Honda won't confirm anything nor pass any information on the NSX project. A worker from honda posted on the acurazine boards (his post may have been deleted due to honda regulations) that the NSX project is in really high security. A single leaked detail will result in instant termination and a few other horrible things. Also he said a few things about the next gen TL which were somewhat true based on the spy shots of it. My guess is that honda will debut the new NSX with either its big celebration of X years or with the debut of the japan market. Also I'd bet that honda's plan is to wait and to see what the competetion will offer OFFICALLY, such as the LF-A, GTR and a few other competitiors.
Well, Honda did confirm an NSX successor would appear within 3-4 years from 2005 and that will not happen. Keeping the details secret I understand but Honda not confirming anything is no way to market a car or attract attention. The GT-R project has been out in the open for years, as has the LF-A. Details weren't known but the general projects were no mystery just as after 1986 the NSX project was widely publicized.
I am very dubious of someone claiming to work for Honda knowing anything. I've heard that one before.
"Top Secret" is a good way to dodge the fact nothing exists. Anyone who was under that kind of code of silence wouldn't even go into details like "It's top secret"--they would simply say "I don't know anything" publicly. Why risk it to inform a bunch of net geeks?
The GT-R is official and the LF-A is close. The IS-F is the first step and that's official. Honda's
only option is to wait and judging by Fukui's day late and dollar short approach to Honda's performance cars it will be many years from now if at all. Fukui was was clearly scared of the F430 and he'll continue to be one step behind with the performance segment. That's just the way the guy operates.
I hope you're wrong. I hope they do come out with something but you've got to separate reality from fantasy. There is no indication there's anything legitimate on the horizon and as long as Honda wants to keep everyone in the dark then I refuse to give them the benefit of the doubt.
We were having these same conversations in 2005 and 2006 before the ASCC and keeping in mind Fukui's statements which were a untrue. And now we're nowhere closer to anything with no official statements. Get ready for the same pattern for the next 2-3 years.
Wake me up when Honda decides to make a move. There's absolutely no evidence that Honda wants to go in this direction seriously. The S2000 mule is a joke. It's been running around for a year now. That's not going anywhere anytime soon either. They can't even get the ASCC off the ground and that's a poor excuse for an NSX successor. When Honda officially associated that turd with the NSX it was written in stone that Fukui's vision is quite different than Soichiro's. :frown:
