How about some new NSX info as of 3/16/14?

[Craigy]

Craigy most people tgat buy sports cars don't constantly drive over 100 on the streets. I am afraid of a ticket, but that means I will go to a track to push the car as hard as I want.

Good point, but I think you can enjoy 500, 600 horsepower well below 100 mph. Just ask any old guy with a ZR1.

Granted, you can only enjoy it for a few seconds at a time, but it's a glorious few seconds.

 

[NSXrebel]

I was just looking up youtube to see if there have been any videos posted of the new NSX testing on track, but there's nothing new out there, other than the SuperGT NSX-GT they've been testing, but that just brings up even more questions. New cars usually go on sale as early as the summer prior to the model year.

SuperGT GT500 cars are supposed to be 3.4L V8 RWD cars last time I checked. Has 2014 SuperGT season begun? Are they racing the car yet? If so, did they change the regulations again, allowing MR cars? Doesn't appear the new NSX-GT is AWD either. Was KERS/Hybrid technology ever implemented in SuperGT? What about turbos? Argh! Now I have to go do some homework!

 

[Biff_Malibu]

Yes, GTR is capable of a lot of things, the car drives you, date your girlfriend for you, cook you dinner, count sheep for you when you hit the sack, etc. Great car!!!

But I'll keep my 2003 NSX. lol

I typically just read when it comes to message boards, but the nature of your comment has forced me to respond.

I'm all about driving sensation and connection to the machine. I own an AP1 S2000 as well as a CR (AP1 500 whp, CR stock). I fully appreciate your preference for the raw automobiles.

On the other hand it is not fair to throw the GT-R in to the "video game" "straight line" category. I'm currently on my second R35 and the car hardly drives itself. It is obvious you have not spent any real seat time behind the wheel or you wouldn't be making cute remarks as you have.

The GT-R relies on mechanical grip. There is no miracle computer doing the driving for you. People don't realize that the R35 is actually a RWD vehicle with a mechanical LSD at its core. Power is sent 100% to the rear through the primary drive shaft. In the rear mounted transaxle there is a small hydraulically actuated clutch that can engage and send power back up front through a second smaller driveshaft. The amount of power this system puts towards the front is very minimal (15-30% range). The unit rarely engages, and it's primary function is to reduce the difference in wheel speed between front and back in low speed/low grip situations (getting out the hole).

The R35 is typically babied by its owners as it's so capable you need to be comfortable driving/cornering at fear inducing speeds to get closer to the mechanical limits and really start enjoying its capability.

Just because many forum members decide to turn their cars in to drag machines, it doesn't mean that's what the car was built for (quite the opposite).

 

[krea.tion]

I typically just read when it comes to message boards, but the nature of your comment has forced me to respond.

I'm all about driving sensation and connection to the machine. I own an AP1 S2000 as well as a CR (AP1 500 whp, CR stock). I fully appreciate your preference for the raw automobiles.

On the other hand it is not fair to throw the GT-R in to the "video game" "straight line" category. I'm currently on my second R35 and the car hardly drives itself. It is obvious you have not spent any real seat time behind the wheel or you wouldn't be making cute remarks as you have.

The GT-R relies on mechanical grip. There is no miracle computer doing the driving for you. People don't realize that the R35 is actually a RWD vehicle with a mechanical LSD at its core. Power is sent 100% to the rear through the primary drive shaft. In the rear mounted transaxle there is a small hydraulically actuated clutch that can engage and send power back up front through a second smaller driveshaft. The amount of power this system puts towards the front is very minimal (15-30% range). The unit rarely engages, and it's primary function is to reduce the difference in wheel speed between front and back in low speed/low grip situations (getting out the hole).

The R35 is typically babied by its owners as it's so capable you need to be comfortable driving/cornering at fear inducing speeds to get closer to the mechanical limits and really start enjoying its capability.

Just because many forum members decide to turn their cars in to drag machines, it doesn't mean that's what the car was built for (quite the opposite).

Good post, I just wasn't patient enough to try to explain that to someone who clearly already has their minds made up.

