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01-16-2018, 07:40 AM | #1 | |
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Acura Confirms Return of Type S Nameplate Plus a New (and Exclusive) Turbo V-6
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05-14-2018, 07:24 AM | #2 |
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Expected to borrow components from the NSX GT3 race car.
Rumors of an amped-up Type R version of the second-generation NSX have been swirling around the Internet since February 2016, just one a day after Acura opened the order books in the United States for the standard model. At the beginning of this year, Jon Ikeda, the vice president and general manager of Acura in the U.S., hinted at the possibility of dialing the NSX up a notch: “I’m a car guy, so always faster performance vehicles … yeah we like that, we talk about it.” During his interview with Australia’s Motoring, Ikeda was a bit cautious, adding “we’ll see … anything can happen. “There’s always proposals” before revealing the company had no plans for an NSX Type R at that stage. Fast forward to present day, a new report originating from Japan indicates the hotter derivative has been given the green light and we will get to see it as early as 2019 before going on sale in 2020. While the standard NSX packs 573 horsepower, the meaner version is rumored to bump output to 641 hp transferred to the road via the same dual-clutch, nine-speed automatic transmission. It is believed the biturbo 3.5-liter V6 will borrow a thing or two from the race-spec engine found in the rear-wheel-drive NSX GT3 race car. Like its track-only sibling, the highly anticipated NSX Type R is expected to feature a more aggressive body dipped in carbon fiber and fitted with a large wing for added downforce at the rear axle. There have been a signs pointing towards the direction of a beefier version, with Honda patenting a new air dam illustrated on an NSX. Not only that, but a couple of interesting prototypes were seen at the Nürburgring undergoing testing last August, so this new juicy rumor makes sense. Meanwhile, Autobild reported last month about Acura’s plans to unveil an NSX Roadster as early as this year, but just like with the Type R derivative, we’ll believe it when we’ll see it. |
05-14-2018, 10:34 AM | #3 |
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Acura needs to grab back and use LEGEND designation.
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05-15-2018, 09:47 AM | #4 |
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I agree. The alpha name designations were hip in the early 2000s, but they just confuse people now.
Funny they mention wanting to bring out more NSX models, they can barely sell what they are building. They sold 5 in the US last month. January, February, March was 34,17,16. The most fruitful months were October and November, selling in the 80s,but that was due to some strong incentives. Acura had acknowledged that the NSX is barely selling and they are okay with it, they say it at least brings curious buyers into the dealerships. |
05-15-2018, 10:36 AM | #5 | |
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05-16-2018, 09:34 AM | #6 |
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05-14-2018, 11:42 AM | #7 |
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A neighbor just recently picked up an A-spec tlx... not a bad looking car.
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05-14-2018, 09:54 PM | #8 |
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05-15-2018, 03:02 PM | #9 |
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If they would have thrown a turbo V6 in the back, 6 speed option and priced it in the 60-80k bracket, they probably would have killed. They would have made it compete against the entry level Porsches and the TT, and probably would have done well.
Instead they're making even more expensive versions. They'll sell a handful to the gotta have it crowd, then it'll fizzle out. Probably unrealistic from the development standpoint, but they should engineer a simpler, cheaper, non hybrid version. |
05-15-2018, 04:28 PM | #10 |
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here is an idea honda... you nimwits.
Make it a tt V6 and only RWD and with a DSG or manual option, and ditch the stupid heavy batteries and electric motors. Make a pure drivers car, You cannot POSSIBLY do worse than you are now with the current NSX failure. |
05-15-2018, 05:14 PM | #11 |
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I said this from day one when they decided to change everything and make it a high dollar battery tour de GTR rather than a proper NSX replacement.
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05-15-2018, 08:27 PM | #12 |
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They didn’t want to compete. Easier to compete in a space of one, than a half dozen. It’s just not the Honda of the 90’s or early 2000’s. Look at the CTR, instead of competing head to head with the STI, Golf R, EVO, and RS, let’s just make it the fastest wrong wheel drive instead. It’s their MO.
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05-15-2018, 10:23 PM | #13 | |
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05-17-2018, 12:48 PM | #14 | |
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.. and the CTR will run circles around the STIs, RSs, and Rs on a race track while using up less fuel, brakes, and tires while still being a very reasonable daily driver. Gotta have that AWD for winning the stoplight drags whenever V8 Mustangs and Camaros, //M cars, AMGs, SRTs (including Jeeps) aren't around, though. You can be the fastest egg on the block from 0-60 if you sacrifice your clutch, and you can almost out pace minivans in an STI from 5-60 if you don't like clutch replacements.. you just need to go stage 2. |
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05-15-2018, 10:42 PM | #15 |
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No word of a lie. Acura sold 5 NSX's in the month of April in the US. I realize Acura is in damage control making excuses why only 5 sold but it's pretty tough to hide what a spectacular failure the car has been. Worst part is that it was very unavoidable as most of us could have predicted it was going to bust. Any time you resurrect a classic you better ensure the new version pays homage to the original and they did none of that in making a cold, bloated, tech-filled hybrid, that's strictly a numbers car devoid of any emotion. It's an NSX in name only.
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08-12-2019, 02:06 PM | #16 | |
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Start with the J37, destroke to 3.0l, raise redline to 9,500 (same piston speeds as an F20C), install K20A head design. ~400hp from 3.0 liters displacement, easy. That's more than enough power for a 2800lb NSX to be the best driver's car ever made. And it shouldn't weight any more than that. If Honda can make a mid sized sedan (the Civic) weigh about that, why not a mid-engine two seater? |
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05-16-2018, 10:09 AM | #17 |
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when they announced the specs for the current NSX I shook my head and say, 'that is not the droid you should be looking for'.
Skip the hybrid crap....That is the thing of hyper cars. You cannot out MacLaren MacLaren. Instead, build on your pure drivers car roots.. You would have sold many more. |
05-16-2018, 08:26 PM | #18 |
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They made the same mistake with the NSX that they made with the CRZ. The CRZ had none of the charm of the original CRX. It was too heavy to be a lightweight 2 seater. It was too underpowered to be any kind of performance contender and too inefficient to attract the hypermiler crowd.
The NSX was supposed to have a V10. Honda even published a paper on it in English; it was basically their answer to the Lexus LFA engine. It got canned in the financial crisis. Then it was delayed for so long that they lost the gee whiz factor of being hybrid. Ferrari and McLaren beat them to it. What a joke. Acura has't had anything since the RSX Type-S went out of production. |
05-17-2018, 04:09 AM | #19 |
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That is the last car I bought new before my 2015 WRX, and ironically enough, cross shopped it for months against the 2002 WRX. Couldn’t get over the tonka toy interior of the Subaru, so I went with the S. Even the RSX was quickly outdone a year later by the SRT-4.
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05-17-2018, 12:53 PM | #20 |
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Have you driven a 2.4L ILX? 3000lbs, 200hp/180lb-ft, 5-60 in 6.9s (a hair faster than the RSX Type-S). The MSRP sucked, though. Used, you can pick them up for the same price as a Civic Si. I loved mine.
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05-18-2018, 02:45 AM | #21 |
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It's remarkable that every FWD and RWD car in Western Washington isn't at the bottom of the Salish Sea in the world you live in.
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05-18-2018, 06:12 AM | #22 |
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05-18-2018, 12:54 PM | #23 |
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08-10-2019, 11:20 AM | #24 |
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Acura needs to bring back an Integra type sport car. Enough of these boring mid or full sized sedans that aren't fun. Build something to compete with cars like the S3.
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08-10-2019, 09:39 PM | #25 | |
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