Honda confirms new NSX.

[SVT_Power]

But it's not the new NSX. Nowhere near it, not by any measure.

I'd agree with sporty on this one. The NSX brought a lot of new innovations to the market. All aluminum construction, aluminum suspension bits, titanium con rods, VTEC (well not the first ever VTEC car, but first to the american market), etc.

Not to mention Senna was involved with the development, which adds massive coolness factor IMO

[Soup DeVille]

I'd agree with sporty on this one. The NSX brought a lot of new innovations to the market. All aluminum construction, aluminum suspension bits, titanium con rods, VTEC (well not the first ever VTEC car, but first to the american market), etc.

Not to mention Senna was involved with the development, which adds massive coolness factor IMO

Dan Gurney gave a lot of input into the NA Miata.


Gurney>>Senna.:: Miata>>NSX.

[VTEC_Inside]

Honda can bite me.

They've systematically removed the fun factor from everything they make.

All they had left was the Civic Si, and they finally neutered that in the most recent iteration.

Nothing but talk and excuses have come from them for quite some time now.

So new NSX? If it does ever make it to the showrooms be prepared for a let down. People expecting a successor to the NSX will be as sorrily disappointed as those that expected the CR-Z to be a successor to the CR-X.

[VTEC_Inside]

I'd be willing to be bet that the Audi R8 is easier to maintain than the NSX was, honestly.  That V8 is out of an RS4, there are fewer specialized parts--at least it seems that way.  The NSX was basically all bespoke.

My buddy has owned 2 of them now. I've been with him to a couple of NSX meets and spoken face to face with people from the forums. Bottom line is that the NSX seems to be about as problematic as my Accord, that is to say that nothing ever seems to go wrong with the things. One guy at the last meet had 300,000kms on the NSX that he bought new, that one was even supercharged. Aside from the pricey timing belt replacement, I can't recall hearing about any major common issue.

[Onslaught]

 :he said:

I don't know anyone well that's got one. But I go to a local car show every month and it has about 5 NSX's guys show up. I've talked to them before because if I can't find an FD RX-7 one day that's good enough for me to buy I'll look into an NSX. They all have said the same thing that these guys have said.

[Atomic]

chevrolet has the corvette as its image car. dodge will have its viper back on the market soon. these sports cars are critical, i think. acura will see far more showroom traffic with a new NSX. i hope to be first in line and while there check out the TL SH-AWD sedan.

[Onslaught]

I don't buy that a sports car helps sell your other cars. Toyota hasn't had a sports car in years and they sell well. Honda isn't having problems selling cars.
I've always looked at that as bull poo. Mazda has made all kinds of sports cars and they can't sell anything.

[Atomic]

I don't buy that a sports car helps sell your other cars. Toyota hasn't had a sports car in years and they sell well. Honda isn't having problems selling cars.
I've always looked at that as bull poo. Mazda has made all kinds of sports cars and they can't sell anything.

i agree that it is not contingent, but i do think a sports car might lure its share of admirers to the showroom. i drove to the dodge dealership about once a week when the viper was introduced... well, every time i heard that our small town dodge dealership would get one in, as well. word traveled fast.

[Onslaught]

i agree that it is not contingent, but i do think a sports car might lure its share of admirers to the showroom. i drove to the dodge dealership about once a week when the viper was introduced... well, every time i heard that our small town dodge dealership would get one in, as well. word traveled fast.

Well yea. I went to the Ford dealer to look at the Ford GT when it was out. I went by the Nissan dealer to look at the 370Z when it came out. And so on and so on.
But I never walked over to the other cars or wanted to buy them because of the sports cars made by the manufacture. Are people really that dumb?

[NomisR]

Are people really that dumb?

Yes.

[Atomic]

Well yea. I went to the Ford dealer to look at the Ford GT when it was out. I went by the Nissan dealer to look at the 370Z when it came out. And so on and so on.
But I never walked over to the other cars or wanted to buy them because of the sports cars made by the manufacture. Are people really that dumb?

i hear ya, but i tend to sit in nearly everything on the floor. today, i stopped at a mega dealership to take a close look at the new 2012 audi A6 and was tempted to buy either a volvo S60 or audi A4 -- both loaded with AWD, navigation, etc. at nearly $4,000.00 off/vehicle, i may return at trade-in time. i must have AWD next time. thanks to the A6 (out of my price range), i have added two more cars to my wish list 

[68_427]

The S60 would be great. 

[Raza]

The S60 would be great. 

Yeah, it's great, but then you want a new car 30 minutes later. 

[Atomic]

The S60 would be great. 

sweet *ss car! cannot wait to read this week's autoweek magazine in the mailbox today. the periodical features a story on the 2012 S60 R. ahh... great bedtime reading and dreaming