New Acura NSX?
 

So I just so happen to be a super hero nerd as well as a car fanatic, long story short I was looking through new set photos of The Avengers and it looks like Tony Stark/Robert Downey Jr. may be driving the new Acura NSX? Though it's only a back shot of the car I do notice its a full strip tail light but in LEDs instead. Looks good from what I can see...another reason for me to look forward to seeing this movie now, to see the new Acura sports car, whatever it may be called.

http://cdn1.superherohype.com/assets...1317238730.jpg

http://cdn.superherohype.com/assets/...1534825108.jpg

Edit: I googled Robert Downey Jr. New Acura and found images of the front
http://media.comicbookmovie.com/imag...67_468x286.jpg

http://www.gtspirit.com/wp-content/u...ra-Concept.jpg

http://www.gtspirit.com/wp-content/u...Concept-01.jpg

Article on autoblog.com can be seen here http://www.autoblog.com/2011/09/03/t...-the-avengers/

Sorry, It's a one-off for the movie.
http://www.autoblog.com/2011/09/03/t...-the-avengers/

I saw that...well seems like they're still interested in making a sports car and what better place to show one off then a big block buster movie?...:iono:

not a NSX, but definitely a research car for Acura. The fact that it appears to be a mid-engine sports car could be mistaken for an NSX. When Acura does release a new sports car, i hope its affordable and not another playback of Lexus LFA

Eh I don't think it'll be lfa pricing but it wont be cheap, judging by the price of Acuras it would probably fall somewhere between 90-100 grand.:(

Ya! thats cool...80-100 is acceptable IMO.. the older NSX retailed around that price range. But that was then and this is now, with a different market, different executives, different engineers..a lot can change in a small amount of time. I just hope they don't get their panties tied up in a wad and say, "hay lets build an awesomely rare sports car to showcase what our company is about and price it at 500k". Because its certainly possible.

styling exercise? i can see them keeping that grille. its a little mazda-ishm but at least its not the monstrosity that it is now...

One-off? Cmon Honda, release it already

Auto log said Acura won't produce this vehicle, but they also hint that a new NSX isn't dead.

looks like your TSX grille. It's certainly part of the Honda family! :)

Damn Stark and Thor. -_-

I saw a NSX yesterday parked outside a connivence store, what a legend.

Fugly...

I like.

I knew I couldn't be the only one. I don't mind the front, but overall the car screams "concept". And by that, I mean it looks like something that stepped out of the '90s. Something that was meant to come out as a Hot Wheels toy only.

It is pretty fugly. The front of it reminds me of a screwed up Mazda Shinari.

Honda NSX concept coming to Detroit Auto Show - report
 

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The rumor mill is back in action as a new report is indicating Honda will unveil a Super Sports concept at the North American International Auto Show in January.
According to AutoCar, the vehicle will follow in the footsteps of the Small Sports EV concept and preview the styling direction for an NSX successor.
Powertrain details remain elusive, but speculation suggests the concept will be a hybrid or an electric vehicle. There's also word of an all-wheel drive system, but nothing is official as of yet.
Source: AutoCar


Read more: http://www.worldcarfans.com/11111283...#ixzz1f8BWJLYC

Would be rather weird to have an AWD successor for the NSX.

AWD or not, electric or not, just bring it to the market please, and do not give it the current atrocious Honda styling ;)

I thought the new NSX was suppose to be in the same design as this acura concept

http://www.egmcartech.com/2011/09/06...-the-avengers/

The picture I posted is a rendering

NSX is coming?
 

