Introduction To The New Honda NSX
The Honda NSX is a pretty famous car for sale at an affordable price range. However, this looks set to change when the new variant arrives, sometime in 2010 (or possibly 2011).
The new Honda Car has been spotted lapping the Nurburgring (apparently the current trendy test ground for racers of any note) quite happily, especially as development has only just begun. Nonetheless, already the engineers have been handed two quite challenging targets.
Honda wants to build the fastest production model around the circuit – a fairly impressive desire. Whether this is an achievable goal remains to be seen, what with the Nissan GT-R managing a ferocious sub seven minute thirty lap time. Scary indeed, though unsurprising given that the GT-R is capable of 0-60 in 3.6 seconds and that 13 mile Nurburgring has a wealth of turns, straights and just about everything else you can throw at a driver.
The car to replace the NSX may well not bear the same moniker, so we’re waiting news on that. However, we do know that it will feature a 550bhp 5.5 litre V10 with clever ‘cylinder deactivation’. What that means is that the engine will only be running on half the cylinders when just pootling to the shops, and all 10 when you press on to make sure that your ice-cream doesn’t melt. This will give you better fuel economy and lower emissions. Torque is set up at a frankly terrifying 570Nm – enough to rip your face off.
The set up of this luxury car will be a 2+2 arrangement (will there be actual room for real human beings in the back though?), with a hybrid aluminium and steel body in order to reduce weight. For the old school amongst you you’ll be disappointed with the eight-speed auto gearbox with flappy paddles (even if it is one of those shifts-as-fast-as-F1 jobbers). Naturally, trick four wheel drive will make you the proud owner of the fastest thing to pull away from the lights (or race round Milton Keynes ring roads) this side of the new Porsche 911.