 

[fastaussie]

Now we have back up cameras, back up "sensors," lane detection, 9-speed transmissions (seriously... how many gears do you really want the PCM to select between start and cruise?), cars that will tell you how to get somewhere... seriously... people use the stupid Navi to find their way to the grocery store they've been shopping at for years! I hope that I can manage to live life never owning a car that was built after 2005-ish. This new NSX promises nothing that will make me WANT to DRIVE.

don't forget cars that now parallel park themselves. it's a sad, sad future. the dumbing down of humanity...

 

[Craigy]

don't forget cars that now parallel park themselves. it's a sad, sad future. the dumbing down of humanity...

Hey that parallel parking feature would be great on some cars.

You ever try to parallel park a lamborghini? It's freakin impossible.

 

[bngl3rt]

I'm all about driving sensation and connection to the machine. I own an AP1 S2000 as well as a CR (AP1 500 whp, CR stock). I fully appreciate your preference for the raw automobiles.

Oog, don't say that, I'm so tempted to get one as a track toy...

 

[NSXrebel]

Hey that parallel parking feature would be great on some cars.

You ever try to parallel park a lamborghini? It's freakin impossible.

A real man can parallel park a bus.

 

[Craigy]

a real man can parallel park a bus.

touche!

 

[NSX3tek]

This was posted from club lexus

About 100 people will build Honda's NSX supercar in Marysville, Ohio, starting next year.

MARYSVILLE, Ohio — Honda will build its Acura NSX supercar and assemble its performance engine here starting next year.

About 100 workers from Honda's other Marysville operations will be chosen to make the NSX. The engine will be assembled at its nearby Anna, Ohio, engine plant.

Ohio will be the sole source of the sports car that will be sold as an Acura in North America and a Honda in the rest of the world.

Honda is spending $70 million to transform a former logistics center into what it calls a Performance Manufacturing Center. Honda of America Chief Executive Hidenobu Iwata and Ohio Gov. John Kasich unfurled a banner proclaiming the building as the "Future Home of the Acura NSX."

"We have an outstanding team of engineers just down the road who will lead the development of the NSX," Iwata said in a speech. "It makes sense that we will renew the dream and build this high-tech, supercar right here in Marysville, Ohio."

The original NSX was Honda's first car with an all-aluminum body. It was built at Honda's Takanezawa, Japan, plant from 1990 to 2004 when production moved to its Suzuka, Japan, plant for a year.

Honda sold about 18,000 over 15 years, but sales fell to a few hundred, which led to the decision to discontinue the NSX in 2005. Enthusiasts have called for its return ever since.

The 184,000 square-foot Performance Manufacturing Center will be Honda's third auto assembly plant in Ohio. Unlike the Marysville and East Liberty, Ohio, plants, the new facility will have less automation. Much of the car and its engine will be hand built.

"In the coming days, we will begin to transfer about 100 associates from other plants to this project," Iwata said. Honda executive Clement D'Souza will lead the production team.

Motor Trend estimates the NSX will be a $130,000 hybrid with a 3.7-liter V6 and three electric motors combining for 480 horsepower. Honda has only confirmed that it is a mid-mounted V6 that will be mated to an all-wheel-drive system.

John Spoltman, manager of the Anna plant, said the engine will be built on a separate line by workers who will be rewarded to produce it.

Honda was the first Japanese automaker to assemble vehicles in the United States, beginning in 1982. Last fall Honda marked the 30-year anniversary of the Accord rolling off the Marysville line.

In three decades, Honda has invested more than $12.3 billion in the U.S., including $8 billion in Ohio. The 900 engineers in Ohio are taking on increased responsibility for global development of Honda vehicles — including the NSX under chief engineer Ted Klaus — and the next-generation Civic for 2016.

Honda's seven plants in North America — which also include Alliston, Ontario; Greensburg, Ind.; Lincoln, Ala.; and Russells Point, Ohio — can produce 1.63 million vehicles a year. That will grow to 1.92 million cars when a new $800 million plant in Celaya, Mexico, starts production in 2014.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2013/05/14/honda-acura-nsx-car/2159177/

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Acura NSX Production Site Selected in Ohio

Located Near Honda’s R&D Center, Facility to Employ 100 Highly Skilled Associates

Acura today announced that the all-new NSX supercar will be produced at a new Performance Manufacturing Center in Ohio, a $70 million advanced production facility encompassing 184,000 square feet to be housed inside Honda’s former North American Logistics facility and located in the midst of Honda’s existing R&D and production engineering operations.

