The infotainment system has a 7. Options include satellite radio; carbon-ceramic brakes; a carbon-fiber roof; a carbon-fiber engine cover; a carbon-fiber rear spoiler; and an Alcantara headliner. A Technology Package adds a nine-speaker ELS audio system, navigation, AcuraLink telematics service, and front and rear parking sensors.
With a plan to sell just cars a year in the U. The NSX will be exceedingly rare for at least a couple of years, while cars trickle out of the Ohio facility that's essentially hand-building them.
The Acura NSX will one day be seen as the car that broke the Japanese luxury brand out of its styling doldrums. It's a neat riff on the supercar stylebook. It's inspired by a slew of supercars, but doesn't mimic them at all, and introduces a few new hooks to the songbook.
Inside, the spartan, Civic-like interior of the original NSX has given way to a luxe, leather-lined cockpit missing some traditional cues. The first signal the car sends the driver is a mixed one. The console camelbacks where a shifter should be, but the NSX doesn't have a lever.
It has the same push-button transmission controls as a Honda Pilot. It's a relief to find long paddle-shift controls behind the steering wheel. Look up, and the NSX's 8. The pod's dominated by a tach, and toggles through color schemes from blue to red, based on the selected driving mode.
Switches and rollers run secondary systems from the steering wheel. A second screen—either 7. Elsewhere, the NSX sweeps the driver and passenger up in a leathery embrace, while big strokes of metallic trim outline the banks of controls and the horizon of the dash. Lightly treated leather can be ordered, and the NSX can go full-pimp with a carbon-fiber trim kit that looks just like similar treatments in other luxury and performance cars.
That is to say, relentlessly showy and somewhat inexpensive. Outside, the low, wide shape smothers the track from the grille on back. It's a bare few inches from the ground, and the NSX's grille rises to spread wide, wrapping LED headlights into its corners to create a subtle set of wings. It's striking from every angle and easily earns its 10 out of The shape is dictated by aerodynamics, but the outline isn't rendered entirely by airflow. The NSX wears big air intakes at the front and sides, and its side mirrors fly off on antennae like a Testarossa.
The shape is smoother than it might be; some of the ducts and scoops that could disfigure its body are formed into its outline. Air moves down the rear glass, for example, and gets diverted invisibly to cool the engine and clutch, then exits through massive and visually correct rear-end ducts.
Pretty details tie it all to the Acura lineup. A large Acura badge and calipers breaks up the stubby tail. Telegraphic LED taillights arrest the chiseled, broad rear fenders. The Acura NSX has the same name as its ancestor, but the two cars couldn't be more different. The original NSX radiated mechanical, with manual steering and a naturally aspirated engine. The new one is as technically convoluted as congressional testimony, and it scores as a Despite its complexity, it delivers on the promise of supercar speed and driving clarity.
With its chorus of pistons, batteries, motors, clutches, and servos, its real engineering rivals are cars like the McLaren P1 and Porsche Spyder. The heart of the NSX is a degree, twin-turbocharged 3.
With both direct and port injection for ideal fuel delivery, the NSX also has turbos that run at From the outside, the V-6 sounds flat and uninspiring. Inside it's a different story. The engine is mounted longitudinally over the car's rear axle. It connects through an electric motor to a 9-speed dual-clutch transmission and a limited-slip differential. The transmission is one of the most sophisticated dual-clutches around, but it may as well be an automatic.
Paddle controls are there for the shifting, but engineers say—correctly—that the NSX's predictive shifting does a better job of cruising and careening around a track. The NSX is fastest in Track mode, where it holds low gears in corners and upshifts where it hits long straights. In almost any case, you can't beat its shift points with the paddles unless you're a career pinball junkie.
Between the transmission and engine, there's a direct-drive motor that adds 47 hp to net output, charges the battery pack, and smooths out shifts. A four-pack of lithium-ion battery units 72 cells in all sits ahead of the engine. In front of them, down the center of the car, there's a power drive unit that regulates battery electricity sent to the motors that power front wheels.
Each motor kicks in 36 hp and 54 lb-ft maximum to individual front wheels; the car car run under light loads on that power alone, or can continuously shift power between the front motors to give the NSX torque-vectoring control. All together, the specs tally up to a total system output of hp and pound-feet of torque. Acura pegs mph times at 3. Top speed is rated at mph. EPA-rated fuel economy on recommended octane fuel is 21 mpg city, 22 highway, 21 combined. In every way, the NSX translates electronic forces and inputs into mechanical action—and it's very, very, good at it, from the suspension's ability to deliver a comfortable or firm ride, or the steering's range of careful to quick responses.
The hardware combines electric variable-ratio steering with a suspension composed of aluminum wishbones front and rear, damped by a set of springs wrapped around magnetic-fluid shocks that change stiffness according to conditions. Those systems can also change their attitude based on driving inputs and chosen modes. In Quiet mode, the NSX runs on electric power as much as it can, and engine revs are limited to 4, rpm. Sport mode remaps throttle delivery and shift speeds, lifts the rev limit, pipes in noise to the cabin, and is the car's default mode.
Track mode also maintains battery charge at 60 percent for consistent lap-to-lap performance, cutting some power to the engine when it's needed to charge the pack. The most impressive use of electric and mechanical power together is in the NSX's Brembo brakes. They're Braking also encompasses regenerative power from the NSX's motors, and it's also governed by the drive-mode selector. Forces from both the motor braking and friction brakes are blended by an electric servo to deliver even, predictable brake feel.
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Research Another Vehicle. We notice you're using an ad blocker. A torque-vectoring rear differential, like that found in a Lexus GS F, often provides a tightly controlled drift. The effect is closer to breathing off the throttle rather than inducing power oversteer. The NSX rarely wants to let its rear tires slip, and with 1. The handling balance is practically as harmless as in any Acura sedan, which some might interpret as the ultimate dis from a car magazine.
You want a car that drifts every time you look sideways? Buy a V-8 Chevy Camaro. All-wheel drive and a mid-mounted engine are good at delivering buttoned-up composure. The NSX is no exception. The braking system is essentially a brake-by-wire arrangement with pedal movement translated into electrical signals that are parsed to blend the regenerative braking from the electric motors and the clamping forces of the hydraulic calipers.
The pedal is slightly springy when you stand on it, but otherwise it allays the common critique of hybrid brakes: that they are inconsistent and difficult to modulate. The hybrid powertrain is the single thin thread tying the NSX to the rest of the Acura showroom.
Instead, Acura can only brag that the electric components are essentially a mirrored reflection of the system used in the RLX Sport Hybrid. One-pedal driving becomes another connection to the machine, allowing the driver to be an active participant in managing the battery charge and timing accelerator application with greater intention. While the mpg city rating is unmatched by the competition, the mpg highway rating is below that of the S and the Turbo S.
You can be sure that Acura is in a race to perfect its hybrid system with multiple competitors currently prepping similar arrangements.
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