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Acura NSX Canceled Due To Carpocalypse

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Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
12/17/08

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Yup, better they do a rethink and return to the original NSX layout and ethos.

Only reason to do a front engine NSX would be so they could stretch it, add two doors, and take it NASCAR racin'.

I gotcher bizness model right HERE!
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Jellodyne
12/17/08

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The Wolf: That's thirty minutes away. I'll be there in thirty.

[cut to Harvey Keitel pulling up in an Accord]
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Novaload
12/17/08

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Every maker needs to have a finely made hot hotrod of some kind in the stable, just so they can keep their eyes on the prize. Whether you win on speed, luxury, economy or flat out sales, it's still a race.
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noodlz
12/17/08

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Look at the bright side, now they don't have the opportunity to f- it up with a buck tooth like they have with the rest of their line.
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mikedrawcar
12/17/08

@noodlz: funny enough, I heard a story about that styling- the reason behind it is all pedestrian safety. That's why there's no large intake up high, and the whole thing is so bullish in stature.
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LuciferV8
12/17/08

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I now have another reason to kick Ben Bernanke in the balls.
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Jo Schmo
12/17/08

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can I have the prototype?
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Graverobber
12/17/08

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Geez, half-year operating loss and Honda freaks out. "WE GOTTA CANCEL THAT HAPPY-HAPPY JOY-JOY CAR RIGHT NOW! WE'RE GONNA' RUN OUT OF MONEY IN LIKE 10 YEARS, AND HOW WILL WE AFFORD TO KEEP ASIMO IN D-CELLS AND ROBO-HOOKERS IF THINGS DON'T IMPROVE AND PEOPLE START BUYING CARS AGAIN?!!!"
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layabout
12/17/08

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"It was going to be this generations Jaguar E-Type!"

Jumping the gun a bit there, it was never going to be this generations E-Type.
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Elhigh
12/17/08

@layabout met the real Santa: If there are enough part set aside, check back in 31 years.
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gravit8...drives with the lights on
12/17/08

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The worst part is, this move will kill the dreams of thousands of gearhead kids before they ever go to sleep at night.

No posters on the wall/desktops, no great supercar to aspire to own, none of the usual stuff that has driven so many of us to become obsessed with that damn car culture.

While it may be on hold, so are the young entrants into our little bubble. Japanese designers have always been some of the most forward thinking out there; but they grew up that way. Now they'll have to find direction from fewer available sources of inspiration. This, happening all across the spectrum, could lead to some pathetic car design down the road, eco friendly or not.
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OctaneBoaster
12/17/08

@gravit8: Not necessarily, just the values will change. Efficiency will be at the forefront instead of managing buttloads of cheap horsepower. Like Gordon Baxter said when he drove an old MGTD, "Previous generations had the same thrills we have now, they just had them at lower speeds".

Personally, I'd rather see my kid come of age in an era of awesome handling, efficient, lightweight cars than in the era of cars with overpowered engines and crappy suspensions (Mustang).
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Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est
12/17/08

@OctaneBoaster: Yeah, word!

I can't say I'm sorry to see no new NSX. What's the relevance to me? The Honda S2000 and various R editions has much more impact on what I may buy. Look at the Ford GT, it had little to no impact on Ford's image, sitting as it did, several stratospheres above any other Ford product.
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nag2112
12/17/08

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As a Rush fan and Honda enthusiast I will be listening to 'Red Barchetta' all day, "....a brilliant Red Barchetta (err, NSX) from a better, vanished time"!
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Elhigh
12/17/08

@nag2112: Great song. Excellent to turn up and go bombing in the backwoods.
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layabout
12/17/08

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Well you didn't need a crystal ball to see that coming did you.
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Elhigh
12/17/08

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...all of which means stop breaking the NSXes that are still running! A fabulous chassis held back only by its frankly mediocre powerplant, the NSX makes even dumb drivers look good, and great drivers look like Emerson Fittipaldi.

Its day shall return. You don't take all that engineering work and just drop it in the hopper. It'll be back.
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brandegee
12/17/08

@Elhigh: The NSX V6 is mediocre? News to me.
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Elhigh
12/17/08

@brandegee: In its day it was a brilliant engine, but not capable of delivering all the power that the chassis could have made use of. Now output levels on a par with the NSX's original rating are base-level or one step up on a Malibu. It was the chassis that made NSX fast; had it had all the engine it could handle, the NSX would've been a full-on supercar from the beginning.
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Joshuman
12/17/08

@Elhigh: I thought it made great drivers look like Ayrton Senna. He was the driver-developer.
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Six Flags Over Tomsk
12/17/08

@joshman - chasing that star: And that alone, children, is reason enough to aspire to own one.
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J-2-da-B
12/17/08

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that's so strange... what's next, honda filing for bankrupcy within a few months or weeks?!

the only 2 japanese companies whom are looking good financially are toyota & nissan... i wonder what's going on in the land of the rising sun; or is it starting to set lately over there?!
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brandegee
12/17/08

I knew it. The new NSX was just one big Ponzi scheme.
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mikedrawcar
12/17/08

@J-2-da-B: i don't know if nissan's doing too well- their sales tanked more than Honda and Toyota.
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Ash78, cube farmer
12/17/08

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I'm guessing this has a lot more to do with image management than actual funding constraints. Honda is probably reassessing its position in people's minds and realizing that so few of us will be aware of the NSX, let alone allow it to influence our image of Honda for the better. Which is sad because a future with just hybrids, electrics, and hydrogen sounds pretty bleak.
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mikedrawcar
12/17/08

@The Name's Ash78, Housewares: thing is, the halo car is no longer the badass sports car- it's the eco-hybrid thingamajig.
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