Honda NSX Gets New Lease on Life

[TOBY J]

Originally Posted by Dragoneye

I'm not so sure. The current demographic doesn't seem to want Corvettes at all....And the idea of a serious hybrid sports car is going to be hot by the end of the decade.

TRUE ... lots of vettes sitting on dealership lots. the car is definitely losing
it's appeal despite being an affordable sports car. I guess guys with mid life crisis are now buy motorcycles

[THE EVIL TW1N]

Originally Posted by TOBY J

TRUE ... lots of vettes sitting on dealership lots. the car is definitely losing
it's appeal despite being an affordable sports car. I guess guys with mid life crisis are now buy motorcycles

maybe its because it seems corvettes have pretty much lost all their character. When you see them on the streets, nobody goes "oh look, cool a corvette!" , its just eh. Theyre fast and excell in just about everything they were designed to do though.But so do Honda Accords....kinda reminds me of how people used to describe the NSX as a "soul-less vehicle"

[Mr. Wyndham]

Originally Posted by THE EVIL TW1N

maybe its because it seems corvettes have pretty much lost all their character. When you see them on the streets, nobody goes "oh look, cool a corvette!" , its just eh. Theyre fast and excell in just about everything they were designed to do though.But so do Honda Accords....kinda reminds me of how people used to describe the NSX as a "soul-less vehicle"

toyotas are soulless. Hondas can be soulless....the Corvette is...old. At worst it's boring because its been the best at just about everything for so long...adding a ZR1 or Grand Sport model is just restating what everyone already knows.

[ceeya32]

I have had 4 nsx's greatest car ever made IMHO they will NOT make a new one!

[a_Username]

I like it! I'm assuming Z06 territory?

[chain777]

Originally Posted by Dragoneye

toyotas are soulless. Hondas can be soulless....the Corvette is...old. At worst it's boring because its been the best at just about everything for so long...adding a ZR1 or Grand Sport model is just restating what everyone already knows.

I wouldn't call the Corvette boring. That's not the problem, it's the styling (or lack thereof), and the sub-par interior. The car is in desperate need of complete makeover, inside and out.

[THE EVIL TW1N]

Originally Posted by chain777

I wouldn't call the Corvette boring. That's not the problem, it's the styling (or lack thereof), and the sub-par interior. The car is in desperate need of complete makeover, inside and out.

if you make a checklist for what a cool car should have, The Corvette pretty much has it all including the styling. But the car just has no character anymore. Bring back the original stingray!

[Stew]

His could be a nice car. I would really like to see Honda get back into making fun and affordable (relatively in this case) cars. THere is a rumor that we may see a XR-Z that ditches the hybrid crap in favor of a nice turbo mill. Those 2 would be a great start in resurrecting "fun Honda".

[Russo]

Honda will build a new car to replace the s2k before they built a new NSX... the 4cyl or v6 with 400 will be a great competitor to the Mustang, M3, Caymen, etc... id like to see them come up with a DI dohc 4.0 v8 for the next NSX and copy that to the RL and Ridgeline (although the Ridgeline is dead)..

Honda has a great opportunity to not go the way of Toyota and just made family cars.. why should Honda give their sports car territory to Hyundai and Nissan?

[THE EVIL TW1N]

Originally Posted by Russo

Honda will build a new car to replace the s2k before they built a new NSX... the 4cyl or v6 with 400 will be a great competitor to the Mustang, M3, Caymen, etc... id like to see them come up with a DI dohc 4.0 v8 for the next NSX and copy that to the RL and Ridgeline (although the Ridgeline is dead)..

Honda has a great opportunity to not go the way of Toyota and just made family cars.. why should Honda give their sports car territory to Hyundai and Nissan?

true dat.

[Outlaw77]

Honduh should have left this bull out to stud.

[THE EVIL TW1N]

Originally Posted by Outlaw77

Honduh should have left this bull out to stud.

i dont understand cowboy jargon. What did you just say??

[Brokinarrow]

Originally Posted by SS 376

Neither do I. Why do automakers insist on using complicated and expensive hybrid technology? If you want a fuel efficient sports car, ruthlessly reduce the weight like Lotus did with the Elise. Isn't that easier than developing a fuel cell battery hybrid turbo variable displacement V8?

Just picture all the ECO badges on that thing!

[Outlaw77]

Originally Posted by THE EVIL TW1N

i dont understand cowboy jargon. What did you just say??

It's just another of way of saying they should have just left it alone after it's glory days. Just like a thouroghbred race hourse, when the race days are over they put them out to stud.