Gallery: http://www.autoblog.com/photos/spy-s.../#photo-872197

Acura NSX Approved for Production! Concept to Appear at 2012 Detroit Show
 

WHAT! :)

Much to the delight of rabid, froth-mouthed fans—and more than eight years of teasing on Acura’s part—a proper second-generation NSX sports car is on its way. The concept version debuts at the Detroit auto show in early January. (You can dive into the NSX 2.0’s decade-long gestation here, from its shifting engine placement to prototype spy photos to being repurposed as a race car. And those are just the tip of the iceberg.)
The first NSX was a technological tour de force when it arrived in 1990. The mid-engine sports car packed a dual-overhead-cam V-6 under an all-aluminum wrapper. The engine made 270 hp, a staggering number for a six-cylinder engine at the time. For all that, it was the car’s handling that was the most impressive—piloting an NSX is like having the controls hard-wired to your gray matter.
Acura has decided that the new NSX will again use a mid-engine layout and that it will follow the first car’s general philosophy: The second-gen model will be relatively lightweight, efficient, and make use of lots of new technology.
The company is still quiet about powertrain specifics, but we can offer some educated speculation. The engine will again be a V-6, but this time the gasoline engine will play a role in an ensemble hybrid-electric drivetrain. One or more electric motors likely will power the front wheels, and translation services between the gasoline engine and the tarmac will probably be provided by Honda’s new seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox. If this all sounds familiar, it’s because you read our own Mike Austin’s piece on Acura’s new hybrid AWD system. The impression we have is that the NSX’s powertrain will be inspired by the front-engine system Austin recently sampled in an Accord.
Styling-wise, the NSX concept we saw isn’t terribly far off from the sports car that Tony Stark (that’s Iron Man’s civilian name—or “Robert Downey, Jr.” if you want to get technical about it) drives in the upcoming Avengers movie. Proportions are similar to those of the original NSX: There’s a short, low hood, a relatively big canopy over the cabin, and a low, wide rear end. (The original car is pictured above—Acura hasn’t released official images of the concept yet.) This one’s also got side scoops to feed air to the engine.
When the car is unveiled at the Detroit show, Acura’s spokespeople are going to say this is a concept only. They may even say a decision is still yet to be made. But we hear it’s already received a green light for production, and will arrive sometime in 2012 or early 2013. It won’t be cheap, but Acura has no intention of approaching Lexus LFA pricing, either. We’d guess on a sticker in the $90,000-to-$130,000 range.

http://blog.caranddriver.com/acura-n...-detroit-show/

I'm not in a position to be in the target customer range for this car, but they lost me with "hybrid-electric drivetrain".

I can't wait to see it at Detroit... although I wish they stuck with the working old formula instead of this new crap.. but I guess it's a sign of the times (by that I mean no hybrid, no awd, just light MR) :(

Hopefully this is a good sign and other companies will start bringing back some of the great sports cars from the 90s.

yup i hope so!
MAYBE Toyota might bring back the Supra and the MR2 or even the celica... who knows!

If it's not MR they better not bother calling it NSX

The 90's will live again! Well, the good part of it..

Just don't fuck up the styling please. No Acura beak, no chrome shit everywhere. Have those people been fired yet?

Also manual transmission would be nice :/

Man, if the world ends next year I'll be so pissed about not seeing these new cars come out..

i'm with you.

:word:

Not sure if it's going to be front mid ship or rear mid ship, but it's going to be mid ship engine.

Honda/Acura need to bring back the passion!

They really do. Not sure if you would care but they are suppose to have an Accord Coupe concept. Honda/Acura neeed to :party0030:

the top brass at Honda is overly conservative and believe the only way they can produce a viable successor to the original NSX is to go hybrid, which anything but the truth. this is part of the reason the previous NSX successor was axed. i'm not a fan of hybrids but if this system has more of a bias towards performance and isn't overly complex this could work.

But it's not MR. It's... MAWD? Or MR+HybridFWD? :)

You're right. I hope they have 2 hybrid motors to power each front wheel. What about KERS integration? Hope it has one.

It would be nice to have a tech showcase. Preferably one that has more driver involvement, even with all the fancy stuff...if they can show that it's possible to advance technology while keeping the feeling of connection to the car, that would be great.

Currently though, it doesn't sound so good. 2 clutches on the electric motor, DCT, 2 electric motors on the front wheels, sounds like fully automatic powertrain :( What I'd like to see is keep the IMA, try to come up with a way to let the driver control the electric motor and engine clutch linkage that's not too complicated. That would be a brilliant car.