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Acura is slated to release its NSX replacement sometime around the turn of the decade, but despite what you may have heard circulating the 'Net, it's not going to be priced to compete with Ferrari and Lamborghini. There's little doubt that Acura's 500+hp, V10-powered super sled has Italy's finest in its sights, along with the perennial show queen, the Lexus LF-A, but even with current exchange rates between the Japanese yen and the U.S. dollar, the successor to the NSX won't be carrying a sticker around $180,000. After contacting Mike Spencer, one of Acura's press people, he confirmed that the comments he made were taken out of context and that definitive pricing for the new vehicle is still a long way off. He would only say that the exchange rates would have an effect, but it would be unfair to attempt to guesstimate on price this early in the game. Considering that the last NSX was knocking on the $100k door before it was killed off in 2005, we'd expect a higher sticker for the next model, but pulling a number out of the air, comparing it to other vehicles in the segment and claiming it as fact, is hardly fair. As such, we'll wait for a formal announcement from Acura so you can start saving your pennies for the NSX's upcoming replacement.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Proud Japanese @ May 1st 2008 1:04PM
We've seen what the Japanese can do when they get serious with the GTR. The next NSX will be an absolute beast. Remember folks HP isn't everything. It's how you put it down and how well it corners. The GTR is down on power but it doesn't have the poor leaf springs that the Z06 has and that's why it's quicker around the ring.
And before you claim leaf springs are superior. Even the corvette racing team uses coil overs instead of leaf springs in the C6R.
psarhjinian @ May 1st 2008 1:58PM
I don't know if the NSX will necessarily show up the GTR, not should it. The NSX was never really the bruiser the Skyline was; it was more about balance and experience than cold, brutal competency. I've had the pleasure of driving the old one and it's a fun car, moreso than the numbers suggest. I've never had the pleasure of driving a Skyline, but everything I've read seems to imply the opposite: it's capable, but it is very businesslike in it's competency.
My hope is that we get a car that weighs not a lot and acts like it; sort of a stretched Elise or S2000 or Japanese Ferrari. Even if it's down on power.
Benfolio @ May 1st 2008 2:03PM
More hating on the Vette. Can we just put an end to it?
NO ONE CARES, the cars doen't even compete with one another!!!!
AWD vs RWD
V6 vs V8
4 seater vs 2 seater
etc.
About all they have in common is 4 wheels and a rear-mounted tranny.
rsfourever @ May 1st 2008 1:04PM
it better not be priced at 200k, considering what the gt-r is currently doing for 70-80k base price...
ed @ May 1st 2008 1:10PM
The GT-R comparo is a good one. Acura does need a halo to lift the brand, and so I certainly see the point an NSX, but do we remember the Integra? (http://goodcarbadcar.blogspot.com/2007/06/integra-memorial-rip.html) Isn't that the car that drew most of us to the brand?
FThorn @ May 1st 2008 1:17PM
GT-R
GT-R
GT-R
stay home Acura
Big Rocket @ May 1st 2008 1:36PM
Ever heard of the phrase, "Competition improves the breed"?
IK47 @ May 1st 2008 4:26PM
the first NSX was slower than the r32 GTR
but that doesn't mean the GTR was better
I can't wait for the new one
I hope Honda doesn't mess this up like they've been messing up everything recently
tankd0g @ May 1st 2008 1:20PM
It was $100k for a car with a V6 Accord engine, $200k for a Honda V10 would be an absolute bargin by comparison.
Cameron @ May 1st 2008 1:29PM
There wasn't a V6 Accord when the NSX came out, and even when there was finally a V6 Accord the only thing it shared with the NSX was the cylinder count. The engines aren't even close to simliar. C series versus J series. DOHC vs SOHC, real VTEC vs partial VTEC, etc etc etc
IK47 @ May 1st 2008 4:30PM
the hell are you talking about??
accord V6 engine?
since has the accord V6 ever produced 280HP?
do you know anything about the NSX?
it was the first car to feature VTEC
certainly not just a mid-engined car with an accord V6.
Red @ May 1st 2008 5:40PM
Somebody at Autoblog didn't do the research. The MSRP of the NSX was $60K. Due to dealer mark-up, the on-lot price was between $90K-$100K. It was possible to find the car less than the sticker price, but the mark-up led to the slow selling and the slow, painful demise.
All things considered, the NSX at $60K back then is what the GT-R is at $70K now. Granted, things have changed significantly and the cost of materials and manufacturing processes has certainly changed. For example, the NSX was the world's first all-aluminum, monocoque-bodied car, which is all but common place on sports and exotics.
However, when either NSX then or GT-R now is being compared to Ferrari's costing .5-1.2 times as much, I think it's most certainly a fair comparison.
That said, I think it may be possible to see this car for even around $100K-120K. People talk about the GT-R in comparison, but it's difficult to compare a Nissan to an Acura. Being an Acura, the company can afford to spend more money on different materials and processes that Nissan can't at a certain price because people will pay more for those materials. That is in no way a knock against Nissan. But if and when Nissan chooses to create an Infiniti version, they'll do the same because that car would be a hypothetical "halo" car for its luxury marquee. Same as Toyota/Lexus.
Damon Lavrinc @ May 1st 2008 5:46PM
Red - http://consumerguideauto.howstuffworks.com/2005-acura-nsx.htm
The last one I saw in late 2005 at the Acura dealership down the streetwas MSRP'd at around $95k, with zero dealer markups.
tankd0g @ May 2nd 2008 9:12AM
It was a joke idiots. And the last year of the NSX, the MSRP in Canada was over $100k
tankd0g @ May 2nd 2008 9:15AM
The current Euro Accord makes MORE than 280hp.
Cameron @ May 1st 2008 1:27PM
It will be an Aston Martin competitor more than an Italian supercar competitor.
ugg.tryptophan @ May 1st 2008 2:23PM
in that case, ill the DB9
ugg.tryptophan @ May 1st 2008 2:23PM
take, ill take it, the DB9
Torrent @ May 1st 2008 1:32PM
I care because I have 180,000 bucks burning a hole in my pocket, right. No one would buy this car even if they had the money, not with the Z06 and the GT-R out for under half the price :0Yeah I said it.
Hello Moto @ May 1st 2008 2:43PM
To say that, you never drove the first one.
The only thing it did wrong was burn tires every 5,000 miles, which hurts the pocketbook when they cost $500 each to begin with.