The site for the new production facility, which will be Honda’s third auto plant in Ohio, is only a few miles from the Honda R&D Americas, Inc. Ohio Center that is engineering the supercar for production and adjacent to Honda of America Mfg.’s Marysville Auto Plant. The Performance Manufacturing Center also is close to Honda Engineering North America, Inc., center for the development of new production technologies.

A part of Honda of America, the Performance Manufacturing Center will be a unique manufacturing operation that will employ approximately 100 highly skilled manufacturing associates drawn from within Honda’s existing operations in Ohio. In addition, associates at Honda’s engine plant in Anna, Ohio, will assemble the NSX powertrain.

“Thirty years ago, building cars in America was a big dream. Working together, here in Ohio and across North America we turned this dream into reality,” said Hidenobu Iwata, president & CEO of Honda of America and the head of Honda’s manufacturing operations in North America. “The location of this facility is in the midst of one of the greatest collections of engineering and production talent in the world. So it makes sense that we will renew the dream and build this high-tech, supercar in Marysville, Ohio.”

In addition to the plant location, Honda announced that Honda R&D Americas chief engineer Ted Klaus is leading the global team developing the new NSX, and Clement D’ Souza, associate chief engineer at Honda of America, is leading the team that will bring NSX to mass production in 2015.

“This new plant will be as unique as the vehicle we will build here,” said D’Souza. “In creating the plan for this plant, we looked closely at each process and determined the perfect blend of associate craftsmanship and technology to adopt a new approach to manufacturing.”

The Acura NSX Concept was on display at the event, attended by local community and government leaders, including Ohio Governor John Kasich, showcasing the NSX’s low and wide stance that will help fulfill the Acura brand product direction centered on the synergy between man and machine.

The new NSX is being developed by a global R&D team led by designers and engineers at Honda R&D Americas, Inc. located in Los Angeles, Calif., and Raymond, Ohio. The NSX will feature a unique powertrain and body structure to provide an incredible driving experience. It will be powered by a mid-mounted V-6 engine mated to Acura’s innovative new Sport Hybrid SH-AWD (Super Handling All Wheel Drive) system.

“We have a very clear understanding of the high customer expectations luxury buyers around the world have for a supercar, and our challenge is to exceed them and create new value for the customer,” said Klaus. “This new Performance Manufacturing Center will be key to this challenge.”

Once selected, the team of production associates at the Performance Manufacturing Center will begin training and establishing manufacturing processes that will be used to build the all-new NSX. The next generation NSX will be built exclusively at the all-new Performance Manufacturing Center. In addition to being sold in North America, the NSX will be exported to customers throughout the world.

The original Acura NSX was built at the Takanezawa Plant in Japan from 1990 until production moved to the Suzuka Plant in early 2004, where it was produced until 2005. Part of the Tochigi Factory, the Takanezawa Plant was the first manufacturing facility in the world to mass-produce an all-aluminum body and balance advanced production equipment with hands-on “craftsman” processes.

http://acuraconnected.com/2013/05/14/acura-nsx-production-site-selected-in-ohio/

 

[N Spec]

The NSX and Civic Type R concepts should be on show for next month in the UK. Perhaps they will have an update then.

 

[effer]

'' ... hybrid with a 3.7-liter V6 and three electric motors combining for 480 horsepower. ''

OMG, ridiculous, lame ...


Hello N Spec! All of sudden I am thinking about you! :smile:


Let see, 480 hp combined - 60hp -70 hp = 350 hp for the 3,7 L V6 !!! Around 95 hp/L for an engine with turbos and direct injection !?! ( IOW around 95 hp/L while the original NSX made 90 hp/L in a NA layout !!! )


IMPOSSIBLE or simply a ridiculous and lame proposition from Honda ...


My take: ( in its most conservative form )

3,7 L x 150 hp/L = 555 hp

+ electric motors hp ( that would exceed 150 hp IMO ... )

 

[N Spec]

'' ... hybrid with a 3.7-liter V6 and three electric motors combining for 480 horsepower. ''

OMG, ridiculous, lame ...


