Confirmed: Replacement will be Front Engine setup.
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I think a Magic 8 Ball could provide more accurate information. 
matteni said:
As I said in another thread, somebody hacked the Honda's HQ planning software, this snip of code has been found:
while true {
nsx_release_date = today()+2 years;
}
:biggrin:
We heard this info months ago. Next autoweek article will be "Honda not sure about NSX replacement"
I wonder what color I should choose, automatic, or 6- speed. 
Dear Honda please put us, all out of are misery, and release some pictures to the press.
:wink:
Dear Honda please put us, all out of are misery, and release some pictures to the press.
:wink:
AutoWeek said:
Convertible TSX?
I've said it before: if Honda comes out with anything front-engined it's not the NSX successor. It's an entirely new and different project and the NSX is dead.
I don't know, but if we don't hear any definitive news by mid-07 then stick a fork in it. Honda was taking deposits for the NSX in 1986--four years before it was available. There's no reason Honda can't create the new NSX by 2009 and if so, we'd hear by 07 at the latest, IMHO.
Not even a statement from Honda just saying "we're working on it" is really scary. I hope I'm wrong.:frown:
I don't know, but if we don't hear any definitive news by mid-07 then stick a fork in it. Honda was taking deposits for the NSX in 1986--four years before it was available. There's no reason Honda can't create the new NSX by 2009 and if so, we'd hear by 07 at the latest, IMHO.
Not even a statement from Honda just saying "we're working on it" is really scary. I hope I'm wrong.:frown:
was at the dealers today getting some work done to my car. I spoke to a salesman who was also a car guy, i asked him if he knew any information about the nsx replacements. (dont know if his source has any credibility) he told me the he heard that the replacement will be a production car. which means that they will not be limited and not hand made, i guess to cut costs ($60,000)
i hope he's wrong. or it might be an entry level exotic (FR) before the 'real' groundbreaking, benchmark setting replacement hits the market. (MR $100k+)
i hope he's wrong. or it might be an entry level exotic (FR) before the 'real' groundbreaking, benchmark setting replacement hits the market. (MR $100k+)
enesexdreamer said:was at the dealers today getting some work done to my car. I spoke to a salesman who was also a car guy, i asked him if he knew any information about the nsx replacements. (dont know if his source has any credibility) he told me the he heard that the replacement will be a production car. which means that they will not be limited and not hand made, i guess to cut costs ($60,000)
i hope he's wrong. or it might be an entry level exotic (FR) before the 'real' groundbreaking, benchmark setting replacement hits the market. (MR $100k+)
Last NSX started at $60k so it might not be bad it just won't be an NSX. I'm trying to wait patiently for a new sportscar from Honda. Hopefully this one will be competing with the Skyline GTR.
Spinner said:
My opinion, when I saw Japanese megazine(spy shot), they already developed v10 engine which poduce more than 600 hp and cost would be $150,000, and honda will make another sports car which would be front engine and cheaper than nsx.. believe or not, just on the magazine... lets see what will be happen!
enesexdreamer said:was at the dealers today getting some work done to my car. I spoke to a salesman who was also a car guy, i asked him if he knew any information about the nsx replacements. (dont know if his source has any credibility) he told me the he heard that the replacement will be a production car. which means that they will not be limited and not hand made, i guess to cut costs ($60,000)
i hope he's wrong. or it might be an entry level exotic (FR) before the 'real' groundbreaking, benchmark setting replacement hits the market. (MR $100k+)
HA!!! He doesn't know anything more than the rest of us.
If it becomes front engine, I can say that SugrueNSX would like the "handling" better then his current NSX. I think he should sign up for one now.
On another note, didn't Honda annouce a V10? I think that would scare the crap out of Ferrari and Porsche.
Mugen Legend RL V8 4.0 liter NA (ITB) 500 HP neighborhood
NSX should at least top the 500HP figure with a V10
I think Honda engines could be better represented by Porsche outputs such as the GT3 or Carrera GT. Except Honda engines do not eat motor oil for lunch.
On another note, didn't Honda annouce a V10? I think that would scare the crap out of Ferrari and Porsche.
Mugen Legend RL V8 4.0 liter NA (ITB) 500 HP neighborhood
NSX should at least top the 500HP figure with a V10
I think Honda engines could be better represented by Porsche outputs such as the GT3 or Carrera GT. Except Honda engines do not eat motor oil for lunch.
:biggrin: If the next NSX is indeed front engine, we'll just have to drive it around in reverse all the time.
SaberX said:
That's more in line with what I'm thinking. A V-10 RL would be awesome and totally out of character for Honda--but if Acura is striving for respect than why not create a M5 fighter?
It WON'T, however, be an NSX replacement. I just see too many posts on Prime citing the "NSX replacement will be front engine." I hate to say it but if so, it wouldn't be an NSX replacement!
