^^ god that interior is to die for.

 

Not quite. This time I'm going to say something a little different...see below.

This time I'm with Mike. Acura keeps doing this because we jump at the bait every time there's a press release or concept photo shown. If we just stop jumping at these non-events like lemmings and wait for the REAL car, the Acura press people will learn their lesson. But their press people keep feeding us like hungry sharks around meat.

 

That's because you saw my post first
I really don't think Acura is just baiting us for attention, they're serious enough to actually build a concept car & that takes time & money, just that it seems they cannot decide exactly what to do with the new car, maybe they're still debating internally among themselves.

 

You and I have been discussing cars long enough to pretty much know how the other one is going to react...especially with the new NSX.

Road and Track, in their latest edition, just posted a picture and explanation which they are "sure" is the next NSX....with a V10. I'm hesitant to try and post it...for two reasons. First, my picture-posting skills are very poor compared to yours, and Second, we've already seen one million different "new" versions of NSX..this would be the million-and-first.

 

yep the HSC design is gorgeous!! The later NSX concepts suck ***.

Any news on the next S2000? Hopefully it will use a similar VTEC Turbo engine as the Acura SUV.

 

That is because the NSX is dead. The HSC was the last time Honda/Acura called it a replacement NSX. Once they killed the HSC, they killed the NSX. The concept car after that was called the NSX Successor. Every word out of Honda/Acura's mouth stated that the AASCC was not an NSX, but a new Acura Concept Car that would pick up where the NSX left. There will be no new NSX. There will never be a car called the NSX again. Only the media keeps calling any new sports car from Honda the new NSX.

I'm a die hard NSX enthusiasts and even I admit the NSX is dead and no other car will ever bare the name NSX (New Sports Car Experimental) ever again. A front engine V10 that is targeted at the Astin Martin is not an NSX. It is a GT Car. Logic would tell us if Honda/Acura were planning on creating a second generation NSX is would be mid engine and targeting the Ferrari F430 and Gallardo.

If you don't hear the name Shigeru Uehara involved in the developement of these concept cars than you can all but bet the farm it isn't a second gen NSX.

 

What little I know about it right now suggests that it will have a less-peaky engine with a broader torque curve. The average American driver doesnt want to take his engine to motorcycle-RPM levels to get any spunk....something that previous S2000's, especially the first-generation engines, with their 9000 RPM redlines, 8600 RPM HP peak, and 7600 RPM torque peaks, were known for. I would also not be surprised, though I cannot confirm it, if the next-gen car had an optional folding metal roof, ala Miata.

 

Anybody see some Ferrari Enzo here in this design? I sure do.

 

Believe it or not. the HSC concept pictured here has the most NSX DNA out of any concept that came out. Why? Because it was based on the NSX chassis and really just a heavily modified NSX. Plus, the Enzo had a Japanese designer so........

 

It must be the two very large vents in the front bumper

 

Every two years or so Takeo Fukui gets a Testosterone shot to make up for the lack of the normal male organs that produce that hormone. At such a time of a spike in the said hormonal level in his blood, he starts talking "junk" and starts throwing around speculative ideas of a V10, carbon body, Ferrari-trashing Honda that is about to explode on the scene. In due time the aforementioned levels of the said hormone start to ebb lower until they disappear and just about that time the bean counters pay him a visit and tell him to shut the ***k up and shortly thereafter Honda lets it slip that any plans for a replacement for the NSX have yet to be finalized and are under future consideration .....etc. etc.

Well guess what folks, the Fukui hormones are back down to the neutered state and the bean counters just done paid him the visit.

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I wrote this on the NSX Prime forum a while back and sure enough, Honda has slapped itself in the face again.

 

LOL!!!

 

There is no chance the original NSX design will ever return. The car is timeless, but automotive technology has caught up to the NSX as well as surpassed it in areas. I don't think even the HSC could make it today. That car design has been out for way too long so if it went into production it wouldn't excite like a brand new design would.

Anyway, the NSX was by far the best car I've ever owned. I could never afford a brand new one so mine was bought used, but nothing out today can fill its shoes for me. I sold mine to my brother and I keep missing it every day, so I'm desperately trying to buy another one Obviously, if I could afford a Ferrari I probably would get a F430, or a Gallardo, but that is in a much higher income bracket. There still is not much that can match the NSX for under $100K when it comes to the total package. The closest thing out today would be the Porsche Cayman. About the same HP, same price, same performance as the NSX, and most important same mid engine layout.

 

Did you ever post that story up on NSX Prime? I vaguely remember hearing a story similar to yours and it could very well have been you. Sorry to hear about that again though. That sure does suck. I had to have mine shipped from San Fran to Hawaiil. Too k about 6 weeks. Fortunately it didn't fall off the barge into the Pacific Ocean