Does anyone else have a problem with the potential name, TXS?

:nono: grrrr....tryin to bite our style...

Uhhhh, a Supra for 100K? No...

Its not going to be a Supra...

500hp V10 under 3000lb...Honda are you listening???

They won't even make a V8. A V10 is like dreaming within a dream.

:agree: Honda corporate lawyers will have something to say about this...

:rofl: Too true...

:agree: They also have some of the best resale value I have seen.

:rofl: i like that.

Honda made V10, V12 engine for F1

You said it. For F1!!

Honda has not produced a V8 engine for a production car. So they'd have to do the V8 first before a V10.

guys easy, wait just a second here. the NSX was a v6 and easily destroyed the Lotus Esprit and Ferrari 355 (or whatever it was). The same technology from way back when can keep up with a v-10 Gallardo and v-12 Murcielago. Honda should keep the balance of the NSX, and if that requires a large v-6, so be it. I'd prefer a VTEC 4.0-4.4L aluminum V8 (2 s2000 engines?) with a silky smooth 6MT (please, no paddle shift, stick to raw purism). I'm sure the next NSX will be lightweight as the old one which is basically from 1989 updated in 1997 is damn light. Give it some more time, I'm sure they'l do a great job. I can't wait for the new NSX and Skyline GT-R.

My guess is a large output V6 or medium output V8 with 350-450 HP, although rumors say 450. N/A, of course, and please RWD. AWD on supercars makes them uber hefty through the turns. I am hoping for AWD on the next GT-R because it's such a great straight line car. Rumors say 350 HP for the next GT-R. The Skyline has always been a heavy car so this sounds pretty good for a TT V6. Let's hope both the NSX and Skyline GT-R come out great, both Honda and Nissan were leaders in the Supercar and 60k sports car classes before the NSX was run into the ground due to lack of new technology and the GT-R was just killed :dunno:.

:hijack:

lol

so, about this "super supra"? Personally i think it'd great, Toyota is a huge company without a supercar on their list. NSX killer.

I just hope this Supra engine will have the same "modability" as the 2JZ-GTE. Supras pushing 400-1000 hp.. *Drool..*

Dude, Supercars=EXCESS!! Something the NSX doesn't have, even modded.
The Ferrari 360 with the 3.6 V-8 was PERFECT! What do they do. Even with the Challenge Stradale being called possibly the greatest sports car. They build a new 4.3 liter V-8.

The NSX and NSX-R are WONDERUFL cars. But 290hp will NOT cut it in 2004 for an exotic.
NSX was not run into the ground by lack of new technology. It was because it sells like manure in the Sahara desert. It sells slow worldwide. Honda WOULD LOVE to build another but it never made $$$$$.
The GT-R is taking so long b/c when Nissan was in the red, losing billions, it fired its GT-R R35 replacement team back in 2000. There was no money to go into a limited production sports car. No replacement was there. The last GT-R was the very limited edition M-Spec. It was a less harsh GT-R, more driveable.
Since NIssan is in the black and making billions with shared platforms, it is coming. But as we can see it takes TONS of time. It was to be here now, it is pushed back to 2007/2008.

hehe, now your here?

Junkster, who agrees super cars are overrated

I would not say over-rated at all.

Um.... you're not serious, are you?

Maybe if we do a group buy the price will drop significantly... :xfingers:

lol :woot:

what significant new features are in the 2004 NSX that were not there in 1997? I'm not trying to defend myself all out, but if I'm wrong I want to know if there was any big change after 1997 (save the engine and gearbox, that I understand). As for if you think I am serious about the NSX being able to keep up with the Lambos on a road course, I am VERY serious. An NSX-R can keep up if not BEAT a Lambo Gallardo on a closed track. Of course not off the line, but the beauty of a near perfectly-balanced lightweight RWD is that it will go super fast through a tight turn. There is a video that was posted here with a supercar showdown. The NSX finished 3rd to the 2 Lambos, and only lost because of an overheated engine on the final turn.

