Acura NSX Replacement Arrives to Run in Japan's Super GT Series
12-22-09 | 06:41 AM
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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/auto-news/2...gt-series.html
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.
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.
12-22-09 | 08:42 AM
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12-22-09 | 09:08 AM
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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'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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12-22-09 | 09:23 AM
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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)
12-22-09 | 09:28 AM
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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.
12-22-09 | 09:29 AM
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12-22-09 | 11:51 AM
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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.
Its just a Unicorn for green dressed Lepercons to ride over the rainbow in.
12-22-09 | 12:08 PM
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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.