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Honda NSX Gets New Lease on Life

http://www.motortrend.com/features/a...ife/index.html

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The NSX lives, at least in a different form. According to one source, Honda never gave up its plans for an NSX successor. Even though the V-10-powered post-NSX concept came along at the wrong time -- during the economic meltdown -- and had to be cancelled, Honda engineers didn't completely shelve the project.
They simply applied a more market-friendly (and eco-friendly) sports-car approach to the company's flagship two-door, giving it the latest hybrid gizmology. Completely different than Toyota's THS-II hybrid system, the technology slated to power Honda's new sports coupe "can be driven with either a clutch and an engine only, the engine and motor only, or the motor only," says our source. It will also offer a manual transmission option.

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It apparently will employ a modified Accord platform, and power will come from either a 2.4-liter 4-cylinder or a 3.5-liter V-6, with the latter considered the sure favorite. Why do we think so? Once again our spies in Japan have uncovered a patent application that specifies a "V6 powertrain developing upwards of 400 horsepower." That makes sense, especially when you consider what one company staffer told us about Honda's desire to return to making sports cars. "Honda does not see the CR-Z as a sports car. It's a sporty coupe and a great first try in the hybrid-sports direction. To be called a sports car, a car needs to have the potential of an NSX or an S2000. That's what we need to aim for."
And as expected, the coupe will employ a version of the automaker's proven SH-AWD system, but Honda will apply NSX concept technology by fitting the rear-drive-based SH-AWD setup that enabled the test mule to lap the Nürburgring in 7 minutes, 37 seconds two years ago.
Using the front-wheel-drive Accord platform as a base for this car will cut R&D costs dramatically. Engineers will swap the front and rear around to create a rear midship AWD package. If the coupe gets the green light for production, expect to see it in showrooms as early as 2014. Still unclear is if the car will continue to be badged as an Acura here in the U.S.

Read more: http://www.motortrend.com/features/a...#ixzz164ffE9Fd

happy now?

nice nice very nice.
not that i could afford it but fingers crossed, please don't be hybrid!

Ugg.

I'll believe it when I see it.

you could at least quote the article next time

I'll believe it when its on sale

i took your thanks cherry, thanks for the link :)

Badge would look better on the hood...

2.4L 4 cylinder? The fuck?

looks like an R8 that fucked an LFA.

I still want my v10 NSX!

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Originally Posted by Lomac (Post 7198404)

Ugg.

I'll believe it when I see it.

how about the vid posted in the post above mine? =D

^
sounds fuking sick

Until its available in a showroom somewhere in Vancouver, its not real.

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Originally Posted by mmmk (Post 7198467)

how about the vid posted in the post above mine? =D

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Originally Posted by Iceman_2K (Post 7198497)

Until its available in a showroom somewhere in Vancouver, its not real.

What he said.

also reminds me of an R8

Wait... so it's a Honda Accord platform going in REVERSE?!

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Using the front-wheel-drive Accord platform as a base for this car will cut R&D costs dramatically. Engineers will swap the front and rear around to create a rear midship AWD package.

I like the front not the tail though.

Somehow I am not keeping my fingers crossed...

2003 Acura HSC Concept was supposed to be the next NSX
2007 Acura Advance Sports Car Concept was suppose to be the NSX sucessor
2009 Honda HSV-010 GT race car was all that's left of the V10 prototype

now this... when will the bullshit end Honda? Please prove me wrong.

2012... when honda annouces that the rumours are fake.

All the "Ill believe it when I see it" is exactly the same thing as the GTR and Supra replacements went thru.

And at the end of the day, Im not holding my breath on this, as I didnt on the other 2.

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Originally Posted by Iceman_2K (Post 7198497)

Until its available in a showroom somewhere in Vancouver, its not real.

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cool a stretched crz with a v6