Honda NSX

Template:Redirect Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Short description Template:Infobox automobile The Honda NSX (sold in North America as the Acura NSX) is a two-seater sports car manufactured by Honda over two generations. The first generation was produced from 1990 until 2006, whilst the second generation was made from 2016 to 2022. The first generation was introduced as a two-door coupé, with a two-door targa top variant later added, and has a rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout. The second generation is only a coupé, and has a rear mid-engine, all-wheel-drive layout. The first generation has a transversely-mounted naturally-aspirated engine with a V6 configuration, whilst the second generation has a twin-turbocharged V6 engine supplemented by multiple electric motors in a petrol-electric hybrid drivetrain.

The origins of the NSX can be traced back to 1984, with the HP-X (Honda Pininfarina eXperimental) concept,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> for a Template:Cvt V6 rear mid-engine, rear-wheel drive sports car. Honda, with the intention of meeting or exceeding the performance of the then V8 engine Ferrari range, committed to the project, aiming at both reliability and a lower price. The concept evolved and had its name changed to NS-X, which stood for "New", "Sportscar" "eXperimental",<ref name="Official history of NSX">Template:Cite web</ref> although the production model launched as the NSX.

First generation (NA1/2; 1990–2006)

Honda NSX, pre-facelift, NA1

Rear view of Honda NSX Type R (NA1, UK)

The NSX was designed by a team led by Chief Designer Masahito Nakano and Executive Chief Engineer Shigeru Uehara. It benefited from advanced aerodynamics and styling inspired by the F-16 fighter jet cockpit<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> as well as input, during the final development stages, from Formula One World Champion Ayrton Senna.

The NSX was the first general production car to feature an all-aluminium semi-monocoque.<ref name="AutoMotoruSport199124">Template:Cite journal</ref> It was powered by an all-aluminium 3.0 L V6 engine, which featured Honda's VTEC (Variable Valve Timing and Lift Electronic Control) system developed in the 1980s, a 5-speed manual transmission, or starting in 1994 the SportShift 4-speed automatic transmission, also known as F-Matic, which allows the option of conventional automatic shifting or manually shifting with a fingertip shift lever on the steering column.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The car was presented at the 1989 Chicago Auto Show. Production started in a purpose-made factory in Japan,Template:Cn for sale from 1990. It was originally available as a coupé, then, from 1995 onwards, as a targa top, and also included variable electric power-assisted steering system for all drivetrains <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>. It underwent a performance update in 1997, which saw the arrival of a larger 3.2 L V6 engine,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and a facelift in 2002 where the pop-up headlights were replaced with fixed headlights. The first-generation NSX was discontinued in december 2005. North American models were sold as the Acura NSX. The rarity is that only less than 20,000 were made making it highly expensive.

Pre-facelift cars (1991-2001) are widely referred to as NA1 models, while the facelifted cars (2002-2006) are best known as NA2 models.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

North American sales figures

Year	USA<ref>US NSX Sales Template:Webarchive </ref>	Canada<ref>Canada NSX Sales Template:Webarchive </ref>
1990	1,119	156
1991	1,940	253
1992	1,154	91
1993	652	64
1994	533	31
1995	884	38
1996	460	16
1997	415	13
1998	303	10
1999	238	5
2000	221	6
2001	182	4
2002	233	3
2003	221	2
2004	178	6
2005	206	1
2006	60	2

Second generation (NC1/2; 2016–2022)

Honda NSX

Acura NSX

In December 2007, Acura announced plans to launch a NSX successor by 2010, based on the styling of the front V10-engined Acura ASCC (Advanced Sports Car Concept).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Despite prototypes being tested for production, Honda announced, just one year later, that production plans had been canceled due to "poor economic conditions."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Instead, in March 2010, Honda unveiled the HSV-010 GT that participated in the Japanese Super GT Championship. The HSV-010 GT never reached production as a street-legal car.

Reports that Honda was again developing a successor to the NSX re-emerged in April 2011.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> By December 2011, Honda officially announced a second-generation NSX concept, which was unveiled the following month at the 2012 North American International Auto Show as the Acura NSX Concept.

The production model was displayed three years later at the 2015 North American International Auto Show, for and was released for sale in 2016.

Although the original name was retained, this time it was defined as "New Sports eXperience".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Unlike the first-generation NSX which was manufactured in Japan, the second-generation NSX was designed and engineered in Marysville, Ohio, at Honda's plant, led by Chief Engineer Ted Klaus.

The second-generation NSX has a hybrid electric powertrain, with a 3.5 L twin-turbocharged V6 engine and three electric motors, two of which form part of the SH-AWD (Super Handling-All Wheel Drive) drivetrain, altogether capable of Template:Convert. The transmission is a 9-speed dual-clutch automatic. The car's body utilizes a space frame design, which is made from aluminium, ultra-high-strength steel, and other rigid and lightweight materials, some of which are the world's first applications.

The first production vehicle with VIN #001 was auctioned off by Barrett Jackson on 29 January 2016.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> NASCAR team owner Rick Hendrick won the auction with a bid for Template:Currency. The entire bid was donated to the charities Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation and Camp Southern Ground.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The first NSX rolled off the production line in Ohio on 27 May 2016 and Hendrick was there to drive it off.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The first sales of the second-generation NSX in the US were registered in June 2016.

The NSX Type S was revealed on August 12, 2021, with an increase to 602 hp. The Type S is the last update before the November 2022 discontinuation. 300 units only of the NSX Type S were destined for the United States, with 30 units for Japan, and 15 units for Canada.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

U.S. and European sales figures

Year	USA<ref>Template:Cite web </ref>	Europe<ref>Template:Cite web </ref>
2016	269	0
2017	581	126
2018	170	45
2019	238	36
2020	128	8
2021	124	3
Total	1,510	218