Next Acura NSX to have more Performance than the GT-R (and cost more too!)

While Honda doesn’t seem to be a fan of V8s, a V10 is a whole different story. According to the company’s Executive Vice President Koichi Kondo, the V10 powered NSX is on the way and Honda will do all it can to make it the best sports car in its category.

This sort of discussion was made between the American Honda people and r&d people, and some people were questioning whether it’s really necessary to have a V-10,” Kondo said in an interview with Automotive News. “But sports is a special category. We said if we’re going to do it, we’re going to go to the extreme.”

Kondo said that Honda is expecting to sell 1,000 units of the NSX in the U.S. annually. The NSX is rumored to carry a price tag of $160,000 when it debuts as a 2011 model year.

Kondo says that while the price tag may be well above the NSX’s $70,000 Nissan GT-R rival, it will also have better performance.

Source;
http://www.egmcartech.com/2008/10/13/acura-nsx-to-cost-twice-as-much-as-gt-r-will-have-better-performance/#more-26912

Next Gen NSX may be Limited to Acura Markets Only

The last NSX, discontinued in 2005, was branded as both a Honda and an Acura, depending upon the market it was sold in. That could change for the next-generation NSX, however, as Acura may be seeking to protect the brand identity of the halo sports car, and thereby its ability to charge a premium price. An unfortunate side effect for much of the world, however, is that the car would not be sold in markets where Acura doesn't do business.Currently, the U.S., Canada, Hong Kong, Mexico, China and soon, Russia, are the only markets that get Acura-branded cars.

The company is planning on introducing the brand to Japan in 2010 or after, and the use of the NSX as a halo vehicle to lure buyers and establish its credibility as a real step up from Honda may be exactly what it needs.But that will still leave the majority of the world, including Australia, the UK, and all of the countries in Europe, without Acura or the NSX, according to latest reports. Speaking with GoAuto, Honda spokesman Fumihiko Ike ruled out bringing Acura to Australia, and along the way, he mentioned that the NSX would not be coming either, declaring that the two are inextricably linked.

“Internally we are trying to harmonize the policy because NSX is exclusively for Acura brand. But now we are not bringing Acura brand to Asia, maybe very strong resistance from U.S. people that we put the [Honda badge] on the NSX, that is going to dilute the image of Acura, so that is a big dilemma for us,” Ike said.“We initiated the Acura brand for the sake of the U.S. market and how to rebuild the Acura brand in the U.S. that is our priority, so maybe we have to sacrifice (NSX availability in other markets) but we have to be patient,” he added.Keeping the NSX out of so many markets may be the best thing for U.S. perception of the Acura brand, but the impact it could have on the NSX itself, not being available in the home of so many of the world's greatest sports cars - Europe - is a significant consideration - especially when the company is directly targeting those European greats.

Perhaps that is what Ike was speaking of when he mentioned patience, though only time will tell what strategy Honda adopts for its newest NSX, and the wait will likely require a great deal of patience, since the car isn't expected to arrive until 2010.The NSX has already had a very troubled birthing process, as designers deliberated over the car's appearance, which was at first expected to closely follow the Acura Advanced Sports Car concept, eventually scrapping their work and starting over part way through - though the spy shots and renderings indicate it won't stray far from the concept's lines. Brand issues delayed the car the year before, but now that several prototypes have been spotted testing on the Nurburgring, it is believed that final development is underway, and on schedule to meet the 2010 deadline.

Source;
http://www.motorauthority.com/next-generation-nsx-may-be-limited-to-acura-only-markets.html

Even More Acura NSX Renderings

A Temple of VTEC reader, 'ciwai', worked hard to try and take the camo off of the car, here's what they've come up with.

Link;
http://www.vtec.net/news/news-item?news_item_id=773441

Acura NSX Rendering Rear Shot

Found this on Auto Express, compliments the previous post.

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/autoexpressnews/224049/hondas_next_nsx.html

Another NSX Rendering

Stumbled across this pic, one of a few floating around.

Here are the others that I have accumalated in another post;
http://thehondaportal.blogspot.com/2008/06/next-hondaacura-nsx-looking-to-reclaim.html

Next Honda/Acura NSX Looking to Reclaim it's Title as Japan's SUPERCAR

This is the NSX caught on the track with camo just recently
This is an older rendering on what the NSX might look like.
This is a pic out of a Japanese car MagX. (I think this is the most accurate pic.)
This is an older NSX, absolutley beautiful.

The next NSX is expected for the 2011 model year, but the prototype has already hit the track at Nürburgring, Germany, and it has one aim, to be faster than the Nissan GT-R and the upcoming Lexus LF-A.

It's a tall order, and one that Honda hopes it can achieve through the use of a 5.5-liter V10 expected to make 550 horses, with a torque peak expected to top 420 pound-feet. The engine is essentially a slightly larger version of the V8 that Honda will use for the next-generation, rear-wheel-drive RL sedan, and it will use cylinder deactivation under light loads for maximum efficiency. Additional gains will come from the use of an eight-speed, paddle-shifted automatic.

Getting the power to the ground will be a modified version of Honda's Super-Handling All-Wheel-Drive (SH-AWD) system. Packaging could be tight, however, as this NSX will place its V10 up front. A combination of steel and aluminum will be used for the chassis that will form the basis of this 2+2 sports car.

Source; http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=127306

Next Generation Honda / Acura NSX

Here's a sneak peak of what the next generation Acura (Honda pretty much every where else) NSX may look like.

The Next Acura NSX Sneak Peek

For those who don't know, Acura is Honda in Japan and Europe. It's pretty much only in North America that some of the Honda's are badged Acura.