LeBlogAuto Starts Yet Another Rumor
02-04-2011, 12:08 PM
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LeBlogAuto Starts Yet Another Rumor
Date: February 04, 2011 12:39
Submitted by: Jeff
Source: LeBlogAuto (thanks to Frank Opperman)
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Le Blog Auto is a french language automotive blog (you probably wouldn't have guessed that from its name), and today they are reporting that Honda CEO Takanobu Ito has changed his tune concerning the future of a super sports model from Honda. Based upon the Google translation of the article linked below, there have been several clues from the media that Honda has re-started the sportscar project that was put on hold 2 years ago in the heat of the financial meltdown. To add fuel to those rumors, apparently when asked at a "Tokyo Sports" function held by Honda today, Ito-san actually responded in the semi-affirmative when asked about if there were any plans to introduce a road version of the HSV. Below follows is the Google translation of the relevant text.Submitted by: Jeff
Source: LeBlogAuto (thanks to Frank Opperman)
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Today was the presentation of a Tokyo sports Honda for 2011, including the Super GT is of course a prominent place since the manufacturer officially committed. President Takanobu Ito (stakeholder, remember, the 1st draft as head NSX chassis) was the presentation itself, as is customary, and has not escaped the famous question. But instead of evacuating the subject, as usual, his answer was surprising: "I have something in mind." Although not a definitive yes and frank, this is a clear change of attitude vis-à-vis past denials.
Source: LeBlogAuto
Last edited by TSX69; 02-04-2011 at 12:12 PM.
02-04-2011, 10:18 PM
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Heads up, Hondaphiles – it looks like the NSX has been dug out of storage and plopped back on the table as a candidate for production. Company president Takashi Ito has announced that he's jump-starting development on the supercar. As you may recall, the beast was unceremoniously put to bed after the global economy gutted itself back in 2008. At the time, the project sailed under the HSV-010 moniker, and Honda even went so far as to campaign a version of the machine in the Japanese Super GT series.
Since then, the supercar segment has all but exploded with new metal. Mercedes-Benz jumped into the action with its SLS AMG, Lexus came to the party with the high-tech LFA and old-timers like the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 and Nissan GT-R have been enjoying their own slice of supercar territory. We're all for the notion of a resurrected Honda fighter, but we're still going to treat this 1 with a healthy dose of skepticism.
We've been burnt before.
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