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St00k 12-22-09 06:41 AM

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


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.

muhbuhtuh 12-22-09 07:13 AM

oooh that looks pretty cool

spwolf 12-22-09 08:11 AM

fancy.......

bad co 12-22-09 08:24 AM

http://slog.thestranger.com/files/20...zle-703227.jpg

PhilipMSPT 12-22-09 08:30 AM


rominl 12-22-09 08:36 AM

why not just build and sell it

FisforFast 12-22-09 08:42 AM


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...

jaseman 12-22-09 08:43 AM

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.

1993ES300x 12-22-09 09:00 AM

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..

Trexus 12-22-09 09:08 AM

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...

jaseman 12-22-09 09:23 AM


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)

92 SC400 12-22-09 09:28 AM


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...

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.

Trexus 12-22-09 09:29 AM


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...

Milla... 12-22-09 11:51 AM

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.

Mister Two 12-22-09 12:08 PM


Originally Posted by jaseman (Post 5091216)
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.

It does, but Super GT already made an exemption for Honda after Honda applied for a special permission for the HSV-10 GT to enter the series without any production plan.

jaseman 12-22-09 12:12 PM


Originally Posted by Mister Two (Post 5091706)
It does, but Super GT already made an exemption for Honda after Honda applied for a special permission for the HSV-10 GT to enter the series without any production plan.

Thanks. Guess that means the sanctioning body wants Honda to participate, even if they don't have a production platform to compete with.

Any idea if Honda is a major series sponsor, or financial backer of some sort?

Vladi 12-22-09 12:42 PM


Originally Posted by Mister Two (Post 5091706)
It does, but Super GT already made an exemption for Honda after Honda applied for a special permission for the HSV-10 GT to enter the series without any production plan.

Not really. Honda found a loophole in rules which does not require a manufacturer to have a car in production in order to enter the series (shocker a I know). Manufacturers only need to have their car approved by some association, I forgot the name, and then they are cleared to race. Honda submitted plans for now canned FR NSX replacement and got approved to race in SuperGT.

jaseman 12-22-09 01:27 PM

Taken from another website:


Honda has managed to side-step the Super GT rules that require the use of a car based on a production vehicle by presenting the drawings and specs of the car to JAF (Japan Automobile Federation), which sanctions the GT Series. The rules permit cars that are production ready, though not necessarily in production, which is why the NSX and Toyota Supra are still a part of the championship.

LexFather 12-22-09 01:28 PM


Originally Posted by bad co (Post 5091162)


Originally Posted by PhilipMSPT (Post 5091174)

exactly...meanwhile we get a 120hp or so crz.. Lol

I8ABMR 12-22-09 02:00 PM

god. this car has been killed, brought back, killed, and now set up for racing. The clowns at Honda need to get their **** together

MPLexus301 12-22-09 02:07 PM

I dont understand how any of you can look at that picture and say, "Ohhh....ahhhh....so pretty."

The nonexistent, never gonna happen, not even in this ballpark production model would look very different.

TLe2006 12-22-09 03:21 PM

At least Honda put it use rather than completely cancel the project after they spent all the money on it. Maybe they might put it to use later real later in the future.

LexFather 12-22-09 09:11 PM


Originally Posted by TLe2006 (Post 5092089)
At least Honda put it use rather than completely cancel the project after they spent all the money on it. Maybe they might put it to use later real later in the future.

Thats like saying "Hey I'm glad Unicorns have horns as they might put them to use one day to stab someone". :v8acura::v8acura::v8acura:

Its lame, it is not even using the V-10 powerplant in the NSX mule is people forgot and its simply a loophole.

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/d...op-unicorn.jpg

TLe2006 12-22-09 09:17 PM

you suggest they should destroy everything they developed and waste all the time they spent?

LexFather 12-22-09 09:23 PM


Originally Posted by TLe2006 (Post 5092714)
you suggest they should destroy everything they developed and waste all the time they spent?

