NSX vs 993 vs 348

[Sonic*]

Not sure if you guys have seen this before but thought it might be of interest? It's an Autocar group test involving the NSX/993/348.

Test date is 23rd March 1994. There was only going to be one winner! :wink:

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[Du SportsCars]

I have had all three and all three are very different machine. My favorite is 993 C2S.

 

[payam972]

I've been lucky enough to have had all three as well. A 91 nsx/97 nsx (current), a 95 c2, and a 90 348ts.

Nsx is faster than the other two. Out handles them too.

They all have their pros/cons. A 993 with foster stage 3 exhaust though..... Love love love!!!!

 

[Ponyboy]

Thanks for sharing.

Any test that equates Ferrari 348 build quality and safety to that of the NSX can immediately be dismissed.

 

[NetViper]

Great article. Thanks for the post.

 

[Du SportsCars]

I've been lucky enough to have had all three as well. A 91 nsx/97 nsx (current), a 95 c2, and a 90 348ts.

Nsx is faster than the other two. Out handles them too.

They all have their pros/cons. A 993 with foster stage 3 exhaust though..... Love love love!!!!

348 has the best engine sound by far

 

[payam972]

348 has the best engine sound by far

Very true. That thing FOT was godly.

 

[NetViper]

348 has the best engine sound by far

True, but I don't think the interior quality is better than the nsx and it certainly isn't better 20 years later.

 

[Ponyboy]

Montezemolo has publicly stated the 348 was the most shoddily built Ferrari he had ever seen.

 

[Du SportsCars]

Montezemolo has publicly stated the 348 was the most shoddily built Ferrari he had ever seen.

I think both 348/355 are the last "real" F-cars like the 993's "last of the real Porsche "

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With Tubi or Capristo Exhaust on 348 and 355, till today nothing out there can match the exhaust note

 

[Nukem]

355 with Tubi does sound amazing.

 

[Du SportsCars]

355 is a beauty but service is a $bitch and a lot more compare to 348

 

[payam972]

It's amazing how durable the nsx interior is compared to those 348s. There might be some bubbling trim here and there on the old nsx but nothin like the shrinking leather dash and sticky trims that plague old ferraris. It's funny that newer Italian cars still have the sticky trim from the sun.

 

[jond]

Good stuff. Anything similar to this against the F355?

 

[kookoo4nsx]

Very nice article. I forwarded it to a friend who's a Porsche nut.

 

[Gansan]

This article should be uploaded to the NSX wiki.

 

[s14_tat]

Its amazing how the test back then always complained that the NSX's interior felt cheap, and was not special enough. They would always sing high praises of the so called "premium build quality" of the Ferrari. We might have actually believed them if we read this article 20 years ago. Now in the real world the NSX is actually the better built car inside out, and the amount of 100k mile cars is proof of that.

 

[SFNSXguy]

The first "decent" Ferrari was the 360... they've been getting better to the point that I could actually own a 458. I swore off Ferrari's in the '70s when I had a Daytona and a 246 -- both nice cars for 20 minutes -- then the build quality started to make me crazy. Though I must admit there's nothing quite like the sound of a V-12 at redline.

 

[R13]

348s make for decent track cars. I know a guy who flogs one pretty regularly and hasn't seemed to have much trouble. Of course that solves the "shoddy interior" problem, lol.

And WTF, "ergonomics" a negative for an NSX interior. I read that as, "I'm a journalist and my driving position sucks". Scoot seat forward, rest wrists on wheel, don't be fat, etc.

[edit: nevermind he just contradicts himself later saying the NSX has the best driving position.....so he just doesn't understand the meaning of "ergonomics"]

 

[s14_tat]

I wonder if these journalist revisits their work. I bet you they would be thinking " wtf was I thinking when I wrote that?" After he sits in a F348 again.

 

[Sumeronthechain]

Great article

 

[Ric]

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[Dynamic-uzed-auto]

That porsche is a beast and I agree 348/355 with tubi exhaust best sound to date but I still prefer the NSX