Acura: NSX News
03-31-2008, 01:51 PM
#1321
^for some reason that reminds me of an RX-8, or at least it looks like it could be a potential RX-8 successor
And I'll just go ahead and say that NSX rendering is ugly
And I'll just go ahead and say that NSX rendering is ugly
03-31-2008, 03:31 PM
#1324
The sizzle in the Steak
Hey look the next Acura NSX is gonna be ugly.
Shocker!
Then again from the same peeps that have given us the RDX, RL, TSX, MDX.....what more can we expect.
Shocker!
Then again from the same peeps that have given us the RDX, RL, TSX, MDX.....what more can we expect.
03-31-2008, 03:40 PM
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Originally Posted by I Go To Costco
^for some reason that reminds me of an RX-8, or at least it looks like it could be a potential RX-8 successor
And I'll just go ahead and say that NSX rendering is ugly
And I'll just go ahead and say that NSX rendering is ugly
Someone, please photoshop the new "grille" onto this rendering...that'll make it closer to the real version.
03-31-2008, 03:53 PM
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Could it be that Acura found out long before the world knew that a new GT-R was coming and knew that their car wouldn't come close to matching it and decided to play the waiting game again? NAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. They aren't that smart.
03-31-2008, 05:53 PM
#1328
how handsome I am
I just saw that rendering on another forum. I will say the same thing:
Its a nice rendering, but it probably shouldnt be the new NSX. Of course, some more renderings would help. It looks like it could be low and wide, like the previous one, but I'm not sure at all.
Its a nice rendering, but it probably shouldnt be the new NSX. Of course, some more renderings would help. It looks like it could be low and wide, like the previous one, but I'm not sure at all.
With Honda these days, it's like friggin movie Groundhog Day.
04-01-2008, 12:26 PM
#1334
What Would Don Draper Do?
Originally Posted by Moog-Type-S
Hey look the next Acura NSX is gonna be ugly.
Shocker!
Then again from the same peeps that have given us the RDX, RL, TSX, MDX.....what more can we expect.
Shocker!
Then again from the same peeps that have given us the RDX, RL, TSX, MDX.....what more can we expect.
04-01-2008, 02:15 PM
#1335
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Originally Posted by TommySalami
Looks like a Ferrari 612
If it's not mid-engine though, then I don't like it.
If it's not mid-engine though, then I don't like it.
04-01-2008, 04:10 PM
#1336
No matter what Honda/Acura can pull out of their asses, IF it ever comes out, you can bet it won't beat the GT-R.... in performance itself or in bang-for-your-buck factor. Who knows about styling even.... if they put that fugly shield grill on the NSX, it very well might dethrone the GT-R for the ugliest-best performance ratio.
04-01-2008, 04:20 PM
#1337
The sizzle in the Steak
Originally Posted by JediMindTricks
add TL to that list in a few months?
04-01-2008, 06:03 PM
#1338
That thing looks heinous. Please let it be false.
04-18-2008, 06:56 PM
#1339
Some dude
NSX design finished
Last we heard Acura designers still couldn’t decide on the look for the next-generation Acura NSX supercar. According to AutoCar, Honda has finished worked on the new NSX and sources say that the front-engined V10 supercar will be unveiled at next year’s Tokyo Auto Show.
Sources have told AutoCar that the fugly looks of the NSX concept have been completely redesigned since it’s debut at the 2007 Detroit Auto Show.
“It now has Chevrolet Corvette overtones,” sources say. Power is still to come from a 4.5 liter V10 engine that produces around 550-hp, enough to take on the Nissan GT-R.
Sources at Honda have confirmed that the rear-wheel-drive platform of the NSX will spawn a new range of sports cars with Acura badges on them. Honda will also switch to rear-wheel-drive for its large sedans including the RL and TL.
Sources have told AutoCar that the fugly looks of the NSX concept have been completely redesigned since it’s debut at the 2007 Detroit Auto Show.
“It now has Chevrolet Corvette overtones,” sources say. Power is still to come from a 4.5 liter V10 engine that produces around 550-hp, enough to take on the Nissan GT-R.
Sources at Honda have confirmed that the rear-wheel-drive platform of the NSX will spawn a new range of sports cars with Acura badges on them. Honda will also switch to rear-wheel-drive for its large sedans including the RL and TL.
