2004 NSX

[jon69]

www.autoexpress.co.uk

some words on the NSX replacement (?) due out in 2004. High output V6 powering the rear wheels, with electric motors powering the fronts. I've read this elsewhere recently and looks as though the skyline GTR will share this technology on their next generation car but it was developed by honda. They mention that price would go up considerably? Big expectations to exceed porche and ferrari with the this new lightweight, high tech fuel efficient car!

My personal opinion is , hmmm well I don't know we all wanted a V8 but I assume the potential of a 4WD NSX that is still light and with RWD biase, wow. Only thing is the skyline sounds crazy, remember NSX will most probably be normally aspirated whereas the skyline gets the VQ in twin turbo guise, plus electric motors! A normally aspirated 240hp Altima runs 5.9 0-60 (family car 4-door), talk is the VQ3.5TT will have at least 335hp, with electric motors raising output to 400hp, 160 more hp and TONS more torque, lighter, better gearing = 0-60 possibly under 4? Which means the NSX should be somewhere near that.....WOW.

 

[ilya]

I can't find that article in there???

 

[jon69]

look in the news section, date was 10.10.01 and the heading is something like "watt a scorcher from Honda"
by the way dum ass me put this post in the wrong part of the forum!!! ooops, Lud can you switch this?

 

[skim83]

Maybe I'm not getting the full article to show up but I don't see any mention of NSX? Is the NSX part your speculation or am I missing a big chunk of the article?

 

[redacuransx]

I could not find the link as well.

I think it's safe to assume that "we don't know" Honda will not tell us, at best, give conflicting stories.. we will have to wait.. untill 2003, 2004, 2005 whenever.

Nonetheless, I did speak with a gentleman in the US that does a lot of business in Japan and is active in the NSX community here and there. All of his sources seem to point to a small-displacement V8, something akin to two S2k engines, 480 HP out of a 4.0 V8? That is nothing to be ashamed of... but then agian, I don't know..