Famous NSXs
List of famous people who have or had an NSX:
Stanley Kirk Burrell aka "MC Hammer" Musician (Rap, R&B) ------ Toured with NSX owner Robert Van Winkle (below) Kelvin Burt Racer - ----------------------------Formerly Touring Cars, currently British GT's for Porsche NSX is his daily driver Tom Cruise Actor (movies)------------------- Black Has since sold it Richard Dean Anderson Actor(MacGyver)------ Black Ran in Toyota Celebrity Long Beach Grand Prix twice,as well as other races Michael Dell Founder Chairman & CEO, Dell Computers------- Black Has since traded it for a Mercedes John DeLorean Former GM exec, founder of DeLorean Motor Company--- Spoke VERY well of the car in an interview Michael Douglas Actor (movies) Clyde "The Glide" Drexler Athlete - ---NBA (Houston Rockets) Red Colin Edwards Racer - Team Yamaha World Superbike----- His dad wrecked it Larry Ellison Founder & CEO, Oracle Corporation Various------ He has owned something like 7 different NSXs over the years, the most notable being a 1996 NSX-T, unique factory custom built car in Sebring Silver (not officially available in the US in 1996). Sold in 2001 with under 13,000 miles, factory CD, phone, keyless. Extras included 16-17 Fikse FM-5's, new T1S Toyo's, dry cell battery, Zanardi rear bar. Boomer Esiason Athlete - ------NFL (NY Jets), Sports Commentator, Boomer Esiason Foundation (Cystic Fybrosis) Red Harrison Ford Actor - -------Movies Black/Ivory '91 Sold at 4k miles Vincent Damon Furnier aka Alice Cooper Musician ------- (heavy metal) Red/Black '91 Bought used from Curtis Clark, publisher of NSXTRA newsletter. Automatic. Traded in 2000 with 60k miles. Several mods (stereo, wheels, white gauges, intake). Bill Gates Founder, Chairman & CEO, Microsoft Corporation---------- Not really a big car enthusiast, but owns over 50 exotic and luxury cars Ron Grant Athlete -------- MLB (Atlanta Braves) Black Wayne Gardiner Racer --------- Former 500cc World Motorcycle Champ Red Mel Hall Athlete -------- MLB (NY Yankees) Red Elton John Musician---------- (Rock Pianist) Red Michael Johnson Athlete ---------- Sprinter (Olympic gold medalist) Purple NSX-T Seen advertised in DuPont Registry; he may no longer own the car. Eddie Jordan Former Racer - --------Currently F1 team boss His team runs Honda engines. He has a long-term NSX loaner from Honda UK for promotional purposes. Michael Jordon Athlete ---------- NBA (Chicago Bulls) Black Doubtful he fits in an NSX very well... Michael Keaton Actor (movies)-------- Black Phil Knight Co-founder & CEO --------- Nike, Inc. Black Julia Louis-Dreyfus Actress (Seinfeld, SNL, movies),--------- former model 1996 Red/Blk NSX-T A black NSX appeared in an episode of Seinfeld in a parody of Pulp Fiction. George Lucas Director (movies)---------- More than one Bought the first NSX to hit northern CA, a black one. Paid sticker. Barbara Mandrell Musician (Country Singer) Marla Maples Ex-wife of Donald Trump (Investor) Reba McIntyre Musician (Country Singer) Rick Mears Racer - Indy Brian Mitchell Athlete - NFL (Washington Redskins) Red Joe Montana Athelete - NFL Tracy Morrow-----ika Ice-T Musician/Actor (rap/movies) Black Convertible conversion. Attended Acura-sponsored owners event in CA. Gordon Murray Technical director McLaren Cars, designer of the McLaren F1 Jack Nicholson Actor (movies) Black "Terrible" Terry Norris Athlete ----- (Boxer) Black Tara Palmer-------Tomkinson Model, socialite Short term loaner from Honda UK for promotional purposes Scottie Pippen Athlete ------- NBA (Chicago Bulls) Custom Custom bright metallic purple paint; he has since sold the car Victoria Principal Model, Actress (TV)--------- Red 1991 She has since sold the car. In North Carolina in 1999. Bobby Rahal Racer ------- Indy Black Robert Redford Actor (movies)--------- Black NSX-T Used to own a red NSX Mary Lou Retton Athlete ---------- Gymnast (Olympic gold medalist) White/Black 1992 SN 000617. Now owned by Steve Julius in Tempe, AZ. Mechanically stock except for RM exhaust. Chassis highly detailed including polished underside and suspension. Scott Russell Racer -------- 1994 World Superbike Champion Pat Sajak Actor ----------- TV, Movies Red "Neon" Deion Sanders Athlete --------- NFL (Dallas Cowboys) Two: Both Black Ayrton Senna Racer --------- F1 Two One of the test drivers during NSX development; deceased. Charlie Sheen Actor --------- Movies Black/Black 1994 Since sold Sammy