The NSX is making a return...

[Nessy]

As iv'e said before, i really love this new NSX. I think the design language that they've used looks great, i see a little bit of R8 about it, but not enough to make me think it's not a fresh design. I quite liked the HSV as well, but i'm so glad they ditched that approach and came up with this instead.
Overall, i'd say the design team at Honda are doing an excellent job, and i hope they continue in this direction, also, if they ever build this: http://www.caradvice.com.au/209250/honda-gear-concept-fixie-inspired-city-car-debuts-montreal/
I would buy it in a heartbeat.

 

[a6m5]

also, if they ever build this: http://www.caradvice.com.au/209250/honda-gear-concept-fixie-inspired-city-car-debuts-montreal/
I would buy it in a heartbeat.

That is a Japanese kei cars from the 70's! Yes, please!

 

[Nessy]

That is a Japanese kei cars from the 70's! Yes, please!

Yes it does look like the Honda Z600 coupe from the 70's, i think that's why i like it so much.
I think another reason i like it so much, is that it has a kind of Pininfarina/Bertone feel to the design.

 

[avens]

I wanted the new nsx to look like a glimpse to the future, oh well.

 

[homeforsummer]

I wanted the new nsx to look like a glimpse to the future, oh well.

Technologically, it is.

The more I see the looks, the more I like it anyway. Like Toyota, Honda's designs seem to be getting "sharper", distancing them from American or European designs and giving them a bit more of a Japanese identity. Part of me suspects the silver colour of the concept isn't the best for showing off the new NSX - would be interesting to see one in white, or a deep metallic red.

 

[SlipZtrEm]

Part of me suspects the silver colour of the concept isn't the best for showing off the new NSX - would be interesting to see one in white, or a deep metallic red.

Championship White?!

I'm not sure if it's over-exposure based on modern design or not, but I'm finding I like the NSX more and more now too. Mind you, I also am more and more tempted by the simple beauty of the original on a daily basis.

 

[avens]

Technologically, it is.

The more I see the looks, the more I like it anyway. Like Toyota, Honda's designs seem to be getting "sharper", distancing them from American or European designs and giving them a bit more of a Japanese identity. Part of me suspects the silver colour of the concept isn't the best for showing off the new NSX - would be interesting to see one in white, or a deep metallic red.

Rephrasing that post, more than that what I wanted to say is I prefer the futuristic look of the first concept. That truly set the nsx apart from american and european cars plus made it different, desirable, something anyone would think of getting instead of a r8 (hopefully spider) or the new corvette (funny that honda/acura released this at the same time. Do they really think they compete against it?).

Sure the classic nsx looks "boring" by today's standards, but at the time it was a pretty much unique street car. The new nsx concept is a "head turner" but mainly because it is a super car (like many others) instead of being a unique super car (pagani zonda for example).

 

[homeforsummer]

Rephrasing that post, more than that what I wanted to say is I prefer the futuristic look of the first concept.

Which concept in particular are you referring to? Haven't there been several over the last decade or so?

Sure the classic nsx looks "boring" by today's standards, but at the time it was a pretty much unique street car.

Not really - that's the rose tinted spectacles talking again. It wasn't a direct copy of any other vehicle, but it wasn't particular unique either - and was criticised quite a bit at the time for exactly that reason. Everyone loved how it drove, but most were fairly nonplussed by its looks.

Again, I'm not saying it's an unattractive car and I'd totally own one myself, but it's another car to have benefited from internet exposure and the passing of time, rather than any stand-out styling of the time. If anything, it looks better today than it did in its day, because we're better able to appreciate its qualities with the benefit of hindsight. Though early NSXs still have a lot of typically nasty 1980s-1990s Japanese detailing.

Dare I say it, there's a bit of the "Gran Turismo effect" about it, in that a generation who grew up playing GT have taken certain cars to their hearts in a way the generation who actually grew up able to buy them new never did. That the GT generation are now in a better position to afford some of these cars when their parents may not have been able to probably helps...

 

[Saf1]

Fantastic car ad!

 

[RDF97]

Will it be a better success story this time around?

 

[a6m5]

If anything, it looks better today than it did in its day, because we're better able to appreciate its qualities with the benefit of hindsight. Though early NSXs still have a lot of typically nasty 1980s-1990s Japanese detailing.

