Gautam Sharma•25 Jul 2014
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SPY PICS: Honda NSX's incendiary performance
Japanese brand's all-new supercar goes up in flames at the NordschleifeUpdate, July 25: Automedia's long-range lenses were present for the fiery demise of the NSX we yesterday reported testing at the Nurburgring. Apparently the car had not even completed a full lap on this particular run. Needless to say there's no further information on how the NSX came to combust so spectacularly. The spy photographers have understated Honda's situation with their observation: "Honda still seems to have serious problems with the durability of this car."
Honda's long-awaited NSX supercar has been snapped by the Automedia lenses while pounding around the Nurburgring, and the vehicle in question looks to be a near-production-ready prototype.
Appearing at the 2013 Detroit motor show wearing Acura badges, the mid-engined sportster also featured at last September's Frankfurt show, but on that occasion badged as a Honda.
The good news for NSX enthusiasts here is that the new-gen model will be offered in our market, although timing and pricing are yet to be confirmed.
The latest batch of spy pics indicates the production model remains more or less true to the Detroit show car, although the concept's futuristic headlights have been replaced with more conventional units.
The sharp-edged snout appears to have carried through though, and likewise the distinctive flying buttresses. Similarly, the derriere appears more or less unchanged, albeit with the addition of a more prominent rear spoiler.
As previously reported, housed amidships within the NSX's lightweight chassis is a longitudinally-mounted direct-injection V6 petrol engine that sends drive to the rear wheels, boosted by an electric motor that's incorporated in the newly developed dual-clutch gearbox.
In addition, there are two electric motors for the front axle, and these can independently vary the amount of torque sent to each of the front wheels to optimise the car's turn-in and handling.
In Honda's words, the electric motors at the front can provide an "instant delivery of negative or positive torque to the front wheels during cornering to achieve a new level of driving performance unparalleled by current AWD systems".
Honda's moniker for this powertrain combo is Sport Hybrid SH-AWD (Super Handling All-Wheel Drive), and while the combined power output of the V6 engine and electric motors has yet to be revealed, we expect it to be north of 370kW.
The next-gen NSX will be built in a brand-new factory dubbed the Performance Manufacturing Centre in Ohio, USA. The state-of-the-art plant covers an area of 184,000 square feet and has cost $US70 million to build.
As per the last NSX, it's believed the latest version will spawn a track-focused Type R variant later in its lifecycle, as well as a convertible derivative.
– with Automedia
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Written byGautam Sharma
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