see this pic from a Japanese site...
theres NO trunk spoiler
http://www4.ocn.ne.jp/~nsxnet/nsx/type_r/index3.html
theres NO trunk spoiler
http://www4.ocn.ne.jp/~nsxnet/nsx/type_r/index3.html
02 nsx r doesnt have trunk spoiler?
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Is this a real NSX-R?
yes indeed
Can you read japanese?
If yes, isn't that mentioned near the photo of the rear? This is very strange... removing it...
If yes, isn't that mentioned near the photo of the rear? This is very strange... removing it...
another pic
Strange, I never paid much attension til' now. I was about to put both, type R wing and 2002 lid spoiler on my car. Maybe now I will not put the lid spoiler on, Honda must have left it off for a reason.
Regards,
John
Strange, I never paid much attension til' now. I was about to put both, type R wing and 2002 lid spoiler on my car. Maybe now I will not put the lid spoiler on, Honda must have left it off for a reason.
Regards,
John
Hey! That is true!
This makes the '02 NSX (non NSX-R) a lot less valuable!
I'll buy one for 32k$ if the carfax is ok...!
This makes the '02 NSX (non NSX-R) a lot less valuable!
I'll buy one for 32k$ if the carfax is ok...!
02NSX-R have no trunk spoler
because it is unnecessary to R.
Please see a pic on right-bottom of page.
http://www.nsxmythos.net/gallery/_gallery_4.htm
I took this on the day when R was delivered to my friend.
because it is unnecessary to R.
Please see a pic on right-bottom of page.
http://www.nsxmythos.net/gallery/_gallery_4.htm
I took this on the day when R was delivered to my friend.
No type R in USA a disappointment
Damn....You guys are so lucky, you get all the good stuff over there. I used to be so pissed that in 1988 your CRX was available with the 160HP VTEC engine, with loads of other cool stuff, meanwhile our top-of-the-line SI only got the 108hp engine. That engine was the base engine in Japan!!! Now I have a NSX, and they still are pulling this crap, I wish they would give us the TYPE R as well.
You know what's funny, these Japanese marketing people claim there is no market for these types of cars here. Then Subaru turns around and sells a ton!! of WRXs the first year in the US. So many people bought those little things, and there ugly!!! When are auto manufactures gonna realize we are serious about motorsports as well.
Regards,
John
Damn....You guys are so lucky, you get all the good stuff over there. I used to be so pissed that in 1988 your CRX was available with the 160HP VTEC engine, with loads of other cool stuff, meanwhile our top-of-the-line SI only got the 108hp engine. That engine was the base engine in Japan!!! Now I have a NSX, and they still are pulling this crap, I wish they would give us the TYPE R as well.
You know what's funny, these Japanese marketing people claim there is no market for these types of cars here. Then Subaru turns around and sells a ton!! of WRXs the first year in the US. So many people bought those little things, and there ugly!!! When are auto manufactures gonna realize we are serious about motorsports as well.
Regards,
John
Hishi .. where do u locate in Japan?
I would wanna meet you up when I go back to Tokyo for a visit .. and perhaps getting some JDM parts hehe
I would wanna meet you up when I go back to Tokyo for a visit .. and perhaps getting some JDM parts hehe
BostonNSX, I live near Nagoya, Aichi pref. It takes 2 hours with the Shinkansen from Tokyo to Nagoya
jadkar, I also wonder why HONDA(ACURA) does not sell NSX-R at a foreign country. Maybe, there are some probrems...
R has no air bag.
R cannot pass the crash test in USA.
...
but I don't know whether it is true.
jadkar, I also wonder why HONDA(ACURA) does not sell NSX-R at a foreign country. Maybe, there are some probrems...
R has no air bag.
R cannot pass the crash test in USA.
...
but I don't know whether it is true.
hishi, those reasons probably add to the list of why it wont come here...
Here's what I can think of just off the top of my head.
--the no airbag thing
--the crash test thing (maybe)
--additional development costs of a LHD Type-R...
--the recaro seats won't transfer... (we have wider people here...)
--suspension too stiff here? All the magazines complained about the stiff ride of the Alex Zanardi edition... even though I think it rides VERY nicely.
I am sure there are many more... but some of the things that need to be done to fit the US market will pretty much take the Type-R out of it... it won't be the performerer that the JDM version is.
Just my opinion....
Here's what I can think of just off the top of my head.
--the no airbag thing
--the crash test thing (maybe)
--additional development costs of a LHD Type-R...
--the recaro seats won't transfer... (we have wider people here...)
--suspension too stiff here? All the magazines complained about the stiff ride of the Alex Zanardi edition... even though I think it rides VERY nicely.
I am sure there are many more... but some of the things that need to be done to fit the US market will pretty much take the Type-R out of it... it won't be the performerer that the JDM version is.
Just my opinion....
POWERED by HONDA said:
You forgot to add one more reason. Acura already tried selling a lighter-weight, more performance-oriented version of the NSX, the Zanardi Edition NSX in 1999. They limited it to fifty cars, and even such a low number, they sold very poorly/slowly. Anyone looking at that experience could only conclude that the NSX-R would equally difficult to sell in the States.
You have a point......I often wonder if they bumped the HP up on the zanardi (even just a little) I bet it would have sold extremely well. You agree?
John
John
jadkar said:
That depends. If the HP bump were small - say, 20 hp - it would probably not have made much difference. If the HP bump were much larger, I would assume it would carry a significant price bump along with it - in which case, it's tough to tell how those two factors would have netted out in terms of unit or dollar sales.
Compare the NA 911 with the 911 TT; the HP bump is significant, but so is the price bump. I don't know the exact figures (perhaps someone else can provide them) but I suspect they sell quite a few times as many of the NA as the TT.
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I strongly disagree. The Zanardi cost $4K less than the same era NSX-T. So for an incremental $6K over the targa and you could have had a new CTSC Zanardi with full warranty (as between Acura for the stock parts and CT for the SC) with dramatically better power and handling performance than an NSX-T and known good reliability. Still not a lot of takers back then...jadkar said:
