Under the skin of the 2010 Acura NSX
We don't know what the next Acura (Honda) NSX will ultimately look like, but we do know that it will have a 5.5-liter V10 throwing down 560 hp through a torque-vectoring SW-AWD setup. The folks over at Auto Express have a cutaway view of the NSX's gizzards, and what lurks beneath the creased and chevroned skin of the next do-it-all-faster supercar could be good for a few extra heartbeats. We do hope, however, that these exterior renderings are quite a ways off. Otherwise, it might not be so bad if Acura offers a cutaway version of the actual car so that you don't have to see its body, because even under the camo, the new NSX is shaping up to be um, homely.[Source: Auto Express]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Christian de Saint Preux 9:37AM (11/19/2008)
ZR1
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BigMcLargeHuge 9:43AM (11/19/2008)
No, Christian. This is an Acura. A-C-U-R-A.
The ZR1 is made by GM. You are lost.
Christian de Saint Preux 10:32AM (11/19/2008)
Why buy this car when the ZR1 will be a much better buy... that was my point... They are still a bit behind... It is a front engined car and not a rear engined car... I am not lost. Why do people have to get so PERSONAL and attack everyone else on this blog.. i guess i'll have to stop posting....
Mobius_1 10:35AM (11/19/2008)
Yep, go ahead and stop posting.
Torqued 10:49AM (11/19/2008)
Or post more than 3 letters.
Tell us why you think every other car manufacturer should give up trying to build sports cars, since the ZR1 will just always be better than everything.
Or maybe your point was that sh-awd is useless and interiors don't matter. The only thing that matters is and horsepower per dollar and really fat tires.
In short, no one will miss posts like:
"ZR1"
happy_penguin 11:45AM (11/19/2008)
The ZR1 is a real world car. The NSX is a joke, a plaything of Honda engineers. Nobody wants it. It doesn't sell. Top Gear basically laughed at it.
John R 12:35PM (11/19/2008)
@happy penguin
You mean like how Top Gear also laughed at the Z06. You know the part. Where Clarkson poked at its rear end to show how flimsy it was.
Oh wait you're talking about the ZR1! The one with both the flimsy rear end AND the Cobalt steering wheel.
The $100k-118k "world car" with a Cobalt steering wheel, Jesus.
Lets be fair here. The ZR1 is a great machine but lets get the praise grounded in reality. A Veyron is a "world car". Not a Corvette.
happy_penguin 2:46PM (11/19/2008)
I said "real world car" as in ordinary people can afford it. A Veyron? Are you kidding? Who the hell can afford a Veyron? Keep dreaming. How are those NSX sales numbers?
jinsei888 9:37AM (11/19/2008)
then prepare to be disappointed because that cutaway you see is 99% likely to be it's final design. cutaway views are time consuming and are unlikely to be presented with a opaque body image unless that body design has been finalized.
i for one think it will look great
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Gomi 9:42AM (11/19/2008)
That was true back in the day but now with advanced imaging technologies cutaway views are not as taxing. A body can be made opaque a the touch of a key.
The previous gen NSX was a great car and I'm fairly certain this one will be as well.
hashiryu 9:40AM (11/19/2008)
I hope they aren't planning on calling a front engined car an NSX
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CarbonBlack 9:48AM (11/19/2008)
I love the old NSX, and define an "NSX" as a mid-engine lightweight practical car.
This is lacking the all important engine location
I had a similar opinion with the new GTR. It is a great car, but I have a problem with the use of "GTR". GTR's are I6's! ;-)
hashiryu 4:35PM (11/19/2008)
I could get over the fact that the Gt-R has an I6. I could get over the fact that the M3 is now a V8. I can even get over and appreciate that the 'Vette can know handle and is fairly reliable.
However, making a front engined NSX is like making a front engined 911, or a Heavy Lotus, or a FWD Supra.
It just undermines the whole engineering concept of the vehicle.
Honda, don't f'k with what works. If you don't make it mid-engined, don't even think about putting the NSX nameplate on it.
Mobius_1 9:40AM (11/19/2008)
I really wished they had stuck with the original NSX formula, but maybe with turbos on the V6, there are enough super-high-power supercars around, but more down-to-earth and "affordable" everyday supercars would be welcome.
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BigMcLargeHuge 9:44AM (11/19/2008)
Agreed. The V6 in the RL or TL has been able to take quite a bit of power, and would do nicely in twiin-turbo guise.
CarbonBlack 9:54AM (11/19/2008)
I agree on the boosted V6!
Maybe they could bring out the bad ass v10 version, and make another V6 model? (I'd take the v6!)
I know that with the original NSX concept they toyed around with a V8 (which obviously was never used). Perhaps they could do something like that (It would be less blasphemous)
Serge 9:55AM (11/19/2008)
But isn't a supercar ultra-powerful and very expensive by definition... it wouldn't be a supercar if it was relatively cheap and didn't have 500+ HP?
I believe you want a sports car. Try looking into a 370Z or an LS3 Vette :) those are relatively simple, fast and affordable.
Mobius_1 10:37AM (11/19/2008)
Supercars don't necessarily need to be like that. Is the GT-R a supercar?
"Supercars are designed to mess with G-forces, and hypercars are designed to mess with G-strings."
--Jeremy Clarkson
shirtman 9:46AM (11/19/2008)
And I thought the TL looked bad.
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BigMcLargeHuge 10:07AM (11/19/2008)
Reminds me a bit of a late-model 300ZX. Would be better if it looked like a late-model NSX... but its not bad.
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