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By Kreatev

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2017 Acura NSX video road test: Welcome to today's future

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Unfortunately for some of us, 1990 doesn’t feel like long ago. It was a watershed year for the car industry; Lexus was new, so was the Miata.

Same goes for the Acura NSX. It was the supercar from 1990 that was so user-friendly it could only have come from Honda. The NSX arrived at the peak of the golden age of Japanese supercars and faded shortly after the turn of the 21st century, long after it had been surpassed by more technologically advanced sports cars. 

After what feels like a lifetime of waiting since its first sunset in 2002, we finally have a new NSX this year.

This time around the Acura reaches far into the future to recharge its nameplate for today.

MORE: Read our 2017 Acura NSX first drive review

Evolution of a revolution

Fully four years in the making, the 2017 Acura NSX arrived this spring into owners’ patient hands. While that makes this car new on paper, the Acura NSX is a familiar car to most of us. It made the rounds in auto shows and on magazine covers for years—a concept car with multiple generations.

The new car’s styling borrows heavily from the Ferrari 458 Italia and Audi R8, without aping it. Aerodynamics mandate the big air intakes up front and the way the side mirrors distance themselves from the body of the NSX, a la Ferrari.

Where NSX engineers cloaked the air paths at the hood line and in the car’s haunches, that’s where we see Audi and Lamborghini most. The thin flying buttresses reach far forward from the decklid to the roof and shape the NSX’s wide intakes, set behind the driver and passenger doors, and frame the wide rear haunches that punctuate its exotic style.

It’s every bit of a super-car look from the outside, but here’s the thing: it’s what’s under the hood that makes it an everyday car.

Source: 2017 Acura NSX video road test: Welcome to today's future

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Honda reveals new NSX-GT Super GT racer

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Acura’s new NSX is the basis of Honda’s 2017 entry for the Japanese touring car series known as Super GT, replacing the NSX-GT Concept that Honda has used since 2013.

Honda in October conducted the initial shakedown of the new NSX-GT race car alongside the rival Nissan GT-R Nismo GT500 and Lexus LC GT500 during an official Super GT test day ahead of the 2017 motorsport season. The Lexus race car is also a newcomer. It replaces the RC F GT500 as Lexus’ entry.

Apart from their exterior shell, Super GT race cars share little in common with their road-going counterparts. In line with the regulations, the cars feature a turbocharged 2.0-liter inline-4, a 6-speed sequential gearbox, and rear-wheel drive. The minimum weight for the premier GT500 class is 1,020 kilograms (approximately 2,249 pounds).

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Honda has enjoyed much success in Super GT, though in recent years the series has been dominated by Nissan. The original NSX has been driven to championship wins on three occasions, while its successor, the HSV-010, has been driven to a single championship. The NSX-GT Concept hasn’t won any titles though hopefully the new NSX-GT will have better luck.

It was developed alongside the NSX GT3 that Acura will enter in the 2017 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and SCCA Pirelli World Challenge. On Tuesday, Acura named the drivers that will be competing in each series.

In the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, Acura is working with Michael Shank Racing and has signed Andy Lally, Katherine Legge, Oswaldo “Ozz” Negri, Jr., and Jeff Segal. In the Pirelli World Challenge, Acura is working with RealTime Racing and has signed Ryan Eversley and Peter Kox.

Source: Honda reveals new NSX-GT Super GT racer

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Alexander Rossi Drives & Shares Thoughts On 2017 Acura NSX

It seems that not even a 707 HP Charger Hellcat can sway Indy 500 winner and F1 reserve driver Alex Rossi from taking the Acura NSX for a spin. When you’ve raced everything from Formula BMW to GP2, GP3, Formula Renault, Le Mans, Formula One and most recently IndyCar, it seems that overall power output isn’t necessarily what strikes you as being interesting. Rossi, with the assistance of Motor Trend’s Carlos Lago, took a cruise in the all-new NSX and gave his thoughts on multiple issues such as Honda power units, the state of the supercar and even hamburgers. Oh, and if you’re wondering what a successful 25-year old race car driver uses as his daily driver, in Rossi’s case, surprisingly, it’s a Honda Pilot, which he actually finds to be a very cool car. It was also surprising to find out that he doesn’t actually own a sports car/supercar that he could take to the track – though if he would buy one at one point, it seems that it would definitely be a McLaren P1 (although he admits to not having driven the 918 or the LaFerrari). Unfortunately for us, he doesn’t really get the chance to put the NSX through its paces and only drives it through traffic at speeds that look pretty much legal. Still, he does manage to say quite a few interesting things about it.

