2009 Tokyo Auto Salon: Mugen NSX RR
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Mugen NSX RR
With the NSX successor officially cancelled, Honda tapped long-time motorsports partner Mugen to create a one-off coupe to commemorate the everyday supercar that ended production in 2005. The Mugen NSX RR is stretched to 177.95 inches (almost four inches more than the '94-05 model), and widened by 5.5 inches and features a combination of carbon fiber and aluminum body panels. A set of upgrade brakes and GT-style body kit, join a new rear wing, hood-scoop and diffusers, while the stock 3.0-liter V6 remains and is mated to a revised six-speed manual gearbox. Mugen hasn't released any power figures, but informed speculation pegs output between 350 and 380 hp.
While it's highly-doubtful that Honda or Mugen will sell the NSX RR in the States, there's a good chance that the tuning firm will acquire some low-mileage NSX-Rs in Japan to produce a limited run of the RR, similar to the NISMO R34 GT-R Z-Tune Nissan produced at the end of the Skyline's production run.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Vlad 1:10PM (1/13/2009)
Whatever
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Yikes 1:12PM (1/13/2009)
2.4 liter V6
Sounds interesting.
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Metar 1:45PM (1/13/2009)
Should've been a 2.4l V8, like the ones the Honda F1 team have in stock now that they've pulled out. :P
chairman 1:13PM (1/13/2009)
If I saw this anywhere other than a racetrack, my first instinct would be to laugh. It's a bit too tuner-tastic for my taste.
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Tourian 5:01PM (1/13/2009)
Really? So if this thing blew by you on the highway doing 140 or so with a highpitched racecar like VTEC howl at some dizzyingly high RPM with porbably some uncorked, no cat or muffled exhuast...your first reaction would be to giggle?
I think your "carguy" player card needs to be revoked.
Wally 1:12PM (1/13/2009)
Good job making a very clean, understated, good looking car look like crap
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xpolarx 2:18PM (1/13/2009)
Here's the thing...functional aerodynamics have a tendency to be hideous...it just comes with the territory. My main issue is this: if you're going to make it look like a GT500 car...shouldn't it perform like one? I'll give up some sleekness if it gets me around the track faster than an ACR, but 350-to-380hp just isn't going to make that happen. I'd also be willing to bet that it'll cost more than double what an ACR costs.
SimbaDogg 3:04PM (1/13/2009)
@xpolarx
350-380 aint much wouldn't be much, actually anything in a car weighing 3300 or 3700 pounds like the GTR. but depending on how much they stripped...if this tips the scales at around 2600, you certainly will have something that has some get up and go
revvo 11:33PM (1/13/2009)
Unlike nearly every riced car out there, at least this NSX doesn't have altezza lights or a useless spoiler. If Mugen did it this way, on top of the distinctive look, it's probably very functional too. If you've seen other Mugen designs, you'll agree that this look is "Mugen-ish".
I think they should have went with Spoon, but their relationship with Mugen is closer. The Spoon NSX-R GT has a cleaner "more stock" look and the engine develops 420HP.
I will admit the body, especially from the rear seems a bit over done but I'm glad to see once again the NSX in a showroom.
Mazda FTW! 1:15PM (1/13/2009)
LMAAAAOOOOOOOOOOO
It's like putting a jet engine on a horse-drawn carriage.
Pathetic.
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Epyx 1:19PM (1/13/2009)
Rice-tastic!
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autoflogger 1:24PM (1/13/2009)
An extra 'R'.....hmmmmm.
Stay tuned for the GT-RR then this NSX will be pwned.
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Tourian 1:27PM (1/13/2009)
A little overwrought, but I like it. I think I like the the regular Type R better - in Championship White please. I am very curious about this destroked 2.4L V6, if that what it is. Probably has some motorcycle like redline, like 10,000 maybe?
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joystick 1:32PM (1/13/2009)
if anything ever needed side scoops, this is it. this is where honda's f1 programme ended up....
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esteva03 1:35PM (1/13/2009)
i like it. like any other NSX. but the things that they changed on this car were only changes to be useful in the JGTC.
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autoflogger 1:40PM (1/13/2009)
Yes, the bodywork is straight off the Japan GT500 series NSX.
nastinupe 1:37PM (1/13/2009)
This would have been relevant 10 years ago when the NSX was 8 years old and needed a change.
Now it's like taking a 1991 Ferrari 348 and making a special edition. How pathetic.
Nissan gives us a GT-R and Honda gives us a special edition of a canceled car that was 14 years old when it bowed out.
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BoneHeadOtto 1:38PM (1/13/2009)
It need a TL shield grill on the front. That would complete the "look"
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Torrent 1:41PM (1/13/2009)
This can't be real.
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Neil 1:48PM (1/13/2009)
Does anyone remember the cartoon from the 1980's the snorks...
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