It's Official - Acura Developing a Successor to NSX

[GSCoupe]

Acura Developing a Successor to NSX
Current Generation NSX Production to Halt at Year End


TORRANCE, Calif. 07/11/2005 -- To further enhance the division's performance image, Acura is developing a new sports car to succeed the award-winning NSX supercar. Acura also announced that production of the current generation NSX will cease at the end of the year due to the extensive retooling necessary to meet stringent 2006 emissions and equipment regulations for the U.S., Europe and Asia.

"We are committed to having an ultra high-performance vehicle in the Acura lineup in the future," said John Mendel, senior vice president, automobile operations. "It's too early to comment on specifics, but the all-new model will be just as groundbreaking as the 1991 NSX."

As the first-ever supercar from Japan, the NSX was created as a hand-built, exotic, mid-engine sports car that would establish entirely new levels of performance, refinement and drivability. The NSX went on sale in the summer of 1990 and the following year posted record U.S. sales of 1,940 vehicles. Through June of 2005, NSX cumulative sales totaled 8,854 in the U.S. and more than 18,000 worldwide.

During its 15-year run, the NSX has been showered with accolades including, Automobile Magazine's "Automobile of the Year and Design of the Year" awards, Popular Science's "Best of What's New," Road &Track's "Ten Best Cars in the World" list. Motor Trend magazine also named the NSX to its "Top Ten Performance Cars" list and touted it as "the best sports car ever built."

Acura designed the NSX as a technological and performance showcase. Among other innovations, it was the first production car to feature an all-aluminum body, chassis, and suspension and to utilize titanium connecting rods. It featured a transversely mounted dual overhead cam V-6 engine equipped with Acura's breakthrough VTEC (Variable Valve Timing and Lift Electronic Control) system and a variable volume induction system.

Over time, the NSX received continuous updates to ensure its competitiveness and popularity with serious sports car enthusiasts. The NSX has also captured multiple championships in the highest levels of sports car and prototype racing.

Additional Acura information and downloadable high-resolution images of the NSX are available at www.acuranews.com.

[mc2]

i wonder what is to come.

[mrb]

The last thing I read on Vtec was that they were building a new 40k-50k car to compete with the GTR.

[LuckyR]

^^^^^^ If true then I am there

[WRAH]

Yawn

[glennp_1999]

Reports indicate that it will be a V10 powered NSX. Insane!!!

[ashadiow]

Check out the concept HSC. it is the replacement.

[Speedoholic]

Originally Posted by WRAH

Yawn

+1000000000

I'll take the GTR over the NSX any day

[djinferno]

I wish they would make a nice looking CL Rear wheel drive to compete with the G coupe

[xswl0931]

Honda is skipping the V8 and developing a V10 for the next NSX

http://www.autoweek.com/news.cms?newsId=102830

[WRAH]

I'd respond by using slaves to build a cheap v12 or 16

[callawayc7]

Originally Posted by Speedoholic

+1000000000

I'll take the GTR over the NSX any day

-1000000000.

My brother has an NSX and that car is HOT! It looks a lot better up close than in any pictures. It's under-powered compared to today's exotics, but hardly slow at 0-60 in 4.8 secs and 13.3 in the 1/4 mile. I really like the HSC concepts and hope that the next NSX would look like that and of course have at least a V8 and more power. GTR is not bad either but I'll take the HSC if that's the new NSX.

[WRAH]

Originally Posted by callawayc7

-1000000000.

My brother has an NSX and that car is HOT! It looks a lot better up close than in any pictures. It's under-powered compared to today's exotics, but hardly slow at 0-60 in 4.8 secs and 13.3 in the 1/4 mile. I really like the HSC concepts and hope that the next NSX would look like that and of course have at least a V8 and more power. GTR is not bad either but I'll take the HSC if that's the new NSX.

If you like hot 80's cars the NSX is the way to go!

[callawayc7]

Originally Posted by WRAH

If you like hot 80's cars the NSX is the way to go!

Yeah and I'll take a hot 70's car over the GTR too (Lamborghini Countach). FYI, the NSX is a 90's car not 80's. Thought this was a car enthusiast site not just a Infiniti/Nissan Fanboy site.

[Sun35]

Can't post a link cause i get it through work:

Honda says it will build V-10 engine
New powerplant scheduled for Acura NSX replacement



Honda Motor Co. has long maintained that it wouldn't develop a V-8 production engine.

But it now says it will develop a V-10.

Honda will install the powerful engine in a successor of the current NSX sports car, which is powered by a V-6. Production of the current NSX will stop at the end of this year.

The V-10 will be more powerful than any other engine Honda has built for its production vehicles.

The NSX successor will debut in "three to four years," says Takeo Fukui, Honda's president. He would not elaborate the plan. The new sports car will be sold worldwide.

It isn't known if Honda plans to use the V-10 in any other vehicles."What we're aiming at next is not a V-8 but a V-10," says Motoatsu Shiraishi, president of Honda R&D Co., Honda's engineering arm. "We've got to be the top of a top (group) in producing engines."