NSX Succesor to be announced tonight? 7/11/05?

[Ben]

If I'm not mistaken, you can still buy OEM parts for any Honda ever made. I'd need to do a bit of digging to find out where I read that...

You are mistaken. There is generally a parts supply for about 7-10 years. After that, most of the mechanical parts will be available, but cosmetic, interior, convenience, and trim pieces will not be.

I know for a fact that tan '94 NSX seatbelts are no longer available, and '91-'95 Legend Coupe black leather seat panels are also no longer available.

 

[docjohn]

Wow, the demise of the current nsx even made our local(NE Pa) NBC newscast today.They showed the press video of a newer yellow on some dry and wet roads as they quoted the recent press release.

 

[martin]

Hi

I had to take a deep breath when I first saw the sticky thread about the announcment here on Prime. Finally some news on their plans. Sad to see the old NSX go, but something new is on it's way.

I do not think I will get a new "NSX" for many many years, but it makes me smile that there will be one out there to want.

My 91 NSX cost about $61.000 and a new one cost about $183.000 here in Norway.

The new "NSX" would probably cost about 228.000 to 258.000 in Norway. So there will be a few lotteries to win and a couple of relatives to inherit before a new "NSX" is in my garage. But someday

I had a guy not believing me the other day when I told him that my car is a 1991 model. He thought it was a 200x model. It looks so before it's time still 15 years after it was built. What other car can do that? I can not think of any car that can do that.

My NSX will still look good in the garage with the new "NSX" in the future some time even in 10 years time.

Regards

Regards

 

[NSX-Tuner]

I can just picture this now... Assuming Honda stays with a transversely mounted mid engine design, it won't take long before someone upgrades their NSX with the new engine.

 

[NSX PTY]

Hi

I had to take a deep breath when I first saw the sticky thread about the announcment here on Prime. Finally some news on their plans. Sad to see the old NSX go, but something new is on it's way.

I do not think I will get a new "NSX" for many many years, but it makes me smile that there will be one out there to want.

My 91 NSX cost about $61.000 and a new one cost about $183.000 here in Norway.

The new "NSX" would probably cost about 228.000 to 258.000 in Norway. So there will be a few lotteries to win and a couple of relatives to inherit before a new "NSX" is in my garage. But someday

Same feelings down here in Panama.

Back in 91, the local Honda dealer offered me one for $100,000, I got mine thru a dealer in Miami for $60,500 and still have it. Don´t know how much the new "NSX" will cost, but if it stays at current $89,000, I could afford one.

I had a guy not believing me the other day when I told him that my car is a 1991 model. He thought it was a 200x model. It looks so before it's time still 15 years after it was built. What other car can do that? I can not think of any car that can do that.

Happens all the time, even more now that the first Ferrari dealer opened and people can compare my beautiful NSX to Modenas and Maranellos. Not to brag, but men, F Modena sells for $240,000. Hope Honda comes out with a design that could do as NSX has done for the last 15 years. HSC is ok, but only time will tell if this is the right one to do the job.

Regards

 

[MAJOR STONER]

BAR Acura

There is a car in development (in Japan) but it has not been officially approved yet. Supposedly (credible rumor), its launch would coincide with a worldwide launch of Acura. Rumor at Honda has it that Acura will launch worldwide and F1 team will become BAR Acura. No word on timing but gossip says no more than 3 years.

 

[IsR]

If honda does anything, they will do something similar to what they did 15 years ago. They will take the new RL drivetrain with AWD and build a light car around it. Expect some mild tuning on the engine, but other than that, thats the only powertrain they are going to use. Honda is way too cheap to make a V8 engine for just one car.

You're probably confused NSX with an EVO :biggrin:

 

[MoreRPMs]

There aren't any other cars out there using the NSX engine.

Isn't that because the NSX's engine is based on the Legend block of the late 80s? There's nothing special about it relative to current Honda V6s.

 

[Testarossa-R]

Re: announcement tonight 7/11/05?

Do you guys think we are going get ALL the models this time? Like Type-S, Type-S0, or even Type-R? Oh please god give use Type-R!

 

[Accord-R]

Re: BAR Acura

There is a car in development (in Japan) but it has not been officially approved yet. Supposedly (credible rumor), its launch would coincide with a worldwide launch of Acura. Rumor at Honda has it that Acura will launch worldwide and F1 team will become BAR Acura. No word on timing but gossip says no more than 3 years.

Someone I know in Japan heard a news clip about it and it sounds like it does coincide with a huge marketing blitz.

He wrote this:
Honda has killed the NSX and made plans for the "biggest promotional launch ever" for its successor.

