Honda HSC
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Honda HSC
I know, WTLW, but this is more pics than B4.
AUTOWEEK BEST IN SHOW: What's not to like about this very thinly disguised forebear of the second-generation Acura NSX, the Honda supercar for everyday driving that's been with us in its present form for more than a decade? In the Honda Sports Concept (dubbed a Honda only because Acura isn't a brand in the company's home market) we get a total makeover of this Japanese-style Ferrari 360 Modena. Its aluminum frame and aluminum and carbon fiber body panels get even lighter and its angular dimensions get a touch tighter, while its drivetrain gets even better than today's still-special NSX. HSC retains the balanced midship V6 engine layout, but boosts output to more than 300 hp and links the engine to the wheels via a paddle-shifted transmission. We hope Honda cleans up the rear end before production by smoothing some of the lower aero packaging and dispensing with the bug-eyed tail lamps, but we can't help smiling knowing that Honda's concept-to-production timeline is traditionally one of the fastest in the business. With any luck, this Best of Show winner will ignite an all-out supercar war among the Japanese makers when it debuts sometime next year.
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The NSX is by far my favorite Japanese car of all time, and probably my favorite automobile altogether. I really like the HSC, but they need to do something about that rear window. It needs to be fast AND upgradeable. It had better have bullet-proof internals, closed deck, ironclad drivetrain, no ECU pecularities, and none of those damned Honda fibrous cylinder walls that so cursed my Prelude.... Oh, and it needs a st00pid high redline.