While I cannot speak for others, for me there was just something about it that didn’t make me tell myself I must have this car. The exhaust was a bit dull and the interior didn’t beg me to come back either. Although it was very comfy inside, I wasn’t wowed. For me personally, I think seats in an M4 are leaps and bounds better than the Nsx for half the price. It’s a fast car and handles very well and is also easy for anyone to jump in it and drive it close to what a good driver could drive it. When I drove my first gen 1, it was almost impossible not to write the seller a check.:biggrin: I think Honda just needs to make a few changes here and there and the car would be well sorted to more buyers.
I think they pretty much nailed what they wanted to achieve in the everyday supercar market. The problem though is that 200,000 dollar cars are not everyday cars for a DD to begin with. The gen 2 is worlds better than the gen 1 but it doesn’t seem to have the nostalgia
i have driven Lots of Italian cars, and, in this day and age compromises are not something I would put-up with, be it, Driving position, ergonomics, Proper Engineering maintenance and reliability.
Some Italian cars do look great, but it the Sounds, that others can't seem to master like the Italian .....
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I wouldnt drop 200 either. 160-170 perhaps.Second gen NSX is a Joke, reason they are not selling, because they are over priced. Here in Toronto Canada, they dealers are giving you 65's Canadian off the price of the car as soon as you walk in, and still the car sits.
At the end of the day no one in there right mind would drop 200k for an Acura. At that level people start to think about the badge value. Anywhere you go you will have to explain to people about the NSX. No explaining has to be given when you have the V-10 R8, or the Ferrari 458 Italia, or a Porsche GT3.
Also Honda miss the mark completely with the new Nsx. The car should of been rwd, without the hybrid tech, made in Japan, and only 100k US MAX.
One more thing, the first gen NSX wasn't a super car, its main competition was a Ferrari 348, Porsche 911. Not Ferrari F-40, or Porsche 959.
A Ferrari 348 was never even considered a super car, or in the same category as an F-40 or 959.every car you've listed above was considered a Supercar in that time, including the original NSX...
A Ferrari 348 was never even considered a super car, or in the same category as an F-40 or 959.
The term super car has been around forever. You can't even put the F-40 and the 348 in the same category, even back in the day.the 348 was at the bottom, the F40 at the top, the Testarossa somewhere in the middle. but they were all considered Supercars. there was only one category back then...
Ah, no. Porsche 1990 911 msrp was 65g's, no exotic materials at all, and production numbers were a lot.negative, they were all considered Supercars. they were rare, low production, extremely high performing vehicles built from exotic materials which the average person had no chance in hell of ever affording. all of them were hanging on the walls of every teenage boy in the modern world. the 911 was considered a Supercar just like the 959 was. one was obviously a higher performer than the other. regardless, there was only one category back then for all of those machines. full stop...
Mclaren just keeps turning up the heat. Sorry, but if you have 200k or more burning a hole in your pocket, they have an answer for that...
https://youtu.be/CTda69UUA7g
At this point just offer a 3-5k down 999$ mo lease program....problems solved:biggrin:
At this point just offer a 3-5k down 999$ mo lease program....problems solved:biggrin:
I remember the $750 a month lease on the 2000 & 2001 NSX...! Great days...
another excellent point. when the first NSX came out it was the only hassle free, easy daily driver of the Supercar club. now any of them could be driven by your grandma in "grandma mode". just put it in auto and off you go. and they're all very reliable (sans the McLaren's, which are reasonably reliable). the NSX is a far too understated, underwhelming and sensible Supercar. as i said a long time ago, that's not why people buy Supercars. maybe 7 people want to buy sensible Supercars?
Supercars should be exciting to see, sit in, and fire up. these cars should be outlandish to look at, and sound ridiculous at idle. and have huge performance numbers, not merely decent ones. the NSX just doesn't conjure up that type of exhilaration the way some of the other entrants in the field do. and it shows in abysmal sales while the other companies are moving vehicles out the door...
doesn't sound like you've driven one in a while? the 458, 488, Huracan, etc., have no compromises. the seats are comfortable, headroom is plenty, ingress/egress is easy, visibility is good, the air conditioning is glacier like freezing. some have more features than the NSX. and they don't break down, or even require that much service anymore.
the NSX doesn't hold any advantage in the department as the first one did in the early 90's. those were very different days, and the current state of reliable and easy to drive Supercars is the way it is because of the first NSX...