Did Acura Miss The Chance To SQUELCH The Lexus LF-A?

If the power was there (the NSX was woefully underpowered after the 3rd year) then yes. Lexus would have appeal to the softer side and the NSX would have been more for the hard core crowd.

Well, considering that the LF-A's performance numbers are not earth shattering, it kind of left the door open for something else to come along and steal its spotlight.

I guess you define 'earth shattering' as 6:00 laptime in Nord.
Then yes. And no production car can do that, for now.

Honda needs to build something that actually shows what they are capable of. For god sakes, they can make a amazing robot called ASIMO, why not make an unbelievable car (whether it be an impressive luxury Acura or performance car, just build the damned thing and show us your mojo!) I am tired of boring and miss-the mark products from Honda.

At the time that they cancelled it, the economic crisis was at its height. The probably transfered the development $ to their racing division to justify the development price tag and the car is actually going to be produced for the streets within a year or two. This is probably and engine, suspension, etc. test for the car, just like the LF-A did at (I believe) Le Mans and the 24 hour race at "The Ring". I don't think a new NSX is really dead yet.

Right!

Depending on how the brand weathers the storm, it is my opinion that we could see this hitting dealerships within several years.

Bottom line is Toyota is a much more powerful and diversifide auto manufacture...Period. Even if the NSX is ever built, it will not be in the same league as any high range Lexus(particularly the F models). As long as Honda appeals to the so called hard core crowd they will forever trail Toyota & Lexuses image, let alone thier engineering prowess. In a sense, you are what you eat!

What a fanboy comment, seriously. I consider Hondas and Acuras far more appealing than a Toyota or Lexus.

Willis,

Is there really any reason for you to post anymore? At least lexworld expanded upon his reasoning. You stated your preference just to be contradictory without offering any rhyme or reason to your conclusion at all. Typical of a hater.

I love it when they try to compete with the Ferrari's haha Good luck making anything that can top the "cheaper" Ferrari 458 Italia!

"I only care about the Ferrari's"

GTR has. I think even the most expensive Ferrari also but I might need to be corrected. Not comparing (Ferrari's cant be topped overall) but performance-wise, the GTR is incredible.. I saw a black one in Manhattan Beach this past weekend - WOW!!

The GTR has not gone up against the 458 Italia....It is not in the same class and is not a mid engine car...but alas the 458 does have a much better power to weight ratio...until they are on the track together no one can tell or say anything.

3.4l V-8 producing more than 500hp. Sounds like it will be impressive. Honda really needs this car in the lineup...now. And judging from that picture, the car looks like it means business. I say F$%^ Lexus and their much overhyped LF-A. Sure it's a hell of a car, but you can't buy it and keep it. You have to return it in 2 years?!?!?! Honda, give the public this car to show that you have the world's best engineers. And to stick it right up Lexus's A@@.

Let the deboosting begin
V-8 NSX

I think this car looks badass.

From the A-pillar back for some reason it reminds me of a 512BBi...

Best Acura yet, I loved the old NSX, it was impressive to drive, this will be twice the car as the old NSX.

Agreed. I will likely drive my 91 into the ground [I drive it everyday], but do hope Honda comes out with something that will be:

Overbuilt engine, like the 1JZ in the MK4...tuner heaven
Timeless design, like 1st Gen NSX.

I would have a hard time figuring out how Honda could turn a low-slung high-powered supercar into a halo car for Acura because of Acura's near-luxury reputation. It's too big a marketing leap. An everyday high-performance sports coupe (like the GT-R) would make more sense. If Honda's looking to upgrade the Acura image, it would do better with a larger flagship sedan.

Good point AlleVier. For some reason or another there's still a few knucle heads out there that still dont realize the Nissan GT-R is seriouly not in the same class as the Lexus LF-A supercar. Like I said in past comments, the GT-R may have only one thing in common with the LF-A and that will be from 0-60, after that the GT-R will be blown to oblivion! Definition of the word oblivion: the condition of being utterly forgotten......sorry guys as much as I like the Nissan GT-R, when you park one next to the LF-A....it will be forgotten right before your very eyes!

Ok well if the NSX looked like that then I think that it will be up there in terms of styling, placing at least 2nd place behind the LF-A. The GT-R has great performance figures but I feel that the LF-A is more desired simply because they took so long to build the engineering masterpiece. Also the NSX has been long awaited as well so it shares nearly the same hype. I wish Honda can bring it back for Acura. Acura needs something like this to showcase what they got. GT-R is a thing of the past. The next hotness will be the limited edition LF-A.

Don't believe anything coming out of Honda HQ. They have no intention of building any more NSXs, or even trying to compete towards tier 1 status. They left the Acura dealers out to dry, with very few new models of any kind (except for this disaster known as the ZDX).

LFA is the hotness right now and it's not even out yet. All the figures on it are from the factory. Conservative in other words. When cars get tested in real world they are usually much faster than factory estimates. Who said the F430 Scuderia would go to 60 in 3.2? No one, more like 3.6, but it achieved 3.2 and the same goes with the GTR. Blew away factory estimates. So i won't be suprised to see the LFA hit 205 maybe 210mph. Hit 60 in 3.4 etc. etc.

I was a former R8 owner and soon to be 2010 Porsche 911 Turbo owner. I don't think I would cross shop the 911 Turbo or R8 with a GT-R or an NSX. I may or may not want a GT-R or an NSX but if I was in a Porsche dealership I wouldn't be thinking "oh, there's that Acura or Nissan I want in the other showroom", not going to happen.

Anyone in the price range obviously is aware of what an NSX or GT-R is but doesn't mean they will get it because it has comparable figures. Buying a car goes beyond the figures in the real world. It's brand loyalty, personal preference, style preference, stuff like that. IMO any car under 7 seconds is more than enough power to have fun in if that foot is feeling heavy.

These cars we are talking about here are very fast. The 2010 Turbo makes 60 in 3.4 seconds. GT-R 3.5 seconds. LF-A 3.5-4 (anywhere between there). Even if the GT-R does 3.8 (which most drivers get) it's still lightning fast. If you had the choice I'm sure you'd have all the cars AutoSpies readers argue about day in day out. They're that damn good and that is the reason why people like to have flame wars.

I thought they were leased so the lucky 500 don't flip it out for a premium?

Acura is too busy working on the beak.

The car makes 500HP+ from a 3.4 liter as does all the Super GT GT500 class vehicles. So to say it's amazing you would have to look at the rest of the cars that compete in the series and say the same for them. Japanese racing is super competitive. They are faster than DTM cars. The only non-open wheel race cars faster around tracks are LeMans GT1 class cars and prototypes. I doubt the engine would be a small displacement 500+ HP in the road car. That's smaller than the V6 on the Honda accords. Race engine- not street car or production engine. They wouldn't last too long in real world applications.

I thought numerous source from other auto website and magazine claim the Nissan GT-R can goes from 0 to 60 in 3.1 second Not 3.5 second.