indesj01

I need to share with everyone that my neighbor is an exec for Acura and had a new 2017 NSX for the weekend that I got to test drive. I was very interested in the car after reading about it. I drove it and it felt like a camaro or some other muscle car. I had just got home in my turbo S so was fresh to compare. I actually missed my turbo towards the end of the drive. It was also so loud in sport and sport plus I mean obnoxious not good loud. The 997 just feels better. It was clear that all those years of refining the 911 by the Germans out did a brand newly engineered Japanese car made in Ohio.

indesj01

Also barely fits a brief case

Steve 96C4S

No pics of the NSX? They look amazing!!! 2 years ago I took these pics at the NYC Auto Show. I go every year w/my uncle. So much fun...

jazzwu

You actually didn't like It? No wonder why a lot of them are just sitting on dealership lots.

what about performance? Did it feel slower, or as fast or faster than your turbo s?

Spyerx

Pos the new nsx. 6 years over engineered and styled. Look what it came to. Underwhelming.
Porsche any day of the week.

gotgolf52

I rather have 997.2TTS over NSX any day.

Ibanezgod

not surprised, i think it's kinda ugly, rather have a 2005 NSX

786

that's odd because the new NSX has been getting great reviews from the press, at least the press I follow (UK journos). for example:

nzskater

Agreed. Original is so much nicer!

khiroshima

I had a 1991 and it was amazing, though my memory of it is more nostalgic than anything else at this point . . . The fact of the matter is, it's more car than I could handle back then (270 hp) and more car than I could handle today, HaHa

I do wonder what I would think of it today, now that I have a 997.2 in the garage, but the new one looks pretty bad *** (to me). Wasn't even a consideration though as I need the back seats, so while it would have been fun to follow my 1991 with a current model, that was a no-go. I do get not liking Sport Plus, but then again, I don't really like Sport Plus in the 997.2 either KH

IMI A

Think they're not far off £200k here in the UK. I'd be a bit disappointed performance wise with it. Ran against one at VMAX here in UK and its straight line performance might just have been as quick as a stock manual 997.1 turbo who knows. My money would be on the 997.1 turbo though to win.

I don't think buyers here are buying it for its performance. They kind of regard it as a cheaper alternative to a 918 here. Go figure!

Honda used a 458 to benchmark it but then 488 and 650S came out and left it behind again - new NSX took an inordinately long time for Honda to develop - very amateurish development team at the beginning and the design and performance goals kept changing through out its development. Not a bad job in the end. Its an interesting car as its the beginning stages of electric hybrid performance cars for the masses. Next phase will be fully electric

786

ya, i keep reading if you think of it as an inexpensive 918 you are closer to the mark. i think they're gorgeous and have a real uniqueness about them. it's an esoteric choice for sure, i wouldn't write it off for the reasons posted in this thread. from the reviews i've read and seen it has a nuance to it that takes time to appreciate, its not a car that reveals itself fully right away. sounds like an interesting proposition. i believe they can be had new for mid $100s here in the US.

i think it looks gorgeous personally, especially in lighter colors that allow you to see all the details.

indesj01

It feels simply put like an old M3 when I drove it. acceleration is good but my stock turbo S pulls more at max torque. it moves but is way too loud the engine is also right there. quiet mode is kinda cool. the one i drove was a demo I will post some pics it would sell for 190"s on the lot. I'm serious a 458 might be a better call. but I will stay with my turbo

myw

original all the way. i really wanted to love the new nsx but just cant.

mpeterec

For $300k (CAD), the new NSX is a dismal failure. It personifies nothing of the original NSX that we all came to love and the reality is Acura should have used a different name because the cars are nothing alike. There's nothing shared between this new generation and the old; not the styling, not the drive train, not the engine. Literally nothing.

When Chevy brought back the 'Maro, it looked like an old Camaro. It had similar lines to an old Camaro and followed some very basic attributes that were a flashback from 40 years prior -- manual transmission, V8, RWD, etc.

Whatever Acura conjured up on this one will fall into the abyss as a faded memory and undoubtedly a car that you'll be able to get at half price 3 years from now. Over a half decade of development and it'll still get smoked by a baseline Turbo or Huracan, both of which come with a noticeably lessened price tag