I don't know if making a 550 hp Corvette look-a-like makes much sense considering Chevy already makes a 620 hp Corvette.
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04-20-2008, 12:19 PM
#1342
6G TLX-S
Originally Posted by mikeschicagoRL
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I don't know if making a 550 hp Corvette look-a-like makes much sense considering Chevy already makes a 620 hp Corvette.
I don't know if making a 550 hp Corvette look-a-like makes much sense considering Chevy already makes a 620 hp Corvette.
04-20-2008, 09:20 PM
#1343
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Originally Posted by Edward'TLS
If Acura can make the new NSX really light like it's predecessor, then it won't be a problem.
04-20-2008, 11:34 PM
#1344
Race Director
I think the NSX will try to match the LF-A numbers not GT-R or Corvette - since they're aiming to compete in the badge area also. Comparing the NSX to pedestrian badges like Nissan and Chevrolet does them no good.
04-21-2008, 07:28 AM
#1345
Originally Posted by biker
I think the NSX will try to match the LF-A numbers not GT-R or Corvette - since they're aiming to compete in the badge area also. Comparing the NSX to pedestrian badges like Nissan and Chevrolet does them no good.
04-21-2008, 02:06 PM
#1346
luvs redheads!
"the NSX is the best looking corvette ever made"
the real NSX always would be confused with the C5 by "non car guys", so to say the new one has corvette overtones is a good laugh.
the real NSX always would be confused with the C5 by "non car guys", so to say the new one has corvette overtones is a good laugh.
04-30-2008, 02:12 PM
#1349
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Update
Next Generation NXS to Compete Directly w/ Ferrari on Price & Performance
Honda’s NSX replacement has had several false starts, with the company scrapping the car’s design after the public’s largely negative response to its Acura Advanced Sports Car Concept, shown at 2007’s Detroit Auto Show. Beyond the styling difficulties, ensuring the car will compete successfully with Lexus’s LF-A, Nissan’s GT-R, and Ferrari and Lamborghini’s sport-focused offerings is also taking time. But the company is sure it will do so, and the target date is 2010.
Speaking with MotorAuthority, Acura spokesman Mike Spencer confirmed several details of the upcoming NSX replacement. The car will definitely be powered by a V10 engine, and it will be equipped with the company’s SH-AWD system. There has been some discussion of a possible four-wheel steering system (4WS) for the NSX replacement, but Spencer suggested the SH-AWD system would achieve most of the benefits of 4WS without the added complexity.
The original NSX was a mid-engine, rear-wheel drive V6-powered car, so the replacement will share little in common with it from a technical point of view. The replacement is also unlikely to share the NSX name - Spencer referred to it only as the ‘NSX replacement.’
Pricing of the NSX replacement will also be a bit different than the original. The low price of the NSX - $60,000 in the U.S. on its 1990 debut, rising to just below $100,000 by the end of its model run in 2005 - will no longer be so low, with pricing to compete with its performance rivals from Ferrari and Lamborghini.
The NSX replacement’s primary competition at Ferrari and Lamborghini will come most likely in the form of the F430 and Gallardo, respectively. Both start around $180,000, and according to Spencer, current exchange rates between the Yen and the U.S. Dollar mean the NSX replacement will be priced in line with that figure.
Pricing the NSX’s replacement at effectively double the price of the last model means Honda/Acura is positioning the car as a direct competitor to Europe’s elite supercars - not a budget alternative.
Nissan’s GT-R is priced to fit into the latter category, although its 2+2 seating configuration and hefty dimensions take it out of direct competition with lightweight two-seaters anyway. Lexus’s LF-A supercar is perhaps a more direct competitor for the NSX replacement and its European counterparts, and rumors of its pricing range from just over $100,000 to nearer the $170,000 mark, tending to confirm that Nissan’s GT-R isn’t the LF-A’s target, either.
When it debuted in 1990, Honda’s NSX was hailed by many as one of the best performance cars ever to come out of Japan, and it equaled several of the established European sports cars of the day, including Ferrari’s 348. Its use of high-tech materials and design would set the standard for the next decade.
Although the original car’s 5.2 second 0-60mph time and 13.3 second quarter-mile time would qualify it more as a sports car than a supercar by today’s standards - Nissan’s latest 350Z posts similar numbers, and the standard Corvette coupe beats both figures by at least 0.4 seconds - the updated replacement is shaping up to be a purebred supercar, with a price to match.