This article isolates the mid-engine format as a possibility which might be the NSX replacement, especially w/ a V-10. Sharing a chassis w/ the RL scares me a bit unless they really pull out the stops w/ the RL.
So, more questions, less answers...
My best friends brother worked in the emergency room when Richard Gere came in and had gerbals removed from his bowels. He knows cars!
The new NSX will be front engine, AWD and sporting a V10.
This day dated 25 August 06.
The new NSX will be front engine, AWD and sporting a V10.
This day dated 25 August 06.
Hmmm. I believe they did.
Directly from Honda's July 12th 2005 press release announcing the end of the nsx:
"Honda is currently working on a successor, a new sports car for a new era, which is to incorporate Honda’s most advanced technology."
Successor to me implies a desendant from the NSX, not an entirely different beast. It makes no sense to me to call it a successor and then have it turn out to be anything other than a "true sportscar"
It's very clear to me that it's a successor... a decendant - a v-10 - and without a doubt, a sportscar. No speculation there for me.
Honda can't afford to just make a 'fast' car wrapped in streamlined RL body with an oversized rear spolier.Theres no room for anything short of an NSX on steroids and makes you feel nervous in it's presence.
.jeremy
Directly from Honda's July 12th 2005 press release announcing the end of the nsx:
"Honda is currently working on a successor, a new sports car for a new era, which is to incorporate Honda’s most advanced technology."
Successor to me implies a desendant from the NSX, not an entirely different beast. It makes no sense to me to call it a successor and then have it turn out to be anything other than a "true sportscar"
It's very clear to me that it's a successor... a decendant - a v-10 - and without a doubt, a sportscar. No speculation there for me.
Honda can't afford to just make a 'fast' car wrapped in streamlined RL body with an oversized rear spolier.Theres no room for anything short of an NSX on steroids and makes you feel nervous in it's presence.
.jeremy
H-carWizKid said:
SaberX said:
The key word in that quote is "may". They obviously don't have a clue.
All that's known is that Honda has confirmed they are working on an "NSX successor" and it will have a V-10. Same news from over a year ago. I trust these statements more than anything else right now. Am I getting worried? A little. I think we'll know about any true NSX replacement at least 2 years in advance so...if nothing by mid-2007 than forget 2009.
Everything I've heard about the "RL/FE platform NSX" has been from sources whose job it is to sell magazines and create speculation so that you'll buy the next issue of their magazine. Crap!
Everything I've heard about the "RL/FE platform NSX" has been from sources whose job it is to sell magazines and create speculation so that you'll buy the next issue of their magazine. Crap!
It just occured to me that the "NSX" is the longest running nameplate in the Acura lineup.
If it's Front Engine, they need to retire that name, just like the Legend & Integra that was around when our cars where launched.
If it's Front Engine, they need to retire that name, just like the Legend & Integra that was around when our cars where launched.
The stamina people here have shown posting about the next NSX, what it may look like, what engine it may have, should seriously be noted in the Guinness Book of World Records.
It is heroic stamina. The type of stamina that wins you Tour de France yellow jerseys; It's porn star stamina.
GM and Ford are looking at you guys and thinking how big a ticket they have to write to win you guys over.
You are the most patient the world has ever seen. I think that ppl squeezing coal into diamonds have less patience than you guys do.
I, on the other hand, have no where near your patience.
It is never coming. Ever.
It is heroic stamina. The type of stamina that wins you Tour de France yellow jerseys; It's porn star stamina.
GM and Ford are looking at you guys and thinking how big a ticket they have to write to win you guys over.
You are the most patient the world has ever seen. I think that ppl squeezing coal into diamonds have less patience than you guys do.
I, on the other hand, have no where near your patience.
It is never coming. Ever.
BioBanker said:
Lance Armstrong was out on the beach with Matt Mchaunahey (sp?) picking up chicks recently...as he should be....
As far as GM and Ford go, there's no mystery with them anymore...let's put out a concept and then build it 3 years later. Honda and Toyota are teases compared to those new model hookers.
If the new NSX never comes, I'm ok with it. I already have one. If it does and it lives up to half our rumour mill, it will be a great surprise to me.
The King is dead....
swbatte said:
Honda still make and sell the Integra and Legend here... It's the NSX which has gone the way of the Prelude...
AU_NSX said:
Well, just like here in the US - your integra and legend will soon assume newer cold names of course (RL, RSX). I do wish Honda would just stick with honda... i mean, acura is a fine name and all, but the reasoning behind needing an alternate name bothers me.
To be honest though, I don't feel the legend and integra are really still around. Their new counterparts don't seem to have quite the same class/edge that some of the prior models had - they've evolved into entirely different machines. I suppose people's tastes have just changed.
