Honda NSX official picture below and Japan JDM among the four kings, there is a car born to compete with Ferrari and launched, that is the Honda NSX, and with its own F1 technology decentralization resources, it is to let the NSX show the highest craftsmanship of the engine, what is the glorious story of this Japanese supercar with the reputation of Oriental Ferrari? Let's review it together.
In the 1960s, Honda was actively involved in the highest level of motorsport, Formula 1, and in addition to winning two races, it also helped McLaren and Williams win many championships as an engine supplier. And with this experience, Honda also came up with a plan to build a supercar.
Honda, which wanted to build a supercar, started the first step, first of all, the company wanted to build a mid-engine, rear-wheel drive, manual supercar, with the Ferrari 328 as the positioning opponent, so it approached Pininfarina to help design the prototype of the NSX, laying the foundation for the production car. Subsequently, the NSX was made to use an all-aluminum alloy body, becoming the world's first car to use aluminum alloy.
Honda NSX In order to beat the competition, Honda even invited F1 driver Ayrton Senna to test the NSX, making the performance more powerful. The first-generation Honda NSX debuted in 1990 with a low-lying body design and a VTEC technology 3The 0-liter V6 engine, which allowed the NSX to burst out with 280 horsepower, caused a sensation after its launch, and even entered the North American market, so popular that it was known as the Toyo Ferrari.
After the NSX Type-R successfully entered the market, Honda launched the most powerful version of the NSX, the Type-R, which is also Honda's first Type-R name model, the whole car is equipped with lightweight Recaro red seats and Enkei white wheels.
Facelift
In 1997, the NSX-R GT continued the success of the model line, and Honda launched the facelifted NSX, which was due to the restrictions of the car safety regulations of that year, so that Honda eliminated the classic bouncing headlights of the NSX and replaced them with fixed light clusters, and increased the engine displacement to 3The 2-litre engine also boosts the V6 VTEC engine to 294 hp. Subsequently, the NSX-R GT was launched with only 5 units for Super GT racing, which still caused a sensation.
However, due to the gradual decline in global sports car sales in 2005, the Honda NSX was discontinued until the second-generation NSX, which was a hybrid of gasoline and electric in 2016, but it was officially discontinued in 2022. Although it has taken a break from the automotive industry, Honda has proved to the world its ultimate craftsmanship in the past 34 years.