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    Announcing the rebirth of the Honda NSX: one of the most iconic sports cars of the 1990s will return in 2015 as an American-built Acura with all-wheel-drive and an electric-enhanced rear engine. Here's a hybrid to get excited for.

    The NSX represented the pinnacle of Honda's sports heyday of the 1980s and '90s. Launched with input from Formula One great Ayrton Senna, the NSX set a brace of technological firsts -- from its aluminum monocoque frame to the variable valve timing that would become a standard on engines worldwide. The NSX wasn't the fastest or most-powerful supercar, but reflected Honda's balance between power, weight and handling -- a sweet spot that few cars have ever achieved.

    Honda mulled replacing the NSX for years with a V-10 powered successor, but the company soon embraced smaller engines and a tight focus on fuel efficiency. Somewhere along the way, it also lost a piece of the racing spirit that birthed the NSX, unleashing a string of unsuccessful to ungainly models that offered little over their competitors.

    After last year's update of the Honda Civic -- a freshening that did little to improve the car's weakening position against tough competition -- Honda's executives vowed to revive the company's soul. The new NSX, to be sold under the Acura brand, shows they're serious enough to design the most attractive Acura ever.

    The concept retains the mid-engine V-6 layout of the original NSX, but adds in a new Honda all-wheel-drive system that relies on electric motors to power the front wheels. As with its predecessor, Honda vows the NSX won't rely on brute force, but combine lightweight materials with high technology for supercar performance and respectable fuel economy.

    If there's a disappointment here, it's that Honda has held back several key details about the NSX concept, including the power its engines and electric motors will generate. But the U.S.-based team developing the NSX for production in Ohio has three years to get it right.
    Looks kinda cool imo
    .223 > 911

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    Likin that stance. Goofy lookin, Asian squinty headlights.

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    • #3
      I'm not a huge fan of the Acura "beak" styling, either front or back, and the performance of a V6 with hybrid "technology" to boost acceleration... not what I think will make a succesful supercar (especially taking into the account the weight of the batteries necessary to run the electric motors).
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      • #4
        AWD/Hybrid? Can I get some more shit I don't need on my supercar expression of the epitome of poise and balance? Maybe a backseat and at least 3 more doors, while they're at it? Ayrton Senna is rolling in his grave.
        ZOMBIE REAGAN FOR PRESIDENT 2016!!! heh

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Kenny_Stang View Post
          I'm not a huge fan of the Acura "beak" styling, either front or back, and the performance of a V6 with hybrid "technology" to boost acceleration... not what I think will make a succesful supercar (especially taking into the account the weight of the batteries necessary to run the electric motors).
          Ya, i'm not too sure about what the power output will be either. AWD will be cool, and it looks nice though. Seems like they are going for more of the power/weight ratio than actual rwhp. Not really something I would actually buy, but thought it was interesting that they were bringing it back. NSX's are one of the few Jap imports that I kind of respected/liked.
          .223 > 911

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          • #6
            Originally posted by SouthernSVT View Post
            Ya, i'm not too sure about what the power output will be either. AWD will be cool, and it looks nice though. Seems like they are going for more of the power/weight ratio than actual rwhp. Not really something I would actually buy, but thought it was interesting that they were bringing it back. NSX's are one of the few Jap imports that I kind of respected/liked.
            Don't get me wrong, I LOVED the old NSX, it was a tad underpowered, but it made up for it by being amazingly nimble, more finesse than brute force.

            My issue is that this version seems to be straying from what made its predecessor such a great car. I don't think adding hybrid tech and AWD is a good way to either boost performance or help in the power/weight ratio. Thinking about the weight of the electric motors and the batteries, I think they will have to compromise weight and balance to incorporate them. Top it of with a naturally aspirated V6, which even if they managed to work some Honda magic with will be producing under 400 HP, just seems like a recipe for a lackluster "super"car.
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            • #7
              It'd be pretty dope if it ends up being a turbo v6.
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              • #8
                Originally posted by tribaltalon View Post
                It'd be pretty dope if it ends up being a turbo v6.
                It won't, it's Honda.

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                • #9
                  Old>New

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                  • #10
                    wraith?

                    god bless.
                    It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men -Frederick Douglass

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                    • #11
                      It kinda looks like a sleeker Audi R8 and a Civic mixed together. I'll reserve judgement until I see a production model in person.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Steve View Post
                        It kinda looks like a sleeker Audi R8 and a Civic mixed together. I'll reserve judgement until I see a production model in person.
                        My thoughts exactly, it has a very Audi R8 (especially side profile) look to it, and honestly that's just not the way I would have gone. I prefer Italian supercar styling to German supercar styling, not that the R8 is an ugly car, but compared to a Lamborghini Gallardo/Murcielago or the Ferrari 458 Italia, it just looks bland.
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                        • #13
                          Acura grille is killing it.

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                          • #14
                            The thing with a supercar is that it should be a car that you lust after, a car that you buy because it makes your heart race, your pulse quicken... a car that illicits an emotional response.

                            What is Honda trying to make here? Is it a car that people will buy because it gets better MPG? Because it has hybrid tech so it's eco friendly? If you have to appeal to the conservative and to the practical side of a person on a supercar, I think you've lost the war without even firing the first shot.
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                            • #15
                              Looks like an Audi
                              Originally posted by Da Prez
                              Fuck dfwstangs!! If Jose ain't running it, I won't even bother going back to it, just my two cents!!
                              Originally posted by VETTKLR


                              Cliff Notes: I can beat the fuck out of a ZR1

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