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Not digging the livery on the Senna, but I sure would like to drive it.
LaFerrari Aperta, yummy
LaFerrari Aperta, yummy
the FINA tribute takes some of the ugly out of the senna. i'm not a fan of the senna in solid colors. jedi mind trick or something.
the same guy owns the senna, the aperta, and the blue gt2rs. best part is he drives them all. no trailer queens.
YONLY65, because_race_wife, and racepooch on instagram. the dog has a better seat than all of us.
B&B, I believe the worst part of all is the 2018 annual total...170 cars!! Without question, this demonstrates the NSX is considered irrelevant to the consumers at-large. Again, as many have pointed out, the car could be a success but due to Acura's perpetual arrogance and short sightedness, it is being shunned by consumers. This is really sad....
B&B, I believe the worst part of all is the 2018 annual total...170 cars!! Without question, this demonstrates the NSX is considered irrelevant to the consumers at-large. Again, as many have pointed out, the car could be a success but due to Acura's perpetual arrogance and short sightedness, it is being shunned by consumers. This is really sad....
I don't know if it matter though. I personally am glad this is the case as it keep the car very unique (I have only seen one other one and I live/work in Newport Beach, the home ridiculously commonplace exotics). I get nothing but thumbs ups on the daily while the R8s, AMG-GTs sitting next to me at the light go completely unnoticed. Plus I get to have the car at a huge discount while the perception is that I overpaid for it. Also great. If the alternative is that the car is super popular and I have to pay over sticker for it, then I prefer the current climate.
Unless you bought the car as an investment (lol) then we all have every reason to be very happy with how things have panned out. Honestly I don't even think Honda is ready for more owners given the back-log of service appointment availability at every dealership.
With that said, Honda is really between a rock and a hard place with this car. On the one hand they could keep going as is with $150k base sticker and a not-very-well-publicized incentive, or they could reduce the price of the car to like $110k and risk pissing off every single very loyal customer who bought at sticker or in many cases higher. So unless they were going to cut all current owners a big check (pigs fly) I don't think they have a choice at this point other than to cease production after 2019. Type R will only be more expensive and likely sell even less.
So does sales volume determine success of a car???? How many LaFerrari's are built?? 10? Are they a failure??? The Gen 1 cars only sold 2-300 cars per year yet they are revered. (I've never driven one) So the NSX only sold 180 in 2018 so it's a failure? Not sure that is a fair way to evaluate any car. There are too many factors involved. I buy cars out of passion, with a secondary emphasis on appreciation potential. Through the decades I've done well on car appreciation, but it takes time. You have to buy something that moves you, and if over the long haul it appreciates, then it's icing on the cake. It's a win win if you buy the car that gives you pleasure. When I bought my NSX, I decided to be in it for the long haul and not get upset as the car goes through it's normal depreciation cycle. I struggle with how many miles to drive it knowing that if you drive the hell out of it you depreciate it, but if you don't drive it, what's the point??? I saw a 2005 red Ford GT go past the auction block with 2 miles on it...... SAD!!!! What's the point? It becomes a commodity. I drove my NSX 1800 miles in the first year, hoping to do 2500 in 2019...... It's a fine balance between enjoyment and preservation of value. And yes, the low volume will help the car's value someday, maybe 20 years from now (Dear God, I'll be 80 in 20 years......) I'm a bit envious of the guys that leased the car and are driving them 7500 miles per year.......
I think it's tough to predict and buy a car on the basis of potential appreciation. Lots of failures on this theme. Sometimes it's just dumb luck. How many guys that bought a 1965 Shelby for $4500 back in the day, ever dreamed it would someday bring multiple $100's of thousands of dollars? Or a Cobra or Hemi Cuda, etc. Remember the 1978 Corvette Anniversary Specials? Guys bought hundreds if not thousands of them and put them on blocks, planning to reap huge profits in the future. Today they are plentiful with 2 miles and not worth much......
Buy it drive it and enjoy it. If you could afford to buy one, you can afford to enjoy it. (or so I keep telling myself)
As I've said a hundred times, I think it's a great and unique car, not for everyone but good for me!!!
Having sales not meet the business plan is a sign of failure. Ferrari sold all the fixed roof and Aperta versions of their LaFerrari so that was a success.
Poor resale value is a sign of failure (I don't think that is really the issue here). The last I looked secondary sales prices for LaFerraris have been the strongest of the 3 hypercars of it's period (P1 and 918 being the other 2).
The NSX is not a failure to me because I enjoy mine and have over 9000 miles on it in 2 years and a couple of months.
But the truth is, lots of folks who could buy it are choosing something else, generally speaking a faster, lighter more customizable car like Ferrari, Lambo or McLaren.
I will also be 80 in 20 years so we can do wheel chair races together.
The NC1 NSX will likely end up being one of the rarest supercars, and (if they keep extending the new Ford GT production numbers) the rarest U.S.-made supercar from a major manufacturer. As of now, there are more of the 2004-2006 Ford GTs built (4,038) than the NSX, and it is doubtful that the NSX will ever get close enough to it production numbers-wise if the current numbers hold.
The same goes for (numbers are approximate and derived from a few minutes of online research):
Lamborghini
Aventador (8000+)
Huracan (10,000+)
Gallardo (14,022)
Murcielago (4,099)
Ferrari 488 (4500+)
458 (~15,000)
430 (~20,000)
360 (~16,000)
McLaren:
720S (4,000+)
570S (? but way more than the NSX)
650S (~3,000)
MP4-12C (~3,500)
Aston Martin
DB11 (5,000+)
Vantage (16,000+)
Vanquish (2,589- we may pass them!)
Some of these numbers surprised me when I looked them up, to be honest. I knew the new NSX was going to be a rare car, but to see so many more examples of other MUCH more expensive cars really strikes me.
Enjoy those NC1s, they really are something special.
agree.........Thanks for the numbers.... Astounding really. How can some of these cars hold value long term with those high production numbers???
The NSX, both Gen 1 & 2 certainly look rare in comparison. I would never have imagined the Ferrari numbers to be that high.