NSX dead
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Re: NSX dead
An article in USA Today said that only 9000 NSX's have been sold in the US since the 1991 model year, that would be about 750 cars per year. The car was simply too expensive, not many changes and 290 hp isnt earth shattering performance today in a $90,000 car.
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Re: NSX dead
Originally Posted by gtjeff
An article in USA Today said that only 9000 NSX's have been sold in the US since the 1991 model year, that would be about 750 cars per year. The car was simply too expensive, not many changes and 290 hp isnt earth shattering performance today in a $90,000 car.
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Re: NSX dead
Originally Posted by Gold_Rush
Your corolla has 3.2L? 
I'm hoping they'll drop a real engine under the hood too. Look at Lexus/Toyota and their upcoming supercar. 500hp 5.0L v10. Now that is the real deal. But Honda has yet to develop a production v8 let alone anything as wild as a v10 and have this mentality that a v6 in every application is more than appropiate.
Honda/acura needs to see the real picture. Their flagship RL sedan, truck, SUV's, and high-end sports cars need something bigger than a 3.X v6. I think it is time that they stepped upto atleast a v8.
I'm hoping they'll drop a real engine under the hood too. Look at Lexus/Toyota and their upcoming supercar. 500hp 5.0L v10. Now that is the real deal. But Honda has yet to develop a production v8 let alone anything as wild as a v10 and have this mentality that a v6 in every application is more than appropiate.
Honda/acura needs to see the real picture. Their flagship RL sedan, truck, SUV's, and high-end sports cars need something bigger than a 3.X v6. I think it is time that they stepped upto atleast a v8.
Now if their original car could go to 9k or 10k RPMs I think it would have sold better
I want to show you something.
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http://www.supercars.net/cars/3148.html
http://www.supercars.net/garages/MMO/17v2.html
Look at the weight of the two cars.
If you do the math you can see the NSX (carbon fiber all the way around) weighs 2561 lbs...The Porsche weighs 3395lbs...over a thousand pounds more...
Both v6 engines, the Porsche has about 25 more cubes and has a turbo. Giving it 415/415 hp/tq while the NSX has 276/224 hp/tq...
top speed on the Porsche is 189, for the NSX its 174
Oh yea, the Porsche costs 111k....The NSX costs 470k......
thats not a typo...
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Re: NSX dead
The Acura NSX seemed like a great idea back in the late 1980s. For $55,000, Honda was offering an affordable and reliable mid-engined supercar. Compared to the Ferrari 328, this car was a revelation.
During the NSX's first model year, there was $15,000-25,000 dealer price gouging. The NSX sure was in demand. Then the NSX went dead cold. Since the mid-90s, this car has been virtually invisible and universally unwanted. It didn't help that the price surged to $70,000 and then to $90,000. The real problem was that the NSX was a brilliant late 1980s design that reached its "sell by date" in about '92 or '93.
During the NSX's first model year, there was $15,000-25,000 dealer price gouging. The NSX sure was in demand. Then the NSX went dead cold. Since the mid-90s, this car has been virtually invisible and universally unwanted. It didn't help that the price surged to $70,000 and then to $90,000. The real problem was that the NSX was a brilliant late 1980s design that reached its "sell by date" in about '92 or '93.
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Re: NSX dead
Originally Posted by redzed
"There goes the challenger being chased by the big blue meanies on wheels. The vicious traffic squad cars are after our lone driver, the last American hero, the electric sintar, the demi-god, the super driver of the golden west!" - Super Soul from Vanishing Point, 1971
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Re: NSX dead
Originally Posted by Bud M
What the hell is a sintar?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitar
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The NSX was two turbos and two intercoolers away from perfection. Imagine if that car had a twin turbo V6 back in 1995 with 400hp. 
I bet Honda would have sold a few more than 7000, although it still wouldn't be near what the Vette sells.
I bet Honda would have sold a few more than 7000, although it still wouldn't be near what the Vette sells.
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That one got a good chuckle outta me.
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Re: NSX dead
Originally Posted by number77
If you do the math you can see the NSX (carbon fiber all the way around) weighs 2561 lbs...The Porsche weighs 3395lbs...over a thousand pounds more...
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