The lengths this board will go to in pining away for a new NSX...It's like rain dancing in hopes of creating magical Honda tinted raindrops. Now even three-plus-year-old quotes from GT drivers are fair game, even though three years is very nearly a full product life cycle in Japan.
On another topic, what guarantee if there even is an "NSX v2.0" do you have that it won't be ugly as sin to you?
The newer sports car designs mostly look like ass to me, I must be getting old. As an example, who here thinks a 360 looks sharper than a 355? Or a 550 is a nicer look than a 512TR? Or an Elise II is better looking than an Esprit V8? Or a Murcielago is nicer than a late model Diablo? Ok, the last one is close as the murc has a great look, but it's hard for me to say that any current sports car looks better than a previous model within the same line. Oh, here's another one: the startlingly good looking 993 911 Turbo S versus a 996 911 GT2.
The young guys designing the sports cars of tomorrow think that older cars like the NSX and 355 and C5 Corvette are the equivalent of cliché-ridden in terms of body style. They admire them to be sure, but wouldn't dare recycle any of their nice visual cues in a future design. To me the older cars are as gorgeous now as they ever were. Another example: 300ZX TT versus the new 350Z.
Anyone get a look at the new C6 Vette this week? The shots are making the rounds over the net currently and they aren't photochopped. It has got to be the ugliest bastard I have ever seen, across all car lines, possibly ever. No joke, it's laugh-out-loud-at-your-monitor-ugly. Far worse than a C4 or C5, and that's saying something because the C4 has aged worse than Mark Hamill. (thanks folks, I'll be here all week).
Another example: The updated NSX front fascia from this year. Yeah I love HID as much as the next guy, but both the front AND the back of the 2002 car are crap to me. Waaaay too much 3000GT/Celica in the front now and the air dam is flat out nasty. The "cliche" pop-up headlights of the original car, which are just soooo gauche now to today's designers are heaven to me. Doesn't get any better than pop-up headlights on a sports car, lol. The 2002 NSX's rear is tolerable, but not improved versus the earlier car.
Of course this example isn't really fair because Honda was on a tight budget with the upgrade to be sure, and it's probably a miracle it looks as good as it does.
But I digress...This is what happens when there's nothing on tv, message board rambling, lol. Feel free to flame away.
