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2015 NSX: Is anyone seriously considering it?

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  1. DriveAfterDark

    DriveAfterDark F1 Veteran

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    It will have Corvette/GTR performance at twice the price :) :)

    R8 and i8 already covered the market it's going to sell to IMO...
     
  2. atomicskiracer

    atomicskiracer Formula 3

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    Underwhelmed, partially because the basic design has been around for years now.

    Although, if its under $100k theyll have a winner. I'm predicting $125ish
     
  3. GuyIncognito

    GuyIncognito Nine Time F1 World Champ
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    yeah I think Acura/Honda screwed themselves taking forever to develop this car.

    in 2010 this car with hybrid 600 bhp and a dual clutch 9 speed would have been revolutionary. now it's just "meh".

    I saw somewhere $150k :(
     
  4. DriveAfterDark

    DriveAfterDark F1 Veteran

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    I agree, Guy Incognito.

    I too saw 150.000$.


    Nothing revolutionary, the car will flop... The original NSX is my all time favorite car. This doesn't even bring ONE smile to my face...
     
  5. EnzymaticRacer

    EnzymaticRacer F1 Veteran

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    Snore... too little, too late, for too much money. $150k Acura? Lol
     
  6. bounty

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    If this thing is under 100k, Id have no interest just based upon the kind of drivers it will undoubtedly attract at that price point. That socially awkward, trying too hard to get laid crowd.
     
  7. DriveAfterDark

    DriveAfterDark F1 Veteran

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    It's 150.000.

    What's the i8 MSRP? And the R8 V10 MSRP?
     
  8. Mark(study)

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    #58 Mark(study), Jan 12, 2015
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    We have a black 1999 NSX driving around town, I wouldn't mind owning one.

    Yet the "new NSX" has the same problem Lotus has with bringing back "the new Esprit" they just can't seem to find an attractive look or a car that's more about feel than computers. I'm not looking for a car that shifts, steers, parks, drives, follows, track by computer GPS, and is full of heavy batteries and electric motors. LOL

    I could have been persuaded if they found a way to;
    - make it weigh less than 2,500 pounds
    - feel like there was nothing between me and the road (simple go-cart feel) less car, more sensation
    - had and artist pen a hand-drawn beautiful looking car (not designed in a wind-tunnel with a computer primarily concerned with meeting new higher door side-impact standards)
     
  9. SWB

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    Acura should name this the MehSX. Seriously, they couldn't throw a bone to Pininfarina or Bertone? The only thing they kept from the original NSX's ethos is the aluminum architecture and driver ergonomics/visibilty. Acura's new pride and joy got totally eclipsed by Ford's halo car this week in Detroit.
    Guess which car the kids (the few who are car crazy) will be posting up as wallpapers on their computer screens?
     
  10. merstheman

    merstheman F1 Rookie

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    Acura/Honda make mistake after mistake when promoting this car, to the point where no one gives a **** about it anymore.
     
  11. GuyIncognito

    GuyIncognito Nine Time F1 World Champ
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    yep.

    including taking six years to launch...and doing so in the same two hour time window as a new Ford GT ;)
     
  12. norcal2

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    Different vehicle...I do like the R-8 and of course Im a V-10 fan...a Honda power plant is a good platform..at $155k+- may not be a bad vehicle..I miss my old NSX...
    This one is built in the USA though, instead of Japan...
     
  13. KMR968Turbo

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    I can't get over how ugly that front end is. They could have given it a race car front but instead went with something that looks like it mated with a Pontiac Aztec. That beak is hideous. Also, does anyone else notice that the front grill is a smiley face and the hood vents are eyes? Looks like a cartoon. The designers should be shot for ruining the NSX lineage. Glad they finally gave it some power because you are going to need it to hide that ugly mug from the masses.

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    PS: Could those presenters be any more ****** bag like? Bad enough the start of the video wasted 4 minutes of my life let alone having to listen to those boring arseholes recite their memorized propoganda in monotones. When the original NSX came out they shocked the world with what Honda could build. They even got a racing legend to advize them on the design. These clowns just shocked me with how dull they are. In a world of GTR's, 911 Turbo's, Ferrari 458's they present us this turd as if they somehow are going to change the industry when the truth is the industry caught up and passed them. I give Nissan credit, they built a hell of a car at the right time that made the big boys take notice. Honda missed the boat big time. Makes me appreciate just how special the original design was for it's day.
     
  14. Bullfighter

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    They definitely should have ponied up for Pininfarina. The front is a disaster and the rest is anonymous.

    $150,000? (!)
     
  15. EnzymaticRacer

    EnzymaticRacer F1 Veteran

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    Acura seriously botched everything about this car.

    Hell, they couldn't even bother to shoot the promotional video with the real thing... instead opting to use CGI generated video... and even then made it BORING.

    Wow these guys are something else...
     
  16. BSU

    BSU Formula 3

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    GTR MSRP is around 103K.
    R8 is around 175K.
    Drop this in the middle around 150K.

    Screw all that. I'd take a Porsche GT3 at 158K.
     
  17. SWB

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    Do the Japanese manufacturers have an adversion to outside styling houses? I won't be losing any sleep over whether to pull the trigger on the MehSX ever. I loved the original NSX and all they had to do was keep evolving it on pace with its contemporaries.
     
  18. SWB

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    +997 GT3RS even!
     
  19. rmani

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    Spot on. I hate the design tries too hard to look futuristic. The first nsx was love at first sight.
     
  20. PSk

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    Just like the old NSX.
    Pete
     
  21. DeSoto

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    Looks BORING, but there´s some interesting stuff under the hood. Let´s wait and see how it drives.
     
  22. NürScud

    NürScud F1 Veteran

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    Looks really cool and extreme. I like it!
     
  23. Igor Ound

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    Mr Wolf's new ride
     
  24. anunakki

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    Its as if the design direction was...we want an Audi R8 but with Acura styling details.
     
  25. Kayvan

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    UGLY CAR.
     

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