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FUTURISTIC....The New Honda NSX...;)!


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...Yummy...especially the headlights....drool okay..

...looks sumwad similar 2 the R8...

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...Extracts from TopGear UK..

The new Honda NSX gets closer…

Dan Read reports as Honda (well, Acura) whip the sheets off the latest concept in Detroit...

Honda – or rather, its posh American relation Acura – has just whipped the sheets of the latest version of the NSX Concept. You may recognize it from the car we first saw in Detroit last year, only this time someone remembered to fit some seats and a steering wheel and other useful things inside. Which is why we elbowed our way through the scrum at the Detroit Show to be the first through the low, grey doors.

The theme? Simple and swoopy. The seat bolsters, grab rails and transmission tunnel seem to pounce forward, as if they’re making a break for the windscreen. But where most concept cockpits are works of fantasy with nowhere to put your cup of coffee, this one has a traditional rear-view mirror and storage compartments. You can see out quite easily. There’s an oblong screen in the middle of the dash, under which is a straightforward cluster of buttons for the gearbox, handbrake and sport modes. The steering wheel is round-ish, with three spokes. The seats are thin and beautifully sculpted. Actually, the whole thing feels very much like the inside of the McLaren 12C.

You could imagine it going on sale looking just like this, when it reaches showrooms in about two years from now. Honda’s people weren’t giving much else away, but we’ll eat our origami swans if it doesn’t have the petrol-electric powertrain and 4WD we speculated on last year. The petrol engine, mostly likely a 3.5-litre V6 with 400bhp, will be correctly placed in the middle of the car and power the rear wheels. Then there are two electric motors up front: one for each wheel, operating independently to sniff out grip and see-off understeer, plus another one in the transmission at the rear to boost engine power when asked. Together, the electric motors will most probably add about 100bhp to the powertrain, bringing the new NSX to 500bhp overall.

This version – probably one or two steps away from the final production model – is also slightly smaller than before, but we’re talking about a few millimeters trimmed here and there. Overall, the proportions are as low and taught as an Audi R8. In fact, standing beside it, with the roofline just above your waist, it’s hard to fathom how they’ve crammed all those motors inside. If it stays like this, you could be looking at one of the most exciting cars we’ll drive this decade. Here’s hoping, anyway…

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I won't mind spending money on them if the really put this into production.... Cos all their present models.... Lets just say I've seen better ones....

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Whether my Maker is prepared for the ordeal of meeting me is another matter - Winston Churchill

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Not nice ley, maybe too inclined to the old NSX's design liao...

'It’s more than that. It’s a communal celebration of horsepower, torque, grip, leather, technology and beauty. It is the last bastion of automotive lust.'- Jeremy Clarkson

"And if you no longer go for a gap that exist, you are no longer a racing driver because we are competing, we are competing to win. And the main motivation to all of us is to compete for victory, it's not to come 3rd, 4th, 5th or 6th."- The Late and Great Ayrton Senna

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