Recent content by G.Irish

Yep. The used number for sale isn't really a worry, but the fact that they came up well short of their 800 unit/year mark in the first year is not a good sign. The 800 unit/year goal was supposed to mean that they sold every one they made and didn't have a ton of cars sitting around unsold. I...

I would expect the AMG GT to sell in greater numbers than either the R8 or NSX given that it's a lot cheaper. The NSX numbers for March are not a good sign though. March should be the month where sales start to pick up. If April is bad too, it presages a brutal year 2 for NSX sales. The...

The sales numbers Acura publishes are exactly that, you can look them up yourself at acuranews.com. It would be a huge no-no to falsify those numbers, with real legal ramifications. First NSX was sold last June, and counting from published sell-through numbers, they're already at 365. I'm...

Year 1 I don't think they'll have any problem selling 600-800 units. They were able to maintain about 50 units a month through the winter so there should be a bit of uptick during the warmer months. Year 2 is where they may struggle to get to 400 units, but even then I think they have a good...

Yep. You will almost NEVER hear a Honda project leader, product planner, or anyone with a position of authority ever confirm a future model like a Type-R before it's been officially announced. I've been to multiple product launches and they won't even be drawn on talking about possibilities of...

While I wouldn't argue that a Huracan is going to be just as reliable as the NSX, the truth is that the delta in reliability and build quality is nowhere near as large as it was when the gen 1 NSX debuted. A Ferrari 488 is far and away better put together than a 348 or 355 was. So the point is...

The PMC was designed with the ability to produce other models in mind so maybe the production capacity will be shifted to something like a S2000 successor when it comes down the pipe. My guess is that the base NSX might not get an update until much later down the line or until a full model...

To be fair to Ted, the NSX's hybrid concept was something that was decided above his pay grade. The NSX team had to make the best car they could within those parameters. The head honchos in Japan originally thought that they could get the job done with a juiced up SOHC J-series motor in the...

Yeah my mistake, I meant to say calendar year. I agree, I don't see an update coming any sooner than 3 years, and that's if we get an update at all. On one hand I'd like to think Honda has learned from the past, but given what some Honda people have said about how they view the NSX, I'm not so...

To be honest I don't think Honda needs to panic. What they need to do is learn and adapt from the feedback they've gotten. A. Hopefully they're developing a mid cycle update for the NSX for the 2018 or 2019 model year. With that update they need to be far more aggressive with the horsepower...

Grand Sports are going for under sticker already, just gotta find one with the Z07 package. GT350R on the other hand, is a rare bird that is still gonna be very difficult to get at MSRP. Could always go with the ZL1 1LE though.

I asked exactly that question to some of the engineers at the press launch and the answer was that they extensively tested each of the drive modes to ensure that the handling was not dangerous under any scenario. They take the safety of the car very seriously, and if they allowed the driver to...

I think sandbagging is the wrong word. They're just conservative so where another manufacturer might leave a 10% engineering margin, Honda might leave 20%. The other side of that particular foible is that sometimes Honda looks at the competition and says, "We don't need to have as much power...

Does anyone happen to know the replacement cost for the NSX's carbon ceramic rotors?

While I don't know that PTS would make economic sense for Acura, I think some additional colors like Imola Orange, Rio Yellow Pearl, and something like Mexico or Riviera Blue (Porsche color) would be the tits. What colors do you guys wish the NSX had? I think if i could only have one...