Acura NSX

[blacksambo]

Have any of you tuned into the NSXPRIME.com web site and noticed some of the trials and tribulatios we VXers suffer through occur for them as well. Production on this "concept car" has stopped now after 15 years. We are a similar Japanese "hand-built" family to theirs and it would be interesting to compare notes, I think. How about the first annual VX/NSX meet? What do you say?

[Triathlete]

3 years production vs. 15 years? 4500 units vs a whole hell of a lot more? Its a Honda. They have an aftermarket. I don't think they are quite in the same boat! Not knocking the NSX...I've sort of liked it since it came out. It was a fair priced giant killer in the beginning.

[blacksambo]

Well, through the '90's they built a little less than 8,000. Only half made it to the USA. So it's low production like the VX. 15 years of production gave it the after market; the belief that there would always be more coming. However, it's now extinct so it joins the VX in the discontinued world. Prices will probably go down for a good while before going back up, much later (look on Autotrader etc., there are many for sale just like the VX). If you think about it from a conceptual standpoint, it's probably what prompted Isuzu to pursue the VX project in the first place. The VX was the first drivable exotic SUV, the NSX was the first drivable exotic passenger car in '91. They are sister vehicles in many regards. They both reflect praticality in motoring that is the hall mark of Japanese auto design. Very useful, first! I still think we should get together with them on some level. I think we are much stronger together than separate. The manufacturers would be most impressed in a union, I believe. It becomes one vast display of Japanese auto genius, instead of fractious little, insular hobbyists. What say? Send a group VX communique to NSX?

[MZ-N10]

the nsx is still considered a mass produced car. similar to that of the say the ferrari 360. there was never a shortage of the nsx. if u wanted one and u could pay 90k for a new one u could get one. but the main reason why the nsx wasnt that great of a seller was because it was overpriced. its acceleration was nearly the same as the 3000gt, supra, rx7 and the 300zx, but its priced at atleast double if not triple the price of the other competitiors.

i believe there were more then 15,000 nsx produced in the 15 year span.

[blacksambo]

The NSX was more than just perforamance stats like the VX. If you place the VX on that performance scale it was over priced too. It was a styling tour de force first and easy to drive, just like the VX, drivabilty is the focus with style.

[WyrreJ]

There was never a shortage of VX's either.

[geshaw30]

They only made a limited number of Corvairs too......
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[moon buggy]

Nice comments on the NSX, I happened to have one myself tucked away, magnificent piece of engineering, I've only had it for a couple of years...mine is a 93 model but with only 21500 original kms, so its smells and feels like new [red of course]...and yes it gets as many looks as the VX when its on the road, altho with the VX as I have debadged it except for the small Isuzu on the grill, it seems to scare off some of the rice rockets..as they are not sure what lurks beneath ...and are wondering what the hell is that..there's about 20 VXs in Australia only..parts [NSX]..so far not an issue as Honda did directly import the NSX to Oz..mine is stamped #43 [of ~150 in total sold here], so Honda can still service. Honda in Japan offers a complete refresh program for any NSX, you get your car to them, they will refresh it in every detail back to original !!

On the other hand the VX, nil support as they were brought in as 'grey import' and slipped under the radar until someone realised around 2003 how good they are/were and how competitive they were to any local 4WD offerrings by Nissan Toyota etc..and so the door was closed and they were taken off the 'allowed' list .....

David

[blacksambo]

Great insight into this piece of Japanese auto lore. I continue to think about the NSX, there's a 2004 model parked about a block away for the August high stakes horse racing meet here in Saratoga. It's very interesting that a VX owner should also pick an NSX. It kinda confirms what I had thought, they are the two most extreme and interesting cars to come out of this auto giant country. Japan is searching for their legend cars and these two projects prove they have done it. Let's let the auto writers know we're out here all reved-up and ready to go into the history books. It's a story we can write together (NSX and VX) if we want!

[transio]

they are the two most extreme and interesting cars to come out of this auto giant country

That's a pretty big statement. What about the 10-cyllinder Nissan Skyline, Tommy Kaira ZZ, and Yamaha OX99-11?

Oh, and look at what's coming from Toyota and Nissan... 2 more supercars lined up for production.

[MZ-N10]

10 cylinder skyline?

[etlsport]

not quite as extreme but ive always thought the Subaru SVX was similar to the VX in a lot of ways, short production time, limited parts, unorthodox looks (not quite as bad as the vx, but the double windows draw some looks) and almost all of their owners have a mild obsession with them

[blacksambo]

Look the NSX was the first Japanese successful concept cum production model (syline etc. pretenders after the fact), the VX was the second. The Datsun Fair Ladies and Toyota GT's were unsuccessful attempts at auto imortality. Remember when a manufacturer offers refreshment they believe they've achieved auto ValHalla. Porsche does the same for its 356's. If VX teams with NSX, representing the range of true excitment motoring applications the auto history books will be indelibly marked forever. It's up to us to act now.

[transio]

10 cylinder skyline?

Not sure where I got that from. I was sure they made a V10 in addition to the I6

[transio]

If VX teams with NSX, representing the range of true excitment motoring applications the auto history books will be indelibly marked forever. It's up to us to act now.

You're a little overzealoous. Relative to Japanese automotive history, the two vehicles are the tip of the pyramid, but relative to worldwide automotive history, neither is really memorable, least of all the NSX. At least the VX innovates in several ways (TOD, AWD + 4WD, 50% cladding, remote-reservoir shocks). It has some potential long-term, but there have to be followers for it to be an innovator. If it's the first and last of its kind, it's just an anomaly - like amphicars or 6x6s.

The NSX is an anemic V6 mid-engine wannabe "super" car... doesn't hold a candle to other mid-engined cars (Ferrari, Lamborghini, or even Lotus, to name a few). It excels at nothing, but is satisfactory at everything, making it a typical Honda execution of a concept (in this case, a sports car). While its mild manners and excellent balance make it a good track car for people of all skill levels, its lack of power and abundance of luxuries make it fall behind. And its not even very attractive - having mild features all around (also typical of Honda).