Acura NSX was the creation of one of the largest Japanese automobile manufacturing company Honda, and it was under production for about 15 years starting from the year 1990. It was known as Acura NSX only in Hong Kong and North America, whereas it was famous under the label of Honda NSX worldwide.
The V6 gasoline engine was the heart of the car and it was also facilitated with rear-wheel drive layout. This car was specially designed to compete with Ferrari, which was offering the same facilities as Honda along with a low price. For this reason, the 2.0 L V6 engine was replaced by 3.0 L VTEC V6 engine. The body of the car was specially designed by two of the researchers namely Uehara and Okuyuma who researched over the F-16 fighter jet plane. NSX model was the first car of its type whose suspension, body, chassis and most of the parts were made up of pure aluminum. Only the amount of aluminum used in its body had a weight over 200 kgs.
Guess what! about 20 kg weight was reduced because of the aluminum made suspension. There were many special facilities that are badly required in any sports-car such as the Electric Power Steering System, use of titanium rods in engine, Electronic Throttle Control and anti-lock brake system. A huge amount of money and time was been spent by Honda in manufacturing this car, but it was definitely well worth the efforts, as the Acura NSX gained widespread publicity across the world.
Now, the revived 2010-2011 Acura NSX is rumored to be rolled out next market, but theres no official confirmation from Honda/Acura yet.
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