A Honda NSX once loaned to Brazilian Formula 1 legend Ayrton Senna is now the most expensive example of the marque sold at auction. More than 30 years on from his tragic death, Ayrton Senna is still having an impact on motorsport…
Plus, those 3,000-plus parts are just the first wave to launch in America. Certain SKUs are likely still to come, and the possibilities are tantalizing. It would be incredible to get a new dash pad to replace one that’s spent…
The 19″ front and 20″ rear five-spoke alloy wheels are mounted with Pirelli P Zero tires. A ScienceofSpeed iLift front and rear lift system has been installed, and the car is factory-equipped with a double-wishbone front and a multi-link rear suspension with…
Owners of the first-generation NSX now have a factory source for hard-to-find components. Acura has launched the Honda Heritage Parts program in the United States, beginning with more than 3,000 Genuine Honda Reproduction Parts for the 1991 to 2005 NSX. Buyers can get…
Lot 155 at RM Sotheby’s London Auction on Saturday, October 31, is a 1991 Honda NSX in Formula Red with a black roof, chassis JHMNA11500T000233, estimated at £500,000 to £800,000 ($700,000 to $1.1 million). RM’s lot page says Ayrton Senna kept it for personal use under an agreement…
A replica of the K.I.T.T. from “Knight Rider” that accompanied David Hasselhoff on European promotional duties is heading to auction One of the most famous cars in television history is about to go up for grabs—sort of. David Hasselhoff’s K.
Leather jacket? Check. Blue jeans? Check. All that's missing is a talking car… Prepare thine finest mullets and tight leather jackets, friends: the star car from telly's Knight Rider - KITT - is heading to auction. At first glance, a slightly battle-scarred…
The manufacturer is struggling to sell the Acura NSX these days. But rumors suggest that the Honda isn’t ready to give up and is working on an Acura NSX Type R. The Acura NSX is a remarkable sports car. Yes,…
TORRANCE, Calif. (WBRC/Gray News) - One lucky Avengers fan could soon feel like Tony Stark, or at least drive like an Avenger. The custom-built Acura NSX roadster featured at the end of Marvel’s 2012 movie, “The Avengers,” is up for auction…
Strip away the fiberglass, and the most famous Acura in the Marvel universe is a 1991 NSX that had already covered more miles than most cars ever will. That car, the one-off NSX Roadster Robert Downey Jr. drove in 2012’s The…
Few cars have changed the supercar business as much as the original NSX. Launched in 1990, it wrapped a high-revving V6 and the world's first all-aluminum production monocoque in a low, cab-forward body, and it was practical, reliable and easy to see out of. Racing drivers including Ayrton Senna were consulted during its development, and rival makers in Italy were forced to rethink what owners would tolerate from an exotic car.
The first generation ran until 2005, gaining a targa roof, a bigger engine and fixed headlights along the way. The second, built in Marysville, Ohio, arrived in 2016 as a far more complex machine: a twin-turbo V6 mid-engine hybrid with three electric motors and torque-vectoring all-wheel drive. Critics admired its technology and all-weather pace but found it short on drama, and sales were modest. A sharper Type S closed production after 2022.
Today the NSX is a collector's car and a touchstone of Japanese engineering, a rival in spirit to the Porsche 911, Audi R8 and Ferrari's V8 cars. Clean first-generation examples have climbed steeply in value, and the hybrid second generation is increasingly seen as an underrated used buy. Acura has hinted at future electric performance cars without committing to the name, so the badge sits in a kind of hopeful limbo.
Expect auction results, restorations and pop-culture cameos, including the one-off roadster built for Tony Stark in a Marvel film, along with any news of a successor and the occasional retrospective on what made the original so good. For a car that sold in small numbers, the NSX casts a remarkably long shadow, and nearly every Honda performance story eventually circles back to it, usually with a wistful line about the low cowl and the view over that famously slim dashboard.
Honda's mid-engine masterpiece, from the 1990 aluminum supercar that rattled Ferrari to the hybrid Type S finale built in Ohio.
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