NSX successor to debut at Detroit Auto Show
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NSX successor to debut at Detroit Auto Show
LAS VEGAS — Let the speculation end now: Acura at long last plans to unveil a prototype of its long-awaited next-generation NSX supercar in just four weeks at the 2012 Detroit Auto Show.
Some quick highlights on the 2013 NSX, shared with us by Acura executives:
- It will be a midengine two-seater, like the original.
- Unlike the earlier NSX, the new Acura performance flagship will feature a V6 hybrid powertrain.
- The new NSX will be similar in proportion to the original car, but with more aggressive styling.
The next-generation NSX is expected to share Honda's new SH-AWD hybrid system with the 2013 successor to the Acura RL sedan. The system mates a high-output V6 engine with a pair of electric motors and a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic. Honda says the V6 hybrid system, which drives all four wheels, will provide "acceleration equivalent to V8 engines," with the fuel economy of a four-cylinder.
The NSX prototype that will be shown in Detroit will be an exterior design "buck" only, with no interior. It will ride on five-spoke alloy rims shod with Michelin Pilot Super Sport tires — 255/35ZR19 front and 275/30ZR20 rear.
The front end of the new car resembles that of the movie car Acura built for the new Avengers movie currently in production. The prototype features a low nose, low cowl and thin A-pillars, much like the original NSX, but is wider, with edgier styling.
Honda's ground-breaking, midengine NSX was built from 1990-2005 and sold in the U.S. under the Acura brand. In 2008, the company killed a proposed front-engine V10 four-wheel-drive supercoupe, ostensibly to rival Lexus' LFA, but a racing version with a 3.4-liter V8, carbon-fiber chassis and rear-wheel drive survived as the HSV-010, winning Japan's Super GT series championship in 2010.
Inside Line says: We would have preferred a V8 hybrid — but will withhold judgment until we put the V6 through its paces.
Some quick highlights on the 2013 NSX, shared with us by Acura executives:
- It will be a midengine two-seater, like the original.
- Unlike the earlier NSX, the new Acura performance flagship will feature a V6 hybrid powertrain.
- The new NSX will be similar in proportion to the original car, but with more aggressive styling.
The next-generation NSX is expected to share Honda's new SH-AWD hybrid system with the 2013 successor to the Acura RL sedan. The system mates a high-output V6 engine with a pair of electric motors and a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic. Honda says the V6 hybrid system, which drives all four wheels, will provide "acceleration equivalent to V8 engines," with the fuel economy of a four-cylinder.
The NSX prototype that will be shown in Detroit will be an exterior design "buck" only, with no interior. It will ride on five-spoke alloy rims shod with Michelin Pilot Super Sport tires — 255/35ZR19 front and 275/30ZR20 rear.
The front end of the new car resembles that of the movie car Acura built for the new Avengers movie currently in production. The prototype features a low nose, low cowl and thin A-pillars, much like the original NSX, but is wider, with edgier styling.
Honda's ground-breaking, midengine NSX was built from 1990-2005 and sold in the U.S. under the Acura brand. In 2008, the company killed a proposed front-engine V10 four-wheel-drive supercoupe, ostensibly to rival Lexus' LFA, but a racing version with a 3.4-liter V8, carbon-fiber chassis and rear-wheel drive survived as the HSV-010, winning Japan's Super GT series championship in 2010.
Inside Line says: We would have preferred a V8 hybrid — but will withhold judgment until we put the V6 through its paces.
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front looks horrid. if your not gonna build an update to the most balanced chassis to come out of japan then just leave it be. and what were they thinking about a v-8? unless its one of the indy openwheel v-8's they make for IRL (somehting like 3.0l v-8) then just leave it as a strong v-6