Honda’s NSX replacement has had several false starts, with the company scrapping the car’s design after the public’s largely negative response to its Acura Advanced Sports Car Concept, shown at 2007’s Detroit Auto Show. Beyond the styling difficulties, ensuring the car will compete successfully with Lexus’s LF-A, Nissan’s GT-R, and Ferrari and Lamborghini’s sport-focused offerings is also taking time. But the company is sure it will do so, and the target date is 2010.
Speaking with MotorAuthority, Acura spokesman Mike Spencer confirmed several details of the upcoming NSX replacement. The car will definitely be powered by a V10 engine, and it will be equipped with the company’s SH-AWD system. There has been some discussion of a possible four-wheel steering system (4WS) for the NSX replacement, but Spencer suggested the SH-AWD system would achieve most of the benefits of 4WS without the added complexity.
The original NSX was a mid-engine, rear-wheel drive V6-powered car, so the replacement will share little in common with it from a technical point of view. The replacement is also unlikely to share the NSX name - Spencer referred to it only as the ‘NSX replacement.’
Pricing of the NSX replacement will also be a bit different than the original. The low price of the NSX - $60,000 in the U.S. on its 1990 debut, rising to just below $100,000 by the end of its model run in 2005 - will no longer be so low, with pricing to compete with its performance rivals from Ferrari and Lamborghini.
The NSX replacement’s primary competition at Ferrari and Lamborghini will come most likely in the form of the F430 and Gallardo, respectively. Both start around $180,000, and according to Spencer, current exchange rates between the Yen and the U.S. Dollar mean the NSX replacement will be priced in line with that figure.
Pricing the NSX’s replacement at effectively double the price of the last model means Honda/Acura is positioning the car as a direct competitor to Europe’s elite supercars - not a budget alternative.
Nissan’s GT-R is priced to fit into the latter category, although its 2+2 seating configuration and hefty dimensions take it out of direct competition with lightweight two-seaters anyway. Lexus’s LF-A supercar is perhaps a more direct competitor for the NSX replacement and its European counterparts, and rumors of its pricing range from just over $100,000 to nearer the $170,000 mark, tending to confirm that Nissan’s GT-R isn’t the LF-A’s target, either.
When it debuted in 1990, Honda’s NSX was hailed by many as one of the best performance cars ever to come out of Japan, and it equaled several of the established European sports cars of the day, including Ferrari’s 348. Its use of high-tech materials and design would set the standard for the next decade.
Although the original car’s 5.2 second 0-60mph time and 13.3 second quarter-mile time would qualify it more as a sports car than a supercar by today’s standards - Nissan’s latest 350Z posts similar numbers, and the standard Corvette coupe beats both figures by at least 0.4 seconds - the updated replacement is shaping up to be a purebred supercar, with a price to match.
04-30-2008, 02:45 PM
#1351
Some dude
Because there's a ton of people lined up to pay $180,000 for an Acura.
04-30-2008, 03:28 PM
#1354
6G TLX-S
^^^^^ So even if that $180K sports car flops, it won't tarnish the legendary NSX name.
04-30-2008, 03:31 PM
#1355
The sizzle in the Steak
Originally Posted by LuvMyTSX
And it won't have the NSX name. Kinda like taking away the Legend name.
Perhaps the Acura TNT
04-30-2008, 05:58 PM
#1357
Senior Moderator
Originally Posted by Edward'TLS
^^^^^ So even if that $180K sports car flops, it won't tarnish the legendary NSX name.
04-30-2008, 06:34 PM
#1358
Racer
Sounds about right to me. It almost seems like they are going to try and wipe the slate and start from scratch with the brands launch in Europe.
Besides, they've always said the car would be competing with the Aston Martins, so the price isn't really that shocking.
Besides, they've always said the car would be competing with the Aston Martins, so the price isn't really that shocking.
04-30-2008, 07:24 PM
#1359
Photography Nerd
I think they're going to need to seriously pimp out their showrooms and service centers if they want to fetch $180,000 for an Acura. I imagine Ferrari and Lamborghini treat you fairly well...
04-30-2008, 08:09 PM
#1360
6G TLX-S
Originally Posted by Dan Martin
I think they're going to need to seriously pimp out their showrooms and service centers if they want to fetch $180,000 for an Acura. I imagine Ferrari and Lamborghini treat you fairly well...