Spy Shots: Acura NSX prototype lifts wheel at the 'Ring
by John Neff on Jun 17th 2008 at 7:59PM 
click above to high-res gallery of Acura NSX spy shots
The spy shots we showed you earlier of an Acura NSX prototype on the street were taken in Germany near the famed Nurburgring test track. Of course, any prototype driving around the 'Ring will eventually be driving on the 'Ring, and so it was today for Acura's future supercar. KGP photographers snapped the NSX prototype being driven hard around the Green Hell, so much so that the car's left-front wheel catches air at one point during hard cornering. There are many more angles and views of the next NSX in our gallery below that should allow you to see the car's form through its heavy camo paint even better.
[Source: KGP Photography]
KGP Photography:
Here are some new shots of the NSX, doing some hot laps on the 'Ring (along with another set heading back to its facility). The new shots all have their own charms, and each reveals something new, thanks to the different angles and lighting. One particularly intense track shot has the NSX raising its front wheel under hard cornering.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Vetmstr 8:05PM (6/17/2008)
it reminds me of the lexus
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zamafir 8:11PM (6/17/2008)
yup, and i'm not caring for what we can see of that front and rear end, to narrow, to much like a slightly larger s2000, and those accord esc tails... eep.
Red 8:18PM (6/17/2008)
Give this person a cookie. He/she has x-ray vision and can see through heavy camo and obvious add-ons to throw off the naked eye. :)
I wonder if the wench was able to get a video. I'd like to hear what's under that hood and hear what's going on with the transmission.
long 8:51PM (6/17/2008)
You just another typical toyota boy toy....jus shut up till you see the production version then comment. btw fawk toyota and the founder.
Aprime 9:08PM (6/17/2008)
ITT: fanboys.
Matt 9:46PM (6/17/2008)
No offense, but why would you want to be a fanboy of Acura OR Lexus? If I'm spending $40,000+ on a car, I'm buying a German or English car, or a CTS, not some ghetto wanna-be Camry junk.
Have you SEEN the IS-350? That thing IS a Camry, they don't even TRY to hide it. And the Camry is gross.
GROSS.
tankd0g 10:49PM (6/17/2008)
Matt, do you understand the difference between front wheel drive and rear wheel drive? You're Big Wheel is front wheel drive.
aaron 10:48PM (6/17/2008)
Hey Matt,
I agree with you, and the IS-250 is a base Camry (yet with rear-wheel drive) with no performance what so ever. Perfect for college-age girls looking for brand but no substance. Or it's perfect for the fanboys above. Ha!
Hike15 11:26PM (6/17/2008)
um matt...the es350 is camry based not the is
true that the is lacks performance but the only lexus that really has any is the is-f
Ultima 1:35AM (6/18/2008)
i second that. from other angles this thing looks almost like the LF-A
dude 12:28AM (6/20/2008)
Matt
German and English cars are good cars, fact is though they are so overrated, especially English cars (Bentley).
wtf kind of name is flying spur? sounds like sonic the hedgehogs sidekick. and the CTS? come on now, if I'm going to spend 40k on a car I want a car that's going to last me at least 30k miles without having to goto the shop 2x a month, because we all know what american manufacturing did to the TL, TSX and the Camry.
Basically, your ignorance is overwhelming.
Torrent 8:05PM (6/17/2008)
Ok. How do you know it's an Acura? It could be the Subaru coupe or a Tata for all we know.
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zamafir 8:12PM (6/17/2008)
I guess Subaru could have a bunch of civics at their garage...
Aprime 8:22PM (6/17/2008)
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/06/nsx.fw3.kgp.ed.jpg
By your logic, it could also be a Bimmer.
zamafir 8:32PM (6/17/2008)
yes yes, two brand new hondas, at what has already been identified as the honda facility in other posts, and a tired bimmer... my logic is totally flawed, google research regarding 'ring shops and common sense be damned, captain semantics wins again. I salute u sir.
Aprime 8:34PM (6/17/2008)
Well, perhaps next time you should explain your logic further rather than simply pointing out the fact that it's stopping at a shop with two Civics.
You don't have to be so cocky.
JD 8:40PM (6/17/2008)
Well, he's got a point. There are 2 brand new civics next to an E36. Who is going to use a 2 generations old car as a comparison for anything? And I mean, technically, using his logic, odds are 2 to 1 that it's a Honda facility. Just saying.
Aprime 8:49PM (6/17/2008)
Well, it could've been any garage.
I don't know, I don't spend enough time jerking over the Nurburgring and its supposed... Okay, proven awesomeness. :P
Torrent 9:23PM (6/17/2008)
an example: a vehicle of what seems to be the 2010 cobalt was spied testing at a kia/ hyundai facility-for some reason.
My point: stuff like that could happen, and I think it just did.
Dustin 11:00PM (6/17/2008)
It has the same wheels and exhaust as the S2000-looking test mule from a few months ago:
http://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/23/spy-shots-acura-nsx-mule-out-in-the-open/