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Acura NSX Replacement Arrives to Run in Japan's Super GT Series

wow! I really hope they build a production version of the car!

http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/2...gt-series.html

http://www.autoguide.com/gallery/d/1...onda_hsv10.jpg

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It’s here at last… sort of. Above is a lone photo of the replacement to the Honda/Acura NSX – at least in race car trim. Called the HSV-10 GT, or Velocity Sports Honda, this track only exotic is built to run in the GT500 class of Japan’s Super GT series. As cars in that class are limited to around 500-hp, we can safely assume the HSV-10 GT makes exactly that.

With a full carbon fiber body, what’s even more impressive is what’s under the hood – a 3.4-liter V8 engine that no doubt revvs to an impressively high (even for Honda) rpm range to get all 500 ponies. (Honda has yet to release official specs though.)

Underpinning this impressive creation is reported to be the very same chassis that Honda was working on for several years to replace the NSX but which has now been rumored canceled.

A light weight body and 500-hp 3.4L V8, only for the track? Please Honda, nobody likes a tease.

oooh that looks pretty cool

why not just build and sell it

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Originally Posted by rominl (Post 5091196)

why not just build and sell it

Are you kidding? That would be too much of a brand image boost for Honda if they were to release a V8-powered NSX replacement. What are you thinking? Some people...

Does the GT-500 class have any sort of homologation rules? If so, the car would have to go into at least a limited production run.

don't know if the output can match the GT-R but dam this car sure win's the looks department when comparing to the GT-R..

Now that's one very nice looking Unicorn...

I'm surprised Honda doesn't put the Acura emblem on the front of that "Acura NSX" replacement?

The LFA has always been a Lexus and never sported a Toyota emblem...

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Originally Posted by Trexus (Post 5091269)

Now that's one very nice looking Unicorn...

I'm surprised Honda doesn't put the Acura emblem on the front of that "Acura NSX" replacement?

The LFA has always been a Lexus and never sported a Toyota emblem...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but to my knowledge, Honda doesn't use the Acura nameplate in the Japanese domestic market. (or at least didn't used to)

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Originally Posted by Trexus (Post 5091269)

I believe the NSX was only sold as an "Acura" for the US market. So it's harder to compare it to what Lexus/Toyota did with the LF-A in that regard.

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Originally Posted by jaseman (Post 5091300)

Correct me if I'm wrong, but to my knowledge, Honda doesn't use the Acura nameplate in the Japanese domestic market. (or at least didn't used to)

You are correct. I believe Honda was going to introduce Acura into the Japanese market but that never happened...

Yeah I'm sure this car is only to serve the purpose of some special interest panel in the Honda race Organization that has absolutely nothing to do whatsoever with the buying public.
Its just a Unicorn for green dressed Lepercons to ride over the rainbow in.