0-60 for NSX-R is like 4.3/4.4s, clearly its engine is underrated.(I heard its more like 320hp for the R). But still, we want a NSX which can destory the Lambos not catching them.

wow, that's unbelieveable! I always thought it was 5.0, or 4.5 at the very very least, which I still thought was damn good for a 6. This is incredible. But yeah, you're right. If they bring back the good ole' NSX we once in the 90's, it'd be the best out there. A lightweight 8 or big output 6 would take care of .3 more of a second on 0-60, but they need to remember not to ruin the unbelievable handling of the car.

So you're saying that the Lambos aren't near perfectly balanced? And that AWD + 200-270 more HP don't win the race?

Gallardo:
Weight dist: 44 front/56 rear
Murcielago:
Weight dist: 42 front/59 rear
NSX:
Weight dist: 42 front/58 rear

Don't believe everything you see in videos. There's another video of a civic with a non-turboed k20 swap beating an EVO 8 on 22lbs of boost. Do you believe that, too? The NSX-R in your vid was probably not stock. Why else would it overheat?

There's only a few stock cars that have officially broken the 8 minute mark at Nurburgring. The NSX-R isn't one of them. By comparison, the Ferrari 360CS (with the sport tire option) barely made it at 7:56.

The video was a Best Motoring "Supercar Showdown". I'm going to try to find a link. Best Motoring isn't known for modding cars and comparing them with stock cars. Also, the track was Motegi Twin Ring. And as for the Murcielago, which side has 1 less % of the weight? (typo)

You might be interested to know that the clutchless 05 BMW M5 has joined those ranks.

simply amazing, and that thing is a luxury sedan :scared:.

I'm sure it has. 500HP (and seven gears) will do it. :woot:

292HP (NSX) won't...

Sorry that was a typo. It should read 42/58 same as the NSX. :blush:

I was just using Nurburgring as an example because people have said that it tests just about everything about a car since it's so long and has so many different curves. It's sort of a benchmark. I still don't see how a stock NSX overheats, though... :dunno:

well the driver was breaking redline throughout the race, but it isn't like the others wern't pushing hard either. but yeah, it really should not overheat like that it's built for the track :dunno:.

oh by the way, how about this option for the new NSX, it's been brought up a lot... a midship SH-AWD platform capable of holding a slightly limited version of Honda's Indy V8, needing all the same requirements of the Indy engine (racing fuel, oil, etc...) :jesuslol:. Why not? Talk about "limited production"

2007 Toyota Supra
 

I know we have heard the rumors before but since this is from the Detroit News I thought it worth passing along:


Autosinsider.com Sneak Peak


2007 Toyota Supra


By Paul Lienert

Engineers from Toyota Motor Co.p. visited Germany's famed Nurburgring racetrack last month to test a prototype sports car shrouded in mystery.

Spy shots of the session have provoked widespread speculation on the identity of the vehicle and Toyota's production plans.

Among the outrageous guesses are that the prototype is a mule hiding either a 500-horsepower V-10 engine or a high-performance hybrid powertrain.

Sources in Japan say it?s likely an early test bed for the next Supra, pulled from the U.S. market several years ago because of poor sales.

Toyota insiders say the reincarnated Supra should reach the market in 2006 as a 2007 model. The rear-wheel drive coupe, being targeted at the Nissan 350Z, will be powered by a twin-cam 3.5-liter V-6 and priced from well under $30,000.



picture at:

http://www.detnews.com/2004/autoscon...f03-323632.htm

Although its aimed at the Z, I hope it winds up being more like the G35C. $.02

I figured it to be so...that spy pic just didn't carry the typical mid-engine exotic silhouette to match with the drawing that was displayed.

But at least this shows Toyota is serious about reaching younger audiences...

damn I knew I already saw this car here:

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...ighlight=supra

bottom of page...

from 10/06/04

Quoting from Road and Track mag:

Source: Road and Track Mag.

Doesnt the IS have a 2jz motor in it. Some asian kid around my way has a 600 horsepower IS Turbo. He said it wanst the same as a Supra turbo motor, but was the same as the non supra turbo motor.

lol....no, it takes a ton of work to turbo the is300 version of the motor.

:yes:

Your neighbor is correct.