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Next-gen Acura NSX to compete with Lambo and Ferrari on price/performance
Honda’s NSX replacement has had several false starts, with the company scrapping the car’s design after the public’s largely negative response to its Acura Advanced Sports Car Concept, shown at 2007’s Detroit Auto Show.

Beyond the styling difficulties, ensuring the car will compete successfully with Lexus’s LF-A, Nissan’s GT-R, and Ferrari and Lamborghini’s sport-focused offerings is also taking time.

But the company is sure it will do so, and the target date is 2010. Read Article



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SHOWTIMESHOWTIME - 5/1/2008 11:35:18 AMView My AgentSpace
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1995e341995e34 - 5/1/2008 11:50:33 AM
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mid engined AND LIGTWEIGHT! i don't care if it's aluminum, carbon fiber, or made out of damn Lincoln Logs, just keep it under 3000 lbs.



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Batman219Batman219 - 5/1/2008 11:37:06 AM
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Honda needs new management to get the priorities of Honda and Acura straightened out. They need a Carlos Ghosn to come in, shake things up, and make Honda more proactive.

They're indecisive and have no strategy with this new NSX which is an extension of what's wrong with the entire brand right now.

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_43LE_43LE - 5/1/2008 1:07:09 PM
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I agree, spot on. I think however that Honda has finally listened and is actually coming around. Just a few weeks ago there was mention of the entire Acura line up eventually changing to RWD.


S4cabriofoxoneS4cabriofoxone - 5/1/2008 7:24:18 PMView My AgentSpace
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43LE, I'll believe it when I see it.


ThierryHenry14ThierryHenry14 - 5/1/2008 12:39:23 PM
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The NSX is long overdue and long past its time... Honda should really give it up, though I suspect their components and engineering will come directly from their teams in ALMS

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M35MTM35MT - 5/1/2008 12:59:20 PMView My AgentSpace
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Anyone see the episode of South Park where Satan wanted a Ferrari cake and he ended up with an Acura cake?

Halarious.

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S4cabriofoxoneS4cabriofoxone - 5/1/2008 7:24:41 PMView My AgentSpace
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I know! Now, whenever I think of Acura I think of that! I laughed out loud!


mplsmpls - 5/1/2008 1:13:48 PM
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Batman219 is wrong, why ? then read on..

Carlos Ghosn is a cost cutter (A bean counter), he went into Nissan and helped them cut costs, he does the talking but eventually it's the Nissan staff who do the work..
Honda is making money so they don't need bean counters, but they do need some fresh input of inspirational designers that Nissan do have..

Xdrive, I see the title as Price/performance ratio, and not literally as selling an Acura at Ferrari prices..



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1995e341995e34 - 5/1/2008 3:37:27 PM
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but the nsx will be infinitely more agile than the gtr. almost 1000 lbs less. the equivelent weight of 5 adult males.

and not to beat a dead horse, but the nsx won't have to be very pretty to look better than the gtr.


S4cabriofoxoneS4cabriofoxone - 5/1/2008 7:26:27 PMView My AgentSpace
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Obviously, its weight is not a very limiting factor, because according to every source the GT-R feels like a WAY smaller car.

Not to mention, it may not be gorgeous, but it's certainly striking. It's modern. It's very Japanese. I love it, almost as much as I love any sexy Euro sports car design.


1995e341995e34 - 5/1/2008 11:12:46 PM
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you like the gtr design as much as an aston martin?


lenkunlenkun - 5/1/2008 3:24:47 PM
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These are all rumors. In another couple weeks later, you'll see and hear something different again. I've been hearing about the new NSX since Clinton was still in office.

And if they do make a new one, it gotta be a V6 mid-engine to stay faithful to the original as well as the company. Acura never had anthing more than 6 cylinders and shouldn't start now. Instead, they need to focus on lightweight and achieving more horsepower using a 6 cylinder engine like Nissan GT-R and 911 Turbo/GT3/GT2.

Putting a V8 or V10 would upset the balance of the vehicle and turn it into a PIG!

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