How rare is an NSX-R?
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Has anyone on this forum ever driven or owned one? This car has been out for 8 years and not once have I seen it in the classifieds or recall anyone experiencing it. Seems like it's even rarer than an Enzo, CGT, Veyron and McLaren F1 - I've even seen a few of these on the roads but never the Honda.
To anyone who's tried one, are they really that good?
To anyone who's tried one, are they really that good?
amare32 said:
Dracoro said:
AFAIK they never sold it here, only a few hundred made, all JDM.
So, here, very rare yes
I thought Honda UK had 'officially imported limited numbers?So, here, very rare yes
for the press.Someone from another thread (on PH somewhere) imported Hondas, I think the cost (all in, with sva etc.) was in the region of £110k (not sure if there were any takers, apart from the importer himself who won't sell). Given that only a few hundred in Japan actually exist, I think people thinking they can get one are kidding themselves
Honda UK brought in one model for Type Approval, and it cost so much they'd never make any money on them so the idea was canned and the car was eventually sold off. I've driven that actual car and I'll take the memories to my grave Awesome machine.
Plate removed at owners request, altho it sometimes appears with the letters jumbled in various press.
Awesome machine.Plate removed at owners request, altho it sometimes appears with the letters jumbled in various press.
EvoBarry said:
Honda UK brought in one model for Type Approval, and it cost so much they'd never make any money on them so the idea was canned and the car was eventually sold off. I've driven that actual car and I'll take the memories to my grave Awesome machine.
Plate removed at owners request, altho it sometimes appears with the letters jumbled in various press.
You lucky S.O.B. Awesome machine.Plate removed at owners request, altho it sometimes appears with the letters jumbled in various press.
HeavySoul said:
Doesn't Flemke have one?
Wasn't the one based 'up North' stolen a few years back too? Seem to remember a post about it on here.
AFAIK, there are two Gen 1 Rs in the UK, and one Gen 2.Wasn't the one based 'up North' stolen a few years back too? Seem to remember a post about it on here.
The 1s were imported privately. I believe that they are both dark metallic green; at least I can guarantee you that one of them is. Fwiw, IMO it's a better all-round road car than any Porsche I've ever driven. The steering and gearshift are spectacularly nice.
The Gen 2 was, as written above, brought in by Honda UK. They had to get it ESVA'd, and were shocked to find how much had to be altered to pass the test. This was why (or at least this is what they told me), although they had a reasonable number of firm deposits for the cars, ultimately they declined to import them.
I too was fortunate to drive the Gen 2. I believe that the person who owned the car when I drove it 4 years ago is no longer the owner. I hope that no other PHer is the current owner, as I do not want to insult someone. What I am bound to say, however, is that it was a dreadful road car. Suspension much too hard, gearing too tall (in both the 1 and the 2 they changed to a shorter final drive. It worked in the 1 because that has a 5-speed. It fails in the 2 because it has a 6-speed, making the new shift intervals too brief.)
The car also had a strange quality, whereby over bumps it seemed that the rear wheels would float a bit before regaining traction. Perhaps that could be changed with softer rear rebound, I don't know, but it was certainly off-putting.
Also, that particular example, during the couple of years when I occasionally saw it floating around, had plainly had a hard life. The car really surprised me, negatively.
flemke said:
The 1s were imported privately. I believe that they are both dark metallic green; at least I can guarantee you that one of them is. Fwiw, IMO it's a better all-round road car than any Porsche I've ever driven. The steering and gearshift are spectacularly nice.
Is that the one that appeared in Car some time back, possibly owned by someone in Scotchland at the time? Unless I'm losing it or have had a bit more whiskey than expected, I do remember seeing that. Reasonably deep green IIRC.ClintonB said:
flemke said:
The 1s were imported privately. I believe that they are both dark metallic green; at least I can guarantee you that one of them is. Fwiw, IMO it's a better all-round road car than any Porsche I've ever driven. The steering and gearshift are spectacularly nice.
Is that the one that appeared in Car some time back, possibly owned by someone in Scotchland at the time? Unless I'm losing it or have had a bit more whiskey than expected, I do remember seeing that. Reasonably deep green IIRC.To be fair to flemke, I drove it on the same event but didn't have the time or space to push it anywhere near hard enough to glean much from it, I was just pleased to "drive" it for a while. Its clearly a track biased machine, the suspension was rock hard and unforgiving on those roads. I was used to my ITR though so was perhaps less critical at the time 
The owner did infer that if I had the funds I could have it off him, but considering he wanted more than I'd paid for my first house I declined his kind offer. I hope the new owner looks after the car though, its part of motoring history imho.
The owner did infer that if I had the funds I could have it off him, but considering he wanted more than I'd paid for my first house I declined his kind offer. I hope the new owner looks after the car though, its part of motoring history imho.Forgive me if I'm talking horse's waste, but is there any truth in the fact that once the NSX-R (gen 2) model reaches 10 years old, it'll be much easier to import into the UK as it won't require a number of the changes?
Must admit I'm surprised that you didn't like the drive Flemke. Reading back through EVO coty 2002, they wax lyrical about it even as a road car as opposed to a track weapon.
Must admit I'm surprised that you didn't like the drive Flemke. Reading back through EVO coty 2002, they wax lyrical about it even as a road car as opposed to a track weapon.
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