This is absolutely no surprise to me and just proves to me how out of touch Honda has been for the last few years. Did they truly think that they could walk away from the rear mid-engine design of the NSX's heritage and steer everyone into a front engine rear drive turd?
The idea people at Honda have completely lost their spines. They are in dire need for a change and some direction (as much as the Big 3 in Detroit). There is absolutely nothing emotionally stirring about the design... Ken Okuyama might as well have signed off on this.
On top of this Honda is at a loss for a decent powerplant. At this point they don't even have a decent V-8. How could anyone call this an exotic car?I would enjoy hearing your thoughts on this.
Brad
Here is a link to their video on the car that they are calling the successor to the NSX
RUMOR: NSX development halted, Acura going back to drawing board
We (and many of you) were blown away by Acura's Advanced Sports Car Concept when it was unveiled at NAIAS in January. Though we were a bit disappointed the concept was only a non-running turntable tease, Honda assured everyone that an improved, closer-to-production show car was in the works for the October Tokyo show.
Winding Road says its sources have heard the contrary, that Honda is going back to the high-performance drawing board to come up with a more super supercar. Word is the ASC just isn't impressing as many people as it needs to be. Perhaps Honda management saw the ASC wasn't its company's best effort, and instead of dumping the project entirely (like Chrysler did with the ME Four-Twelve or Ford with the GR-1), it's committing the resources needed to create something truly special in the $100,000+ sport coupe segment. As such, we're not quite sure what we'll see in October at the Tokyo Auto Show, if anything at all.
At least this is what we hope they're doing. Honda could have scrapped the whole thing and reallocated the funds to development of the next generation Pilot. Eeek!
[Source: Winding Road]
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