 

[SNDSOUL]

Isn't that because the NSX's engine is based on the Legend block of the late 80s? There's nothing special about it relative to current Honda V6s.

they are completely different engines. Only thier displacement and cylinders are the same. the NSX has 4 cams, the legend has 2 for starters. There are many more differences, do a search.

 

[nsxtasy]

Maybe they have other drivetrain configurations being tested also , just like the NS-X did prior to its launch.

The drivetrain configuration had already been finalized when the prototype NS-X was shown in early '89. That wasn't the case with the HSC.

 

[nsxtasy]

Loggins & Messina? Interesting choice!

I also remember waiting about twenty years for Steely Dan to finally come out of the studio and start touring.

if you're either a Cubs or White Sox fan

I'm neither.

 

[Animate]

...just as I put my deposit down in 1986 or thereabouts....

Wow, that was early. How much information was released to the public about the NSX at this point? That wasn't long after the first Acura dealerships opened was it?

 

[gheba_nsx]

Re: BAR Acura

...

Welcome back Major!

 

[nsxtasy]

Wow, that was early. How much information was released to the public about the NSX at this point? That wasn't long after the first Acura dealerships opened was it?

Maybe it was 1987. It wasn't any later, because I remember letting them hold the deposit for maybe a year and a half, then requesting and receiving a refund because I didn't want to wait (what I mean is, the deposit wasn't really doing anything for me). And all of that happened before the prototype was shown in February 1989.

There was VERY little information about the NSX in the automotive press in '87, mostly just rumors. It was rumored to be a twin turbo V-8 (they actually wrote that on the receipt when I placed my deposit) and was rumored to sell for an MSRP of $25,000, which sounded outrageous because no Japanese company had ever sold cars in the States for over $20K. Of course, those rumors might have been accurate at the time, because those aspects might have actually been under consideration.

Yes, 1986 was when the Acura dealerships opened.

 

[Animate]

.. It was rumored to be a twin turbo V-8 (they actually wrote that on the receipt when I placed my deposit) ..

You should frame that receipt, that's a great conversation piece.

I just looked up the original price of the '85 Ferrari 288 GTO.... $83k. So the prospect of a Japanese TT V8 Supercar for $25k must have seemed attractive.

 

[bboxer]

This may have escaped some of you but a couple of weeks (as reported by Autoweek), Honda had announced and discussed their intention to enter a "sportscar" with a V8 in the ALMS series in 06 0r 07. It could be a sports racer with a version of th IRL engine, or.....

 

[BladesNSX]

Forgive my impatience, however, when I saw the topic title today for the first time (I discovered that '05 would be the final model year for the NSX over a month ago) I got fairly excited and started glancing at various posts to see what the news would be.

After going beyond the posts from 7/11, I read nothing but speculations and rumors. So, am I to assume the the NSX succesor was never announced?

 

[minervoflorida]

I have said this months ago, to be ground breaking you will see the new car with electric motors helping the engine. Hard to be ground breaking without them.

Remember, Honda is very green.

 

[NSXrebel]

I have said this months ago, to be ground breaking you will see the new car with electric motors helping the engine. Hard to be ground breaking without them.

Remember, Honda is very green.

Is it safe to say that the general consensus here is that Honda's next supercar will NOT be IMA? I keep reading in other car forums speculations that it will be some sort of hybrid car.

 

[CokerRat]

The news seems to have made all the import/tuner boards. The sad thing is that it also provides a soapbox for people to badmouth the car, and these boards are rife with bench racers who have never driven the NSX nor any of the cars they compare them to. It's like they say about arguing with idiots, they pull you down to their level and beat you with experience.

 

[SugrueNSX]

The fact that they have said it would be “groundbreaking” should mean that it will have a 10 rotor ceramic sequential rotary with a redline of 20k or an inherently balanced 20 cylinder horizontally opposed with 2 crankshafts. But I suspect it means nothing. What do you expect them to say? “We are coming out with a new car and we don’t know what it’s going to be like but most likely it will be nothing out of the ordinary.” I don’t care if it has a steam engine as long as it will do 0-100-0 in less than 15 and pull over 1g in a turn and handles like an NSX.

Regards,

Patrick

 

[nsxtasy]

So, am I to assume the the NSX succesor was never announced?

No. They announced that there will be an NSX successor (which, in itself, is news). They just didn't give a whole lot of specific details about it.

Did you read the press release?

Is it safe to say that the general consensus here is that Honda's next supercar will NOT be IMA? I keep reading in other car forums speculations that it will be some sort of hybrid car.

Are you trying to figure out whether one group's baseless speculation is different from another group's baseless speculation?

 

[NSXrebel]

Are you trying to figure out whether one group's baseless speculation is different from another group's baseless speculation?

yeah, something like that. :wink: