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Originally Posted by westopher
Yes this isn't in the same realm as the type of car the LFA was. Lexus built it because they had something to prove, not to be a successful car. I'm not sure of Honda/acuras motive for this, but it doesn't sound the same. Keep in mind, what made the original NSX so amazing was the driving dynamics. Once the GTR came out, driving dynamics in supercars became a distant thought behind nurburgring lap times and shifting speed.
Is the NSX going to be impressive enough numbers wise to negate the desire for the original NSX? If anything I think all its going to do is make the original skyrocket like the new 911 turbos did for the 993,964 and 930. If you want to buy an old one, buy it now, because I'm willing to bet its going to be the next 993 turbo
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Its funny because looking back previous GTR's before the R35 had the exact same goal as the current gen. The GTR was always about seeing how far the boundaries of speed and technology could be pushed.
The NSX, supra, RX8, etc. never had that as their goal. As much fun as it would be to see the Honda build an NSX which is going to try and reign in the GTR it could be a very dangerous game for them to start to play.
I mean Westopher is bang on, even at 200k I don't know how many people with that kind of money would say no to a 911, R8, or some of the various other options and say they want a glorified honda. (save me the lesson about how the 911 is just a beetle).
Is there the possibility that honda pulls something incredible off here, yes. Just saying that right now i'm not seeing it.