They wasted everything they developed. This will not be sold. It is a unicorn. Did you miss the part about it using a DIFFERENT engine? So what development was that? :confused: I don't think SH-AWD will be used either. So again, what development? :uh:

Yeah its great its going to race under a loophole and it also is a slap in the face to loyal Honda fans who were saying how the next NSX was going to be the next big thing and it was canned and instead we get this. :egads:

TLe2006 12-22-09 09:35 PM

They might not use the engine but they're using the body/frame of the car.

Now that they have a v8, maybe they'll put into production later in the future. Even though there are news that they won't. Everyone criticize for not having v8 or selling v8 engine. Now that they have one develop for racing, maybe they'll make it into production.

Faymester 12-22-09 10:09 PM


Originally Posted by Trexus (Post 5091317)
You are correct. I believe Honda was going to introduce Acura into the Japanese market but that never happened...

... because they're still working at the whole 'luxury' aspect of the brand?

MR_F1 12-22-09 10:54 PM


Originally Posted by TLe2006 (Post 5092747)
They might not use the engine but they're using the body/frame of the car.

Now that they have a v8, maybe they'll put into production later in the future. Even though there are news that they won't. Everyone criticize for not having v8 or selling v8 engine. Now that they have one develop for racing, maybe they'll make it into production.

No they aren't.

pvmike1 12-22-09 11:24 PM

It sounds awesome:

http://www.honda.co.jp/SuperGT/

I lol'ed when I read this on NSX Prime:


I feel like I went to the strip club and saw the most exotic dancer I have ever seen. But when I asked for a lap dance, she said "Sorry, I only dance for JGTC drivers."

Garage7RP 12-22-09 11:31 PM

Very nice!!!

GS wanted 12-23-09 07:25 AM

NSX replacement = Dr. Dre's Detox album... highly speculated, highly anticipated, highly desired yet still not a reality.

TripleL 12-23-09 07:54 AM


Originally Posted by pvmike1 (Post 5092941)

I lol'ed when I read this on NSX Prime:

LMAO, that's an awesome quote, Thanks!

jaseman 12-23-09 08:09 AM


Originally Posted by GS wanted (Post 5093344)
NSX replacement = Dr. Dre's Detox album... highly speculated, highly anticipated, highly desired yet still not a reality.

Better than G-n-R's Chinese Democracy! Highly speculated, highly anticipated, barely desired, and a total flop when it finally arrived! :p

LexFather 12-23-09 08:46 AM


Originally Posted by pvmike1 (Post 5092941)
It sounds awesome:

http://www.honda.co.jp/SuperGT/

I lol'ed when I read this on NSX Prime:

LMFAO..poor NSXPrime, a great site and great people. They were SICK anyway if it WAS going to be produced. A front engine, AWD NSX? :sad:

So let me get this right. Honda pulls out of F1 for costs, cuts any RWD, V-8, car for cost reasons, cancels their B.S "teir 1" program, blames the economy, then says they are going green and smart, then has their CEO say the LFA is the "old" way of doing things....

Then they put the money in a car that won't be sold so they can race.
:uh::egads:

They really need to shut the hell up from the CEO to fanbois. Its more embarrassing than ever.

Trexus 12-23-09 09:23 AM


Originally Posted by Faymester (Post 5092798)
... because they're still working at the whole 'luxury' aspect of the brand?

Lexus is so far ahead of Acura in the U.S., Japan and the whole entire world for that matter...good luck to Acura...

MR_F1 12-24-09 10:38 AM

So, the Honda was out and about today.... Testing at Suzuka

http://minkara.carview.co.jp/userid/...314/photo.aspx

http://carview-img02.bmcdn.jp/minkar...1812314/p1.jpg

http://carview-img02.bmcdn.jp/minkar...1812314/p5.jpg

http://ameblo.jp/grooveair/entry-10418284556.html

Mister Two 12-25-09 10:51 PM

Videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5NdwaT93tg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qR53vodYk40
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTJ90bYVJEQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCqY-vAX4EA

Sounds just like an F1 car. Must say I'm a fan now, although it saddens me knowing that something this awesome is not going to be produced.

highstakes 12-26-09 03:34 PM


Originally Posted by Mister Two (Post 5098271)

Best part was when two of them showed up, loved that sound!


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