The NSX is making a return...

[GBalao888]

I'm surprised the NSX will really be a production car soon, next year.

 

[GBalao888]

(double post, delete)

 

[Grayfox]

The NSX will make a "firery" return

An english article about how it burst into flames(like a supercar would)

 

[Venny_]

At least it caught on fire BEFORE they produced it.

 

[sumbrownkid]

And? Last I checked, this wasn't supposed to be battling 458s and MP4s to start since it's not priced against them.

Weight isn't the factor it was back during the era of the original anymore, either. We have seen 4000lbs. Cars in the GT-R and the Veyron that hardly let the weight slow them down.

I stand by what I said. A superior chassis & suspension setup is what I believe Honda will continue to work with; it's their niche.

Well in fairness the Veyron has like a nuclear reactor powering it.

 

[ArticTrust]

Any specs released yet, the 13 in gt6 not being fully upgrade able is annoying.

 

[Grayfox]

At least it caught on fire BEFORE they produced it.

Does it really matter if it caught on fire before or after production?

Ferrari's, Lamborghini's, Porsche's catch fire after production and there still safe.

You cant be classed as a supercar unless it spontaneously combusts.

 

[NT_03]

But, otherwise, the new NSX kind of looks like the Dualnote concept.. Just sayin'.

P.S. Also, the Furai caught on fire a few months after it was released..

 

[kennylmao]

Mid engine cars are the only true cars, all the rest is for people that can't drive!

The HSV is just a race car born to be a workaround for those silly SuperGT regulations that were handicapping mid engines machines too much. There was no intention to make it street legal.

Doesn't mean they can't. They don't even need to call it the NSX, just give it a new name. If only there was a regulation that required a number of road cars to be built...

 

[niky]

Mid-engine shmid-engine... real men drive rear-engined cars.

Like so:

And so:

And so:

And lastly, but not leastly:

Excuse me... gotta go, uh... you know... uh...

 

[GTboyz]

The NSX will make a "firery" return

An english article about how it burst into flames(like a supercar would)

 

[Grayfox]

Looks happy.

This car will be a pyro.

 

[Aquarelle]

Reportedly the cause of the flame was the batteries exploding.


Cue people suggesting that if Honda just ditched the Hybrid technology this never would've happened.

 

[Grayfox]

Reportedly the cause of the flame was the batteries exploding.


Cue people suggesting that if Honda just ditched the Hybrid technology this never would've happened.

It would have happened batteries or no batteries.

Just ask Lamborghini, their cars catch on fire randomly and they have no batteries.

 

[Wiegert]

Whether it was the battery, some sort of fluid leak or overheating issue that helped trigger the blaze, I'm just glad neither of the drivers were harmed.

It would have happened batteries or no batteries.

I suggest waiting for more definitive proof first. The most we've got to go on right now is that there were two battery explosions.

Being that close to both occupants, those explosions may have been on the small side if they didn't cause any direct injury. Though significant enough to cause the fire to spread back towards the engine without harming anyone inside if they got out soon enough.

Just ask Lamborghini, their cars catch on fire randomly and they have no batteries.

If it was anything like the what Lamborghini feared was the cause of the Gallardo fires, it would have required prolonged periods of aggressive driving for anything like that to occur. And while it's clear that they were pushing hard in those Nurburgring test videos, it doesn't automatically suggest it suffered the same problem as those charred Lambos.

 

[Bo]

I think @Grayfox's post was a joke about supercar fires.

 

[Wiegert]

I think @Grayfox's post was a joke about supercar fires.

Given his posting habits, I usually get the impression that his words are more sincere than in jest.

 

[Bo]

I took it as a projection of the future; the car would've caught fire batteries or not, since it's a supercar.

 

[HKS racer]

Mid-engine shmid-engine... real men drive rear-engined cars.

Not bad.

But let me show you somethin' about MR cars.

 

[The Vanishing Boy]

-> ...

Mid-engine shmid-engine... real men drive rear-engined cars.

Excuse me... gotta go, uh... you know... uh...

^ You forgot these, my friend:

 

[McLaren]

What sweet Jesus is this?

 

[AudiMan2011]

What sweet Jesus is this?

Alpine A610 I believe.

 

[McLaren]

Alpine A610 I believe.

Much appreciated! 👍

 

[Ddrizle]

The exhaust note of the old proto was glorious. The exhaust note of the new proto is pretty decent so far.

 

[Azure Flare]

Mid engine cars are the only true cars, all the rest is for people that can't drive!

Have you ever driven a mid-engined car?

 

[Keef]

Not bad.

But let me show you somethin' about MR cars.

Funnily enough, the NSX was actually an exception to the usual exotic mid-engined handling characterstics. That and the Lotus Elise. Most of the Italian mid-engine cars are rather stable with notable understeer.

 

[HKS racer]

Funnily enough, the NSX was actually an exception to the usual exotic mid-engined handling characterstics. That and the Lotus Elise. Most of the Italian mid-engine cars are rather stable with notable understeer.

They are stable with notable understeer only for people that don't how to use their right foot.

 

[Leonidae@MFT]

They are stable with notable understeer only for people that don't how to use their right foot.

Right foot? MR car isn't going to do LRA hachiroku thing. Flooring the throttle in an MR would move more weight to the back, lighten the front end and cause MORE understeer.

 

[HKS racer]

Right foot? MR car isn't going to do LRA hachiroku thing. Flooring the throttle in an MR would move more weight to the back, lighten the front end and cause MORE understeer.

Oh we have a teacher that drove every MR car in the world that can tell us they are all understeery.
Can you please tell me why the fastest race cars on a race track most of times are MR?

About road cars let me suggest this rFactor mod. It's an NSX with good physics.

 

[TheCracker]

Oh we have a teacher that drove every MR car in the world that can tell us they are all understeery.
Can you please tell me why the fastest race cars on a race track most of times are MR?

Because it's the the most ideal layout for racing on a race track for a number of reasons. The road isn't the race track, the things that make MR ideal for the track dont necessarily make them ideal for the road. More weight at the back will make a MR car understeer under acceleration out of a corner. That is the laws of physics.