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Source: Alexander Rossi Drives & Shares Thoughts On 2017 Acura NSX

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That time we followed a Honda NSX through a food court

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If you’ve ever been to a casino in a major city, you’ll know that they like two things. First and foremost, it’s taking your money. Secondly, it’s displaying cars and high-end goods.

Crown Casino in Melbourne is no exception, with Honda and Crown deciding that the all-new 2017 Honda NSX would look perfect sitting within the Atrium, inside Crown’s lobby area.

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When Honda sent around a press release telling members of the media that they were planning to have the car on display, we thought we’d tag along to see how the process works.

Honda said yes before we realised what time the delicate move had to take place: 5:30AM on a Saturday morning. Great.

We were even more surprised when we were told the doors to the lobby of Crown Towers weren’t wide enough for the NSX to fit through, so the super Honda would have to be driven through the food court, past a bunch of overpriced handbag stores and a gaming area to make it into the Atrium.

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I was the lucky fool that threw his hand up for the gig (again before noting the start time…) and rolled in shortly before 5:30AM on Saturday.

The interesting thing about this whole undertaking was the means by which it was propelled through building.

As a hybrid supercar, the NSX is powered by a twin-turbocharged six-cylinder engine with an electric drivetrain. It produces 427kW of power and an impressive 646Nm of torque.

This particular car has spent its entire life being shipped between Honda dealerships and displays, so it’s not a car that has seen any road time in Australia.

Most of the time, it’s moved in and out of display locations running on its petrol engine.  Of course, it can also run on a full-electric mode, and that’s just what it was expected to do on this particular morning.

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Crown has a number of restrictions in place when it comes to moving vehicles in and out of the building. One of them is an absolutely minimum amount of fuel within the car – and, for the most part, cars can’t have running engines when driven in covered spaces.

Just before 6:00AM, the car started moving through the food court in full-electric mode. At most times during the day and night, the food court is absolutely bustling with people.

But, at 6:00AM, it’s like a ghost town — except for the red $420,000 (plus on-road costs) Honda NSX being driven through and the cast of thousands that surrounded it.

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Tables and chairs can’t be moved during the ‘bump in’, so the NSX has to travel the long way around the food court before making a tight turn for the straight that goes past Crown’s high-end retailers and restaurants.

It’s at this point we run into problems. Well, one key problem: the car has exhausted its electric driving capacity.

Normally, it would last longer. But, given it hasn’t seen time on the road since landing in Australia, the car has never had an opportunity to charge its onboard batteries.

It’s time to begin pushing.

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From here, the NSX is pushed into its final position within the Atrium where it will live for the next 15 days as a feature for passers-by. If you want to get up close to Honda’s hybrid supercar, head to the Crown Atrium until Sunday October 30.

The NSX on display is finished in Valencia Red. The cool looking colour is a pearl Andaro paint, which is finished in a nanoparticle pearlescent. If it sounds expensive, that’s because it is. If you have to ask…yeah, it’s that type of thing.

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Was it worth getting up at 4:30AM to follow a Honda NSX through a food court in one of Australia’s most exclusive gaming venues? Hell yes!

Click on the Photos tab to see the full Honda NSX image gallery.

MORE: Read our Honda NSX review MORE: Honda NSX lands in Australia with a $420,000 price tag

Source: That time we followed a Honda NSX through a food court

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Motor Authority Best Car To Buy Nominee: 2017 Acura NSX

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The 2017 Acura NSX is somewhat controversial. Fans of the original loved the way it challenged the established supercars of the day with a simple mid-mounted V-6 engine and an aluminum architecture. That car could perform on a racetrack and feel like an Accord on the road, while the Ferraris and Lamborghinis of the era beat up their occupants in the name of performance.

