Any one who looks at the ASCC as a continued development of the mid engine NSX might be disappointed but they would also be missing the entire point.
The ASCC is not the next NSX. It is an entirely new Honda. It is a great looking, low slung, wide GT with a whopping 10 cylinder Honda under its front hood. It will be heavier than the NSX, much [much:smile: ]more powerful and is likely to have a rear biased 4 wheel drive system. It will be easier to drive fast and easier to handle by the majority of its customers and may not handle as well at the limit as the lighter mid engined NSX. That is alright. It is a different car.
The ASCC is not going after the F-430. It is doing for the front engine ultra GT class what the NSX did to the mid engine exotic class. It's competition will come from a different class of car and its customers are different.
There will be very few on this forum who will go for the ASCC but the vast majority will not. That is fine with Honda. They do not want to have another sales dud on their hands. If the majority of the members of this forum liked the ASCC, Honda would likely reconsider and change the ASCC. Honda, by seeing that the majority of the current NSX owners dislike the ASCC, are probably congratulaing themselves for visualizing a car that the kind of customers they are going after would actually like.
The NSX is gone. Learn to live with that fact. Enjoy the ASCC.:biggrin:
The ASCC has fantastic looks, a gorgeous rippling skin that speaks of trained muscle and power beneath. The long hood will likely allow the placement of the monster engine behind the front axle and we are likely to have a front mid-engine set up. While most consider the 4 wheel set up inconsistent with a "sports car", Honda's advanced system is a truly remarkable one that improves performance, and is that not the ultimate goal of a sporting car. Do not forget the exotic thrashing handling of cars like the Mitsu EVO, a 4-wheel drive machine.
The ASCC is not the next NSX. It is an entirely new Honda. It is a great looking, low slung, wide GT with a whopping 10 cylinder Honda under its front hood. It will be heavier than the NSX, much [much:smile: ]more powerful and is likely to have a rear biased 4 wheel drive system. It will be easier to drive fast and easier to handle by the majority of its customers and may not handle as well at the limit as the lighter mid engined NSX. That is alright. It is a different car.
The ASCC is not going after the F-430. It is doing for the front engine ultra GT class what the NSX did to the mid engine exotic class. It's competition will come from a different class of car and its customers are different.
There will be very few on this forum who will go for the ASCC but the vast majority will not. That is fine with Honda. They do not want to have another sales dud on their hands. If the majority of the members of this forum liked the ASCC, Honda would likely reconsider and change the ASCC. Honda, by seeing that the majority of the current NSX owners dislike the ASCC, are probably congratulaing themselves for visualizing a car that the kind of customers they are going after would actually like.
The NSX is gone. Learn to live with that fact. Enjoy the ASCC.:biggrin:
The ASCC has fantastic looks, a gorgeous rippling skin that speaks of trained muscle and power beneath. The long hood will likely allow the placement of the monster engine behind the front axle and we are likely to have a front mid-engine set up. While most consider the 4 wheel set up inconsistent with a "sports car", Honda's advanced system is a truly remarkable one that improves performance, and is that not the ultimate goal of a sporting car. Do not forget the exotic thrashing handling of cars like the Mitsu EVO, a 4-wheel drive machine.