Smith Athlete -------- NFL (Denver Broncos) Black Wesley Snipes Actor --------- Movies Paul Tracy Racer - -------CART Comptech modified. Mentioned in this interview. Robert Van Winkle- aka "Vanilla Ice" Musician/Actor (rap/movies) White '92 or '93. Toured with NSX owner Stanley Kirk Burrell (above) Jimmy Vasser Racer ----- CART (1996 champion) Jaleel White Actor ------- TV (Urkel on Family Matters) Dominique Wilkins Athlete - ------NBA (Atlanta Hawks) Steve Wozniak Co---------founder, Apple Computer Black, Red, Sebring Silver, White, Kaiser Silver Apparantly a big fan of the car! He traded the Sebring Silver '91 for a Kaiser Silver '99. The '91 silver is now owned by Otto Joe Chuck Yeager Pilot---------- (Broke sound barrier, etc.) Red Alex Zanardi Racer --------- F1 Samuel L. Jackson (actor) Jhon Travolta (actor) |
Re: Famous NSXs (Las)
Great! Looks like you just copied that off the list on Prime. Thanks for enlightening us.
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Re: Famous NSXs (Las)
Left out:
nsxtasy: if you don't know of him already you will soon. And if he's not correcting your mistake he's bashing you in the head w/ "search the forum, you nitwit" reminders. ak: aka Alyssa Knightsport (secretly married to infamous mod of Kills forum). Only NSX forum member that can translate Japanese. ojas: famous w/i NSX forums for actually adding quality content and being helpful. Infrequent visitor. was it something I said, ojas https://honda-tech.com/forums/images/smilies/emsad.gif cwood: Ummm...cwood, I haven't even seen pics of your car in this forum? dbernert: known for his widebody turbo NSX that he foolishly sold...and for squabbles with nsxtasy. nsxxtreme: voice of reason rarely heard from. knightsport: non-NSX owner, founder of ultra-left wing faction of the IRA called "Black-Ops" or somethingorother...posts only when a thread has gotten so low and inane that he considers it a challenge to make it more so. https://honda-tech.com/forums/images...s/emsmilep.gif Still, he's probably the only guy here that was driven a genuine NSX-R on the track. https://honda-tech.com/forums/images/smilies/emsad.gif |
Re: Famous NSXs (Ponyboy)
Ponyboy - Likes to post picture of shiny parts while his car is forever immobile.
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Re: Famous NSXs (ak)
Weak sauce. Definitely weak.
You know the Phoenix will rise again! |
Re: Famous NSXs (Ponyboy)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Ponyboy »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Left out:
nsxtasy: if you don't know of him already you will soon. And if he's not correcting your mistake he's bashing you in the head w/ "search the forum, you nitwit" reminders. ak: aka Alyssa Knightsport (secretly married to infamous mod of Kills forum). Only NSX forum member that can translate Japanese. ojas: famous w/i NSX forums for actually adding quality content and being helpful. Infrequent visitor. was it something I said, ojas https://honda-tech.com/forums/images/smilies/emsad.gif cwood: Ummm...cwood, I haven't even seen pics of your car in this forum? dbernert: known for his widebody turbo NSX that he foolishly sold...and for squabbles with nsxtasy. nsxxtreme: voice of reason rarely heard from. knightsport: non-NSX owner, founder of ultra-left wing faction of the IRA called "Black-Ops" or somethingorother...posts only when a thread has gotten so low and inane that he considers it a challenge to make it more so. https://honda-tech.com/forums/images...s/emsmilep.gif Still, he's probably the only guy here that was driven a genuine NSX-R on the track. https://honda-tech.com/forums/images/smilies/emsad.gif </TD></TR></TABLE> are you serious? knightsport drove and nsx-r or are you making a joke? |
Re: Famous NSXs (Mr.E.G.)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Mr.E.G. »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">are you serious? knightsport drove and nsx-r or are you making a joke?</TD></TR></TABLE>
Oh, Knight...where are you? |
Re: Famous NSXs (Ponyboy)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Ponyboy »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Oh, Knight...where are you?</TD></TR></TABLE>
eat a dick https://honda-tech.com/forums/images...s/emsmilep.gif i suspected sarcasm but ut seemed like one of those claims that was so outrageous that it had to be true. |
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