2017 Acura Nsx - Interior Exterior And Drive
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2017 Acura Nsx: Hypercar Technology At A Supercar Price
This Has Been A Very Long Time Coming, A Long Time Waiting For Some Proper Seat Time In The Successor To One Of The Most Important Sportscars Of The '90s -- And Of The Early '00s, For That Matter. It's The New 2017 Nsx, Thoroughly Modernized And Precision-engineered To An Incredible Degree. In Fact, Some Might Say Over-engineered With Its Four-motor Hybrid System, Electronic All-wheel Drive And Nine-speed Dual-clutch Transmission. That's A Lot Of Moving Pieces, But Only One Thing Matters: How Does It Feel To Drive?
The Answer To That Question Is: "very Well Indeed." But, Before We Delve Into The Necessary Driving Impressions, Let's Take A Moment To Discuss Just What It Is That Makes This Thing Go
The Details
Though The Nsx Is Far From A Traditional Looking Car, Its Powertrain Is Even Less-so. The Original Nsx Was Powered By A Mid-mounted V-6 That, At Its Peak, Put 290 Horsepower To The Rear Wheels Through A Six-speed Manual Transmission. The New Nsx Also Has A V-6 Somewhere In The Middle, But That's About Where The Similarities End.
The New Motor Is 3.5 Liters, Twin-turbocharged To Make An Even 500 Horsepower And 406 Pound-feet Of Torque. That's A Huge Bump Over The Original -- But Not Enough For Honda's Engineers. They've Also Grafted On A Small Electric Motor Onto That V-6, Then Paired That With Two More Electric Motors Up On The Front Axle. Yes, That's Four Total Sources Of Oomph (one Internal Combustion, Three Electric) With A Combined Power Output Of 573 Hp And 476 Ft-lbs.
Do The Math And You'll See That's Basically Twice The Power Of The Original In A 3,800-pound Package. Yes, It Has All-wheel Drive, But The Vast Majority Of That Drive Is Restricted To The Rear Wheels. So, Too, The Car Has A Strong Rearward Weight Bias: 58 Percent On The Back Axle.
Power Gets To Those Rear Wheels Via A Nine-speed, Dual-clutch Gearbox And Is Modulated Across The Axle With A Proper, Mechanical Limited-slip Differential. Suspension Is Adaptive, Magnetorheological Damping Able To Be Toggled Into One Of Two Modes, One For Comfort, The Other For Somewhat Less Comfort.
This Type Of Execution Would Ultimately Be Forgivable If It Wasn’t For The Asking Price. Starting At $156,000, The Nsx Can Go Well Past $200,000 With Just A Few Additional Options. This Puts It Square In The Audi R8’s Firing Line, Which Accomplishes Much Of What The Nsx Looks To Do, But With Much More Refinement. Was The Second Generation Nsx Worth The Wait? Most Certainly, But The Collection Of Kinks In This Very Good Car Means We’ll Have To Wait Just A Little Longer For The Nsx To Be Great.
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This Has Been A Very Long Time Coming, A Long Time Waiting For Some Proper Seat Time In The Successor To One Of The Most Important Sportscars Of The '90s -- And Of The Early '00s, For That Matter. It's The New 2017 Nsx, Thoroughly Modernized And Precision-engineered To An Incredible Degree. In Fact, Some Might Say Over-engineered With Its Four-motor Hybrid System, Electronic All-wheel Drive And Nine-speed Dual-clutch Transmission. That's A Lot Of Moving Pieces, But Only One Thing Matters: How Does It Feel To Drive?
The Answer To That Question Is: "very Well Indeed." But, Before We Delve Into The Necessary Driving Impressions, Let's Take A Moment To Discuss Just What It Is That Makes This Thing Go
The Details
Though The Nsx Is Far From A Traditional Looking Car, Its Powertrain Is Even Less-so. The Original Nsx Was Powered By A Mid-mounted V-6 That, At Its Peak, Put 290 Horsepower To The Rear Wheels Through A Six-speed Manual Transmission. The New Nsx Also Has A V-6 Somewhere In The Middle, But That's About Where The Similarities End.
The New Motor Is 3.5 Liters, Twin-turbocharged To Make An Even 500 Horsepower And 406 Pound-feet Of Torque. That's A Huge Bump Over The Original -- But Not Enough For Honda's Engineers. They've Also Grafted On A Small Electric Motor Onto That V-6, Then Paired That With Two More Electric Motors Up On The Front Axle. Yes, That's Four Total Sources Of Oomph (one Internal Combustion, Three Electric) With A Combined Power Output Of 573 Hp And 476 Ft-lbs.
Do The Math And You'll See That's Basically Twice The Power Of The Original In A 3,800-pound Package. Yes, It Has All-wheel Drive, But The Vast Majority Of That Drive Is Restricted To The Rear Wheels. So, Too, The Car Has A Strong Rearward Weight Bias: 58 Percent On The Back Axle.
Power Gets To Those Rear Wheels Via A Nine-speed, Dual-clutch Gearbox And Is Modulated Across The Axle With A Proper, Mechanical Limited-slip Differential. Suspension Is Adaptive, Magnetorheological Damping Able To Be Toggled Into One Of Two Modes, One For Comfort, The Other For Somewhat Less Comfort.
This Type Of Execution Would Ultimately Be Forgivable If It Wasn’t For The Asking Price. Starting At $156,000, The Nsx Can Go Well Past $200,000 With Just A Few Additional Options. This Puts It Square In The Audi R8’s Firing Line, Which Accomplishes Much Of What The Nsx Looks To Do, But With Much More Refinement. Was The Second Generation Nsx Worth The Wait? Most Certainly, But The Collection Of Kinks In This Very Good Car Means We’ll Have To Wait Just A Little Longer For The Nsx To Be Great.
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"subscribe Now"