Today I received the new 7/05 R&T issue and there is a pic of a new NSX-R GT that they are building 5 of to qualify it as a production car for JGTC racing. THe car looks like the normal (if you can call any NSX-R normal) NSX-R, but the front Valance is lower and longer, the side scoops more pronounced, the rear bumper has a step down with more length, and a big roof scoop.
Here is the text:
"Honda has been getting pummeled mercilessly in the Japan Grand Touring Championship (JGTC). With Nissan 350Zs and Toyota Supras always finishing in front of the company's NSX race cars, it was time for Honda to do something. And it did. The company recently unveiled the limited-edition NSX-R GT priced at about $500,000 (NOTE FROM SHUM- NOT A TYPO on the price).
Because JGTC cars must be homologated with production cars (ANOTHER NOTE- Nissan did this with special bodied 350Z last year), Honda needed to create this road car so they could make radical changes to their JGTC racers. Okay, so Honda only plans to sell five of them...but it qualifies under JGTC rules as a production car. The new car is longer and wider than the stock NSX (188.6 and 78.3 in. respectively), but most other dimensions stay the same, such as the overall height, wheelbase, and front and rear track widths. The major change here is the carbon fiber body, designed to create all kinds of downforce. There's a snorkel on the rear hatch, but for the production cars it's non-functional. The engine is largely left alone, with no major tweaks to the suspension either. This is a car that was created for the sole purpose of fufilling a requirement in the JGTC rules. Honda wants to wind these races and is serious about it. Whether it sells the NSX-R GT is secondary..although we hear one order has already been received."