This is a car magazine nonsense. I was a teen as this car debuted, and at least where I lived(Portland, OR), it was 100% inaccurate. This car, along with the 3000GT(Mitsu) were turning heads of the people who hated Japanese cars then(plenty of that back in the day). Us kids, we were pretty much drooling over them. Hardly scientific, but what I remember is unanimous win for the design. Not today, but at the end of the 80's(even before the car was released) to maybe mid 90's.

Regardless of if it was a historical design or not, there is absolutely no doubt that it was very popular design in its day. IMO, still very cool, but nowhere nearly as exciting as it was two decades ago.

Dare I say it, there's a bit of the "Gran Turismo effect" about it, in that a generation who grew up playing GT have taken certain cars to their hearts in a way the generation who actually grew up able to buy them new never did. That the GT generation are now in a better position to afford some of these cars when their parents may not have been able to probably helps...

People I'm talking about would probably slap me for even bringing up video games while talking about cars. Truly, I think Gran Turismo helped a lot of Nissans & "ricer" type cars, but I don't believe the NSX received as much contribution as they did.

 

[Ddrizle]

If a change to that headlight design & front end is made for this new NSX, I might like it.

Glad they scrapped this horrid design. To me, in more ways than one, it wasn't an NSX. The HSV-010 GT sure sounds great though.

 

[RACECAR]

Glad they scrapped this horrid design. To me, in more ways than one, it wasn't an NSX. The HSV-010 GT sure sounds great though.

Why exactly did anyone think that was ever going to be an NSX in the first place?

 

[DeathSmiles]

I loved that car. I wish they actually showed it in some form, rather than heavily camo'd.

And Honda made it pretty clear that was the next NSX, at the time. There were several design exercises. That just happened to be the one that actually made it that far.

 

[Eunos_Cosmo]

Hmmmm

 

[Fazerfan]

Interior looks good.

 

[DeathSmiles]

Man, that's more than similar. lol Honda original dont steal!

 

[Keef]

Hmmmm

Holy cow would you look at that, it resembles the layout of the original NSX which is 20 years old now. HMMMMMM. Or maybe that of a Lamborghini, another notable mid-engined car. Could it be that the Lexus is an imposter posing as an established and accomplished mid-engined sports car of yore?

 

[Brend]

I was going to make a similar post Keef.

 

[Eunos_Cosmo]

Holy cow would you look at that, it resembles the layout of the original NSX which is 20 years old now. HMMMMMM. Or maybe that of a Lamborghini, another notable mid-engined car. Could it be that the Lexus is an imposter posing as an established and accomplished mid-engined sports car of yore?

No I don't think so.

 

[Nessy]

The new NSX interior looks fairly original to me. Maybe it shares a few of the good ergonomics, but that's easily forgivable.

 

[CodeRedR51]

New NSX comfirmed for production.....again?

 

[Tornado]

Holy cow would you look at that, it resembles the layout of the original NSX which is 20 years old now. HMMMMMM. Or maybe that of a Lamborghini, another notable mid-engined car. Could it be that the Lexus is an imposter posing as an established and accomplished mid-engined sports car of yore?

Reminds me of when people were claiming Chevrolet was cribbing off the Audi R8 with the C7 Corvette interior when it was laid out almost identically to the 1990-1993 C4.

 

[sumbrownkid]

So will this new NSX only be built in Ohio, or is it just for our market?

All previous NSXs had to be imported and that's why it made the price tag jump.

 

[marcus_war]

misread the question

 

[Tornado]

He meant will it only be built in America but sourced to other locations (like the Mitsubishi Eclipse), or will it be built in other locations too.

 

[Keef]

It'll be built here and exported elsewhere. The US should be its biggest market; that combined with production costs means it's cheaper to build here as are many other cars like the Accord or BMW trucks.

 

[McLaren]

So will this new NSX only be built in Ohio, or is it just for our market?

All previous NSXs had to be imported and that's why it made the price tag jump.

That wasn't the reason. It spent 6 years in development prior to it's 1990 release & much of the technology it introduced was well ahead of the competition. Then you have to cater in that Honda was going for reliability, yet with enough performance to topple the 348 Ferrari.

The company had to make a profit somewhere.

 

[RDF97]

They ruined the NSX NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

Between 1990 and 2005 it looked pretty much like a Porsche 911 from that time period. EXACTLY THE SAME!!!

 

[Stevisiov]

Between 1990 and 2005 it looked pretty much like a Porsche 911 from that time period. EXACTLY THE SAME!!!

You are joking right!?

Seriously.