Dodge Viper SRT-10 vs. new Acura NSX

[Deakins]

Originally Posted by dayna240sx

Are you smoking something? The only way honda would have sold more is if they cut the price in half. Not twice as much. How would you feel if you spent 180K or even 90K and got your ass handed to you in a 40K rx-7?

No, I don't smoke.
When the NSX was introduced it was an amazingly good car, and in my opinion, a lot better than it's competitors, the Porsche 911 and the Ferrari 348.
However, how many of the Ferrari and Porsche buyers would consider a cheap Japanese car? Judging by the sales statistics, not many.
Honda did not produce the NSX as a competitor to the RX7, and buyers don't buy them to 'smoke' other cars on the highway.

[del]

Originally Posted by freakonaleash1187

they raced just going down a street and they started at 35 mph. i think the sti downshifted faster cuz it got the lead right away, but then the nsx pulled back ahead of it. when i talked to the guys, the nsx wasnt really going full throttle, so he could of gone faster.

about the price thing, the guy with the nsx was the oldest there (about 10 f-bodies, sti, a couple of ricers, and of course my bro and his saturn) and he was a doctor. so it shows you have to have a lot of money to have a nsx.

i would expect the sti to easily beat the nsx off the line up to 70ish then after that, it's all nsx. makes sense. i'd think it would be hard for anything that's not awd to keep up with an sti off the line.

[Jimster]

Originally Posted by Deakins

No, I don't smoke.
When the NSX was introduced it was an amazingly good car, and in my opinion, a lot better than it's competitors, the Porsche 911 and the Ferrari 348.
However, how many of the Ferrari and Porsche buyers would consider a cheap Japanese car? Judging by the sales statistics, not many.
Honda did not produce the NSX as a competitor to the RX7, and buyers don't buy them to 'smoke' other cars on the highway.

Well put.


Desides if "smoking other cars" is your thing, buy an NSX-R. The NSX is so damned easy to drive that it should be criminal, it's a supercar that turns into a luxury car while completely turning the supercar world on its head with it's innovativeness (Well it did at least back in 1991)

NSX and RX7 is a joke, put it this way. The cars are in different worlds- one was aimed at the other Japanese performance cars (RX7), the other tred to take it to Ferrari and Porsche (NSX).

So stop putting apples up against computer speakers.

[Neutrino]

Well for this day and age I find the NSX far too bland. And for a car designed for the exotic market I don't find that "easy to drive" is necesarily a good thing.

As Clarkson put it "In my book the NSX is too easy to drive to be a super car"

Tiff compared it to a 944 rather than a 911.

So bootom line it seems the NSX lacks the character to be a proper exotic.

So personally I chose the viper. Big bore, big torque, very agressive styling. Plenty of personality.

[broddie50]

I saw a Viper GTS Friday night on my way home from work. God that thing was beautiful! It was a midnight blue with withe racing stripes. I laughed when a riced out integra had the nerve to rev at him...

[Mr Payne]

Lets see, I'll take performance. NSX is good for a 290hp car, no doubt about that. The Viper is simply a monster and what do people mean when they say the NSX has better "quality" than the Viper? Any specific examples?

[crayzayjay]

Originally Posted by Neutrino

Well for this day and age I find the NSX far too bland.
...
So bootom line it seems the NSX lacks the character to be a proper exotic.

I’m with you. The NSX is too plain on the inside, and out, especially the rear styling of the car. The facelifts have also messed up the front.
The reason the NSX didn’t sell in the UK is due to price, although as mentioned before, it was superior to the opposition when it first came out, especially the Ferrari 348... You can't build brand equity with just one car.

[AcesHigh]

The NSX is outdated tech.

Movin' on...

[Jimster]

Mobing on indeed............the NSX is finally due for a replacement in 2005, the HSX concept shown at Tokyo has been given the green light, while Honda have acknowledged the need for V8 or V10 power, so I reckon the result should be pretty sweet.


Doesn't make me want a 3.2 any less, though.

[del]

Originally Posted by Jimster

Mobing on indeed............the NSX is finally due for a replacement in 2005, the HSX concept shown at Tokyo has been given the green light, while Honda have acknowledged the need for V8 or V10 power, so I reckon the result should be pretty sweet.


Doesn't make me want a 3.2 any less, though.

i'm not so sure honda will develop a V8 anytime in the near future. what i would expect is a V6 equipped car with V8-like power, more than likely with the assistance of an electric motor. unheard of for sports car but that's honda for you. hondas could certainly benefit from the torque that an electric motor could provide. rumors have it a 300hp V6 with a 100hp electric motor to total 400 total hp for the next nsx. we'll see if that pans out to be true. t

[freakonaleash1187]

i love the looks of the concept (well, production from what jimster said). that would be cool if honda would us an electric motor with the internal-combustion engine. that thing would move.

[broddie50]

Actually, that sounds pretty interesting. Haven't seen any pics of the concept, but that kind of tech. in a sports car instead of a 100mpg grocery getter sounds like a breath of fresh air.

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[CrzyMR2T]

nice looking car, except the rear window looks a little odd, i hope they redisign that part.

[crayzayjay]

Nice front & interior, the back looks like it was inspired by a computer game.