Take that formula, throw it out, and start over with a three-motor hybrid powertrain complete with all-wheel drive, torque vectoring, and more lines of code than your desktop computer. The 2017 Acura NSX isn’t exactly minimalist like its predecessor, but the sum of all that technology is in the running for our 2017 Best Car To Buy award.

Like it or not, the  NSX’s tech is impressive. The twin-turbocharged V-6 engine works with those three motors to produce 573 horsepower and a 0 to 60 mph time around 3.0 seconds. One of those motors is found at the rear, with the engine, while the other two are located up front where they can provide both all-wheel drive and torque vectoring capability. The electric motors can power the car by themselves, and they are also used to fill power while the twin turbos spool up.

If there’s such a beast as a tame supercar, this is it. This NSX is designed to be driven quickly without feeling nervous or twitchy, and that’s just what it does.

The novel mechanicals turn too-tight corners into huge, easily deciphered vistas. Roll into the right pedal, unwind the steering, and the NSX moves with neutral and transparent footwork. The front motors trade off torque or spin in regen mode, while the limited-slip keeps the rear wheels mostly in line.

The base price is $157,800, but Acura offers a lot of carbon fiber goodies, as well as other desirable features, including a set of Michelin Pilot Super Sport tires that increase the grip, to tempt buyers to spend closer to $200,000. That will be too much for most budgets, but then Acura wants to sell just 800 cars per year.

Like the first NSX, the second generation is a halo car, with no point other than to show Honda can build its own Ferrari, minus the badge. The original’s purity has been replaced by a wildly inventive synthesis of drive systems, but the 2017 Acura NSX is a technological flagship, and a convincing one.

Source: Motor Authority Best Car To Buy Nominee: 2017 Acura NSX

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Journalist Crashes 2017 Acura / Honda NSX In Taiwan, Blames A Bee [w/Video]

What may very well be the first recorded crash involving the new 2017 Acura NSX (marketed as a Honda outside North America) occurred in Taiwan today, when a man, who is believed to be a journalist conducting a test drive for a local car magazine, hit a road barrier on a highway near New Taipei City. The story gets a little bit strange, as reports coming in from Taiwan state that the 27 year old driver who was identified only by his surname, “Hu”, told police he was driving with his window open when a bee suddenly entered the NSX and stung him on the neck causing him to lose control of the hybrid sports car and smash it on the barrier. No one was injured in the crash. According to Chinatimes, police conducted a sobriety test on the driver, but he came out clean. There’s an ongoing investigation into the accident. The new Honda NSX is worth around 12.8 million NT$, or about US$408,000, in Taiwan, with only nine cars said to be allocated for the country. Thanks to Ray Yi-Jui Chen for the tip!

Source: Journalist Crashes 2017 Acura / Honda NSX In Taiwan, Blames A Bee [w/Video]

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2017 Acura NSX Is A Jack Of All Trades, Says Consumer Reports

The modern-day NSX is already looking like the type of supercar that will win you over as soon as you get behind the wheel. Some reviewers have even called it a “budget hypercar”, though if you ask the folks over at Consumer Reports to say just how budget-friendly the NSX is, they may give you a completely different take on the matter. Before he started looking at the car’s value, CR’s Mike Monticello praised the way the NSX darts forward once you put your foot down, and was impressed by its grip and how secure you feel behind the wheel even when pushing it to its limits. However, some people do seem to take issue with the car’s video game-like behavior. They argue that it’s not as engaging to drive as the original and that if we’re looking for more of analog feeling, there are probably better alternatives out there. There were other negatives as well, according to CR. For example, they didn’t enjoy the infotainment system – which is something that “annoyed” them in other Acura models as well. Then of course is the price, starting at $157,800. Now, if you recall, we put together this poll back in December, asking you to name your supercar of choice for $160,000 and whether it would be the NSX or not. Aside from most people feeling the urge to live in Ohio, the most popular choices were the McLaren 570S and the 911 Turbo, followed by the NSX and the AMG GT S trailing it by just 17 votes. In other words, it may be a great car, but we’ve yet to see it have the same level of impact, at least culturally, as the current-gen Nissan GT-R did back when the R35 sprung up in 2007.

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Source: 2017 Acura NSX Is A Jack Of All Trades, Says Consumer Reports