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Hater

Actually, this is the reason why GT5 was pushed back. No way Sony would release GT5 without the HSV.

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On March 10th, No.32 EPSON HSV-010 (NAKAJIMA RACING) held its annual presentation titled "2010 EPSON Motor Sports Sponsor Activity Plan" at Honda Welcome Plaza in Tokyo.
NAKAJIMA RACING has a full of topics to provide this year, starting with their new machine, Honda HSV-010. Honda's up-and-comer, Yuhki Nakayama, continues to drive for the team, but he welcomes Ryo Michigami, who had been the development driver of NSX, as his new teammate. The team is looking straight ahead for a win as well as the title with their brand new machine colored in a fresh design chosen from the public.

The annual color design contest, organized by Epson and NAKAJIMA RACING, was held for the third time this year. The contest received about 600 designs from the public, exceeding last year's contest, and, among all, a design by Gon Hayashida was chosen for NAKAJIMA RACING's new machine. Key point of the design must be the dots that flow from A-pillar toward back of the car. Hayashida explained, "Dots are represent the preciseness and the ability to recreate colors that Epson's ink jet printers have and it also recreates the image of weight reduction job done on the cars."

civicdrivr

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It looked better in all carbon

Yumcha

srika

looks kinda weird....

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I like the Team Kunimitsu livery.

krio

Straight out of the Snowball's Chance and Swine Aeronautics department comes a report from Autobild that says the Honda HSV-010 is headed for production next year.

Why are we so skeptical? Aside from the fact that taking the HSV from the tracks of Japan to the streets of tomorrow would be a task of epic proportions, the last time we talked about the GT500 racer with Honda's high performance team they began tearing up about the NSX successor's stillborn status.

Regardless, the German rag reports that the HSV-010 will undergo a slight makeover in the transition from race car to road car, with a slightly narrower track, more sculpted sides and the removal of the Cessna-sized rear wing.

A V8 will supposedly still be nestled up front, but instead of the SuperGT car's 3.4-liter V8, a 500+ horsepower 5.0-liter will take its place.

So, is the Lexus LFA finally going to get a worthy competitor from it's cross-town rivals? We'll continue our regularly scheduled breathing regime until we get an official word from Honda, but the possibility of an NSX revival – for real this time – has us panting a little bit harder.

knavinusa

I won't believe it until it actually goes into production and ends up on the showroom floor.

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biker

Oh, here we go again.

Mods, might as well move this to the NSX thread.

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Victory for the new Honda HSV - 010GT in its second race! Weider HSV-010 erases last round's nightmare with perfect win

The OKAYAMA GT 300km RACE, Round 2 of the 2010 AUTOBACS SUPER GT, was held at the Okayama International Circuit (one lap 3.703 km x 82 laps) in Okayama Pref. on April 4. Fierce battles unfolded on the track under fair spring skies, and when the racing was over, the pole-starting Weider HSV-010 driven by Takashi Kogure and Loic Duval held onto the lead throughout the race to take the win. This gave the new Honda HSV - 010GT its first win in only the second race of its debut season.

Starting from the front row of the grid, Loic Duval got a fine start in the Weider HSV-010 and pulled out into the lead. Through the early stages of the race, the second-position starter ZENT CERUMO SC430 held on stubbornly to the pace about four seconds behind. Eventually, however, Duval began to pull away and open up the margin over the ZENT CERUMO SC430. Duval finally brought the Weider HSV-010 back to the pit for its routine pit stop at the end of lap 47. The team performed the pit work with no mishaps and during the second half of the race Takashi Kogure took charge and used his well-known sprint ability to widen the gap with 2nd further to over 10 seconds.
While keeping one eye on the increasingly intense battle for 2nd going on behind him, Kogure ran steadily lap after lap to the goal and the win. With the exception of the time in their pit stop, the team never lost its lead during the race to score a perfect pole-to-checkered victory. This win made up for the frustration of the opening round, where the same Weider team had won the pole position only to be forced out of the competition by an accident.
The name of Honda's new HSV-010 GT machine contains a reference to the "speed" that was the key concept in its development. It has certainly proven that speed already, by winning the pole position in its debut race at the season opener and then winning the race convincingly here in round 2.

civicdrivr

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Nice!

neuronbob

In fact, I call until I see this so-called V8 engine in an RL that I can buy.

mikiTL

Congratulations to Kogure-san and Duval!

http://supergt.net/supergt/2010/1008/1008racv_e.htm

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Win on Sunday, sell on Monday!...er, wait...