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Good cars - they don't really give you a big kick in the back like a turbo car, or a big V8, but the engine is very sweet & revvy.
Evo mag rated the new one as car of the year last year IIRC.
Has traction control that you can turn off, which is nice.
Excellent chassis - probably up there with Ferrari, Lotus & TVR Tamora
Evo mag rated the new one as car of the year last year IIRC.
Has traction control that you can turn off, which is nice.
Excellent chassis - probably up there with Ferrari, Lotus & TVR Tamora
How much were you thinking of spending?
£20K will get you a '91/'92 3litre 5sp but it's likely to have done a few miles. Fortunately they wear it well if properly looked after. Not many people know about them though and only a few Honda dealers are NSX certified.
These early cars had a problem where the gearbox casing could break following an internal failure. Known in NSX circles are "snap ring failure", if this hasn't happened and been fixed already it's VERY expensive ie new gearbox and £4K!!
'94-'97 cars gained power steering and bigger wheels (much nicer) and slightly better brakes. Basically the same car though. £25K+ puts you in one of these.
'98-'02 cars got a 3.2litre engine and a 6spd 'box. These are significantly better cars and are absolutely brilliant to drive. Think £33K+ for a 3.2
'02- Latest facelifted cars with bigger wheels again and "honed" chassis dynamics which the motoring press have raved over AGAIN. Basically the same car as the '98-'02
ANY accident damage is bad news as the all aluminium monocoque (a first for a production sports car) is almost impossible to repair.
Some people say the early non power steering cars are the best (like the latest Type R version), but the 3.2 engine combined to the shorter gears in the 6spd 'box takes some beating. Anyway the steering is electrically assisted so you can just pull the fuse and disable it!
Try one, I defy you not to absolutely love it. John Cooper Honda down in Weymouth or Two Mills Honda up in Liverpool are the two biggest specialists in the country. These things are massively underated, they may not have the on paper power and performance of a TVR or Ferrari but they'll cover most roads OR tracks at least as fast.
The engine note is absolutely fantastic as it homes in on 8K revs, sort of Alfa V6 meets Honda Fireblade.
Check www.nsxprime.com for more info and links to the few NSX sites and owners out there.
£20K will get you a '91/'92 3litre 5sp but it's likely to have done a few miles. Fortunately they wear it well if properly looked after. Not many people know about them though and only a few Honda dealers are NSX certified.
These early cars had a problem where the gearbox casing could break following an internal failure. Known in NSX circles are "snap ring failure", if this hasn't happened and been fixed already it's VERY expensive ie new gearbox and £4K!!
'94-'97 cars gained power steering and bigger wheels (much nicer) and slightly better brakes. Basically the same car though. £25K+ puts you in one of these.
'98-'02 cars got a 3.2litre engine and a 6spd 'box. These are significantly better cars and are absolutely brilliant to drive. Think £33K+ for a 3.2
'02- Latest facelifted cars with bigger wheels again and "honed" chassis dynamics which the motoring press have raved over AGAIN. Basically the same car as the '98-'02
ANY accident damage is bad news as the all aluminium monocoque (a first for a production sports car) is almost impossible to repair.
Some people say the early non power steering cars are the best (like the latest Type R version), but the 3.2 engine combined to the shorter gears in the 6spd 'box takes some beating. Anyway the steering is electrically assisted so you can just pull the fuse and disable it!
Try one, I defy you not to absolutely love it. John Cooper Honda down in Weymouth or Two Mills Honda up in Liverpool are the two biggest specialists in the country. These things are massively underated, they may not have the on paper power and performance of a TVR or Ferrari but they'll cover most roads OR tracks at least as fast.
The engine note is absolutely fantastic as it homes in on 8K revs, sort of Alfa V6 meets Honda Fireblade.
Check www.nsxprime.com for more info and links to the few NSX sites and owners out there.
If you're really serious it would be worth signing up to the NSX Club GB mail list...
www.nsxcb.co.uk/theclub/index.htm
It's pretty low key (don't expect more than a couple of emails a week) but these guys know a lot of the UK cars personally and will help you locate a good one. Just occassionally one of these member cars becomes available and they tend to be cherished examples.
www.nsxcb.co.uk/theclub/index.htm
It's pretty low key (don't expect more than a couple of emails a week) but these guys know a lot of the UK cars personally and will help you locate a good one. Just occassionally one of these member cars becomes available and they tend to be cherished examples.
I found the NSXCB posting quite funny, at least it wasn't derogatory! As I wrote the web site and am one of the organisers of the group.
Quite right to say that occasionally one of our cars is for sale, once you have an NSX you don't tend to sell it. There are 350 cars in the UK, and they do sell slowly from certain places. My Honda dealer, one of the 5 NSX approved, can't get enough to sell. They are always asking to buy mine off me.
One word about the classifieds, it doesn't get used much, so don't put all your hopes on that to get one. Send an email to the group, and you might be lucky.
Kevin
Quite right to say that occasionally one of our cars is for sale, once you have an NSX you don't tend to sell it. There are 350 cars in the UK, and they do sell slowly from certain places. My Honda dealer, one of the 5 NSX approved, can't get enough to sell. They are always asking to buy mine off me.
One word about the classifieds, it doesn't get used much, so don't put all your hopes on that to get one. Send an email to the group, and you might be lucky.
Kevin
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