honda to consider changes for its U.S. auto-plant workers.
• Said China's burgeoning auto industry represents more of an opportunity than a threat, although he can see "both aspects."
• Promised to introduce a hot new NSX sports car powered by a giant V-10 engine.
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10-20-2005, 06:11 PM
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V-10 
10-20-2005, 07:18 PM
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Typical Honda PR. "Giant" can be anything for them. Remember when they said the new RL's price would be "well under" 50K...
10-20-2005, 08:16 PM
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Originally Posted by phile
Typical Honda PR. "Giant" can be anything for them. Remember when they said the new RL's price would be "well under" 50K...
Can't wait. .
10-20-2005, 08:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Speed_Racer
A V-10 is a V-10 is a V-10. You can have a "small" V-10 and it's still a V-10.
Can't wait. .
Can't wait. .
10-20-2005, 09:21 PM
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I hope the v10 will be transversely mounted, midship like the current NSX. But maybe it would be too big. 
I would really love to upgrade my NSX with the v10 if it could fit. Upgrade price ???
I would really love to upgrade my NSX with the v10 if it could fit. Upgrade price ???
10-20-2005, 10:23 PM
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Originally Posted by NSX-Tuner
I hope the v10 will be transversely mounted, midship like the current NSX. But maybe it would be too big. I would really love to upgrade my NSX with the v10 if it could fit. Upgrade price ???
I would really love to upgrade my NSX with the v10 if it could fit. Upgrade price ???