Posted by huma togik on Saturday, 8 June 2013
The Acura NSX 2013, also known as the Honda NSX in the
world of Asia, is a sports car originally manufactured by Japan from
1990 to 2005. The 2-door coupe revolutionized the Japanese sportscar
industry by competing with high-end European sports cars such as the
Ferrari and Lamborgini.
The name originated in 1984 when Honda decided to outsource the
development of their sports car to an Italian car designer, Pininfarina.
The NSX was originally called the Honda Paninfarina Xperimental or the
HP-X and was supposed to contain the C20A 2.0L V6 engine. At the time,
although the V6 engine was top of the line, it could not compete with
the high-end Italian sports cars. So Honda decided to scratch the HP-X
and evolve the project into a faster, better concept sports car.
Ultimately Honda decided to go with a Japanese engineer, Executive Chief
Engineer Shigeru Uehara for the new project.
Featuring an all-aluminum V6 engine, the NSX became the guinea pig for
Honda's new state-of-the-art technology called the "Variable Valve
Timing and Lift Electronic Control," also known as VTEC. Today, VTEC is
the signature for all Honda cars even integrated with the engine of
Honda's minivan, the Honda Odyssey. As you can tell, the Honda NSX paved
the way for the next few generations of Honda cars.
