Confirmed: Replacement will be Front Engine setup.

[NsXMas]

According to dictionary.com:

confirmed  / Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[kuhn-furmd] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation

–adjective 1. made certain as to truth, accuracy, validity, availability, etc.: confirmed reports of new fighting at the front; confirmed reservations on the three o'clock flight to Denver.
2. settled; ratified.
3. firmly established in a habit or condition; inveterate: a confirmed bachelor.
4. given additional determination; made resolute.
5. having received the religious rite of confirmation.

This thread's title needs to be re-labelled "rumoured by close acquaintance of NSX member".

Confirmation only will happen with independently verifiable data.

One person's confidence does not a confirmation make.

 

[naaman]

I'd like to see a verifiable source for this little tidbit of information. Sounds like more message board bullshit that probably got spawned by some lamer on a Ferrari site.

The NSX design began in 1985 by Masato Nakano and Kazuhiro Ichinose at Honda's design studio in Saitama. This was all done in extreme secrecy and nothing was farmed out. Pininfarina had as much to do with the production NSX as Uganda has with the United States' space program.

Honda does have a long standing and well known relationship with Pininfarina and many people confuse the HP-X prototype car displayed at the 1984 Turin auto show as the predecessor to the NSX.

According to the book Acura NSX: Honda's Supercar by Brian Long, Masato Nakano and Kazuhiro Ichinose were in charge of styling (p 20).

The book is a 200+ page history book on the history of the NSX from concept to end of production run (2005).