Its just a rumor so far, but Honda is leaning towards making their entire car line-up either hi performance hybrids or alternative fuel cars including the NSX. Now, before you go to your dealership and inquire about one, there was no set date as to when this was going to start, but Honda has hinted that they already have a high performance hybrid engine in the works powerful enough for a future incarnation of the NSX.

http://www.business-i.jp/news/sou-pa...905280024a.nwc (article in Japanese)

 

Not to say your wrong at all but I work for an Acura dealer and from my understanding any progress toward a new "NSX" (or whatever they were going to call it) has been shot down. They are focusing on making the same name for themselves that BMW and Mercedes now have... for instance the new ZDX coming out in a few months totally competes with BMW. Sad to hear but prob true.

 

Yes, the 2010-2011?? NSX with the 10 cylinder engine is canceled, but this doesn't mean that all NSX programs have been canceled forever. And again, its a speculative. Honda's president said that it "might" happen.

 

Totally understand. Im just making my educated guess. They are getting away from the once was "sporty" side of Acura and focusing on a full "luxury" line of cars. The only downfall I see to this, Acuras are getting uglier and more expensive (my opinion of course). I would hate to see them screw up a legend such as the NSX.

 

Well, that's the trend of all car makers. With people screaming "global warming" and "alternative fuel", car makers are afraid to make anything cool. Cars will just get bigger, uglier, safer, and user friendlier. And if Japanese car makers follow the European trends (which they almost always do), we won't see manual transmissions on cars anymore. They'll be either paddle shifters, button shifters, clutchless floor shifters, or fully automatics. Or of course gearless electric cars.

 

the reason the new nsx was cancel is because it was ugly.honda got the motor come on now??they just goin back to the drawin boards with the new honda supercar.so we probably get the keys and it be on the streets before 2012.

 

Garbage with the success of the LMP they should build a nsx, advance my *** . So many 911 owners were considering the somewhat ugly nsx/hsc for its track capibilities, there is definitely a market for the car. The FCX clarity engine is actually pretty quick and the system is pretty genius, making a more performance oriented one wouldn't be that far fetched.

 

On a slightly different tangent I don't see how hybrid vehicles really make any sense. Sure the technology is cool but I thought the overall grand scheme of things was to save the planet?

How does that happen when the cycle works something like this? IIRC, the ore necessary to produce hybrid batteries is mined somewhere in Ontario Canada then it is shipped to Europe to get refined and then to China to get packaged before going off to Japan to put into cars that ultimately get sent back around the world to their final destinations.

Sure the final product consumes less but the road to get to this low consumption seems abundantly wasteful. What happens when the battery dies or the life is killed prematurely (accident)? Are these batteries even recyclable and if they are, are there currently programs in place to dispose of them properly?

I may be wrong but I think diesels make the most sense for daily driven family vehicles and are a good bridge to alternative fueled cars like the FCX. I've always seen Honda/Acura as a bit of a rogue in their designs and concepts, and they've produced countless successes but they can't seem to get their wits sorted with their luxury sedans.... I really hope their incompetence doesn't bleed into their sports car programs (whatever is left of it...) and that Takanobu Ito, Honda's new CEO is willing to make a few difficult but ground breaking decisions.

http://paultan.org/archives/2009/02/...rom-june-2009/

 

I hear ya man! Trust me I was waiting for that new NSX to come out, just so I could drive one the day it showed up on the truck. HAHA! I don't plan on being in the car business in 2012, of course I said that when I heard the original release date of the "New NSX"