7Tune: New Honda NSX To Become “Super Hybrid Sports”

After rumors surfaced that the NSX project would be put on hold last December, we’re now told the new Honda flagship’s development is steaming ahead despite some big changes.
We’ve been told the new NSX has been steadily progressing since the test car’s appearance at Nürburgring last year where it pulled off some promising lap times. Where things get tricky is that the project now seems to be more like an exercise in parts sharing to create what Honda calls “Super Hybrid Sports”. It’s been hinted that rumours of Honda scrapping the new NSX project turned out to be merely a slight direction change to accommodate a more environmentally friendly approach which, according to our sources, will be a direct answer to Toyota’s FT-HS hybrid sports car.

Readers with long memories might remember the 600PS 5.5L V10 that was slated to power the new NSX. Well with the direction change comes a new powerplant which is now expected to be the next generation “valveless throttle” 3.5L V6 coupled with a hybrid system (from the next-gen Legend/Acura RL) to produce around 450PS which would put it in line with the Toyota FT-HS. Honda hopes to beat Toyota in the fuel efficiency stakes so there might still be some work to do to overcome the expected weight deficit. The added weight of course will be due to the SH-AWD system which will be bolted to an aluminum platform and feature a rear transaxle just like the R35 Nissan GT-R. We’re told that this same platform, albeit made of steel, will provide the basis for the next Honda Legend/Acura RL. For the time being our source withheld any mention of a release date or pricing, also the change in direction for the NSX has obviously pushed back the previously expected 2010 debut.

So it seems that the next NSX will be somewhat of a diluted version of the car we reported on last year, unfortunately without the potentially GT-R slaying V10. It begs the question, is it better to have an eco-friendly super hybrid sports car, or nothing at all?

Source;
http://www.7tune.com/new-honda-nsx-to-become-super-hybrid-sports/

2010 Honda/Acura NSX Comeback Sooner than Later?!?

Seems like there's more news on this subject than previously reported.
Honda has announced the possibility of resurrecting the shelved NSX project which it buried at the latter part of 2008 due to ever decreasing sales. The reason for reviving the NSX was because, according to Dick Colliver, executive vice president of Honda in America, the development was “mostly done.”

There is an attempt by Honda to raise the confidence of dealers who were concerned at the demise of the NSX. Meanwhile, Acura is holding on to its intention of becoming a Tier 1 luxury car maker without a value image compromise. Honda also cancelled the RWD V8 platform for the Acura together with the NSX. Honda received intense criticisms for introducing a new styling direction with the coming out of its latest TSX, TL and RL models. Compared with 2007, Honda sales dropped by 15 percent in 2008.

Source;
http://www.autospies.com/news/2010-Honda-NSX-still-coming-40618/

NSX Could be Revived Once the Economy Turns Around

"Colliver also mentioned that work on the NSX replacement is "mostly done," so even though Honda shelved the V10 supercar to cut costs and keep an even keel during the economic downturn, the NSX could be pulled out of the corporate garage, dusted off and brought to market once conditions improve."

Source;
http://www.autoblog.com/2009/02/02/acura-continues-to-push-for-tier-1-status-nsx-could-be-revived/