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Originally Posted by strat61caster
Considering they put out two of 'em in the past 2 years, I think odds are decent Honda isn't going to completely abandon RWD.
Will it ever be something we can get our grubby mitts on is the more important question imo.
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I had to think for a while to figure out which was the other RWD platform you were talking about. S660 was the one I thought of haha.
Looking at the NSX frame, I wonder if they can recycle some of the cast parts to make a cheaper car, maybe swap some of the aluminum bits for steel to save money. It looks like there are a lot of extrusions that are fixed to the castings, so you could just swap in some shorter steel extrusions or something. Mild steel stampings instead of aluminum and carbon fiber would save money too. Of course, it would be okay if they figured out how to keep the aluminum for a reasonable price too
It would be cool if they shrank the wheelbase from 104" to around 97" ish, then shrank the track width to 60", and then swap out the V6 with an I4, and ditch the SH-AWD hybrid stuff at the front to save money. Basically a CR-Z with the correct wheels being driven, and preferably more horsepower (though like I have said, I am happy to spend money on a supercharger as long as they put the engine in the back). If the car has rear weight bias, you get pretty good grip without the AWD.