Hello N Spec! All of sudden I am thinking about you! :smile:


Let see, 480 hp combined - 60hp -70 hp = 350 hp for the 3,7 L V6 !!! Around 95 hp/L for an engine with turbos and direct injection !?! ( IOW around 95 hp/L while the original NSX made 90 hp/L in a NA layout !!! )


IMPOSSIBLE or simply a ridiculous and lame proposition from Honda ...


My take: ( in its most conservative form )

3,7 L x 150 hp/L = 555 hp

+ electric motors hp ( that would exceed 150 hp IMO ... )

I could believe 480 hp from TT motor alone. 350 HP from NA V6 is more than possible from a 3.5 V6 20 years ago.

 

[effer]

I could believe 480 hp from TT motor alone. 350 HP from NA V6 is more than possible from a 3.5 V6 20 years ago.

Even 480 hp from 3,7 L means 130 hp/L which is about what Nissan extract, nothing high end IMO.

Honda's halo car should come with more superb ...

A nice 175 hp/L would be a perfect statement from Honda ...


The fun thing is that we will know soon what kind of power the new NSX will have.

 

[NSXrebel]

Even 480 hp from 3,7 L means 130 hp/L which is about what Nissan extract, nothing high end IMO.

Honda's halo car should come with more superb ...

A nice 175 hp/L would be a perfect statement from Honda ...


The fun thing is that we will know soon what kind of power the new NSX will have.

what are you smoking?

 

[Ponyboy]

The NSX and Civic Type R concepts should be on show for next month in the UK. Perhaps they will have an update then.

I understand they won't be at Goodwood. Maybe the model but not a working prototype.

 

[QUICKIE]

This is getting boring.

 

[NSXrebel]

Besides that video from Ohio and SuperGT, not one video has surfaced of a running prototype/model has surfaced since. Honda is losing steam again...

 

[Dhalsim]

what about the one they just crashed?

 

[effer]

What are you smoking?

LOL.

I never smoke Coco. Maybe Salmon and Beef for sure in the near future ... Coco.


What are you surrendering kid?


About Nissan new ugly car:

''Now, a Japanese magazine article translated by 7Tune, claims that the system will consist of the existing twin-turbo 3.8-liter V6 found in the current GT-R combined with an Formula 1-style KERS (Kinetic Energy Recovery System) being co-developed with Williams F1. The motor is already capable of 595 hp in GT-R NISMO guise, and KERS could potentially add another 250 hp, crossing the 800 hp threshold.''


So, 595 hp / 3,8 L = 156 hp/L.


LOL

 

[NSXrebel]

what about the one they just crashed?

where's the footage?

 

[Dhalsim]

where's the footage?

http://www.nsxprime.com/forum/showthread.php/181846-NSX-2-0-Crash-at-Takasu

 

[NSXrebel]

http://www.nsxprime.com/forum/showthread.php/181846-NSX-2-0-Crash-at-Takasu

I saw the pic already, i was being somewhat sarcastic. I originally asked for more video of a running model. Other than the Super GT races, which is a totally different car under the skin, I haven't seen any footage of a running prototype other than the Ohio run. There used to be more of spy footage with the HSV/ASCC, the other NSX/S2000 mule, and other cars.

 

[Ponyboy]

Other than the Super GT races, which is a totally different car under the skin, I haven't seen any footage of a running prototype other than the Ohio run.

I hope so, the SGT car is a rolling obstacle course. I think once they finish the drivetrain testing, they'll drive it around the Nurburgring for final tuning. Once that happens, everyone will be tripping over themselves taking vid and pics.

 

[NSXrebel]

I hope so, the SGT car is a rolling obstacle course. I think once they finish the drivetrain testing, they'll drive it around the Nurburgring for final tuning. Once that happens, everyone will be tripping over themselves taking vid and pics.

Yeah, this last race was really crappy for the NSX, they qualified in the last 5 spots for GT500 class, and they finished several laps behind. The SuperGT NSX has a completely different engine/drivetrain though, I forget what it is.