Nsx-r Gt
Originally Posted by sakebomb
not sure but i think a full lingefelter corvette bi-turbo is about half that price with three times the performance and a warranty... dunno about you guys but for me 460k is a lot for any car especially a honda with 280 bhp...
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Acura(Honda) NSX-R GT
Honda has been getting pummeled mercilessly in the Japan Grand Touring Championship (JGTC). With Nissan 350Zs and Toyota Supras always finishing in front of the company's NSX race cars, it was time for Honda to do something. And it did. The company recently unveiled the limited-edition NSX-R GT, priced at about $500,000.
Because JGTC cars must be homologated with production cars, Honda needed to create this road car so they could make radical changes to their JGTC racers. Okay, so Honda plans to sell only five of them...but it qualifies under JGTC rules as a production car.
The new car is longer and wider than the stock NSX (188.6 in. and 78.3 in., respectively), but most other dimensions stay the same, such as overall height, wheelbase and front and rear track widths. The major change here is the carbon-fiber body, designed to create all kinds of downforce. There's a snorkel on the rear hatch, but for the production cars it's non-functional. The engine is largely left alone, with no major tweaks to the suspension either.
This is a car that was created for the sole purpose of fulfilling a requirement in the JGTC rules. Honda wants to win these races and is serious about it. Whether it sells the NSX-R GT is secondary...although we hear one order already has been received. — SM
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Honda has been getting pummeled mercilessly in the Japan Grand Touring Championship (JGTC). With Nissan 350Zs and Toyota Supras always finishing in front of the company's NSX race cars, it was time for Honda to do something. And it did. The company recently unveiled the limited-edition NSX-R GT, priced at about $500,000.
Because JGTC cars must be homologated with production cars, Honda needed to create this road car so they could make radical changes to their JGTC racers. Okay, so Honda plans to sell only five of them...but it qualifies under JGTC rules as a production car.
The new car is longer and wider than the stock NSX (188.6 in. and 78.3 in., respectively), but most other dimensions stay the same, such as overall height, wheelbase and front and rear track widths. The major change here is the carbon-fiber body, designed to create all kinds of downforce. There's a snorkel on the rear hatch, but for the production cars it's non-functional. The engine is largely left alone, with no major tweaks to the suspension either.
This is a car that was created for the sole purpose of fulfilling a requirement in the JGTC rules. Honda wants to win these races and is serious about it. Whether it sells the NSX-R GT is secondary...although we hear one order already has been received. — SM
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Uhhmm,
Originally Posted by jdepould
perhaps you mean Z06?
Brain fart. Yeah, Z06. No doubt the NSX is a work of art, but I'd buy a 2005 Vette, modify it, and absolutely humiliate the Honda. It would be way less than 1/5th the price.
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im gonna have to say that id rather drop another 10-20k into my wagon and not only be faster but be able to carry four suitcases in the trunk and two bicycles and a snowboard or two on top. and i can sport a "u just got beat by a wagon" sticker and mean it!
Very arrogrant of Honda not to even touch or tweak the engine at least a bit to compliment a super rare car? VTEC power~!?! The snorkel is non-functional??? Gay...
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