Honda NSX project goes the way of the F1 team

Honda NSX

Shortly after announcing Honda’s withdrawal from Formula One, Honda’s Takeo Fukui has announced that the new Honda NSX project has been scrapped, though some are speculating that it’s actually just frozen for the time being. Apparently the move is part of efforts to cut costs in the increasingly challenging automaker environment.

The Honda NSX would have been a supercar with a screaming V10 mounted up front, a departure from the original NSX’s V6-powered mid-mounted layout. In fact, there have already been prototypes sighted on test in places like the Nurburgring, but I guess it’s just not meant to be, for now at least. Instead, expect any dedicated sports car offerings coming out of Honda to be small, light and come with a fuel cell or hybrid engine, pretty much like the Honda CR-Z Concept, in line with the green image that Honda is working hard to project now.

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  • Kevin Lee (Member) on Dec 19, 2008 at 12:43 am

    damn, no gtr or dodge viper contender anymore :( now its up to toyota and nissan then

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  • gajen (Member) on Dec 19, 2008 at 1:33 am

    honda just only sold their f1 team…hmm…the front looks a bit like MG TF…anyway toyota is coming up with their new Supra…can’t wait..

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  • tiktsin (Member) on Dec 19, 2008 at 2:06 am

    it’s sad that were not going to get a road-going V10 Honda

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  • fastcx (Member) on Dec 19, 2008 at 2:16 am

    got the news yesterday, n they wont just shut the project down, when financially possible, they will resume the project

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  • chrtien (Member) on Dec 19, 2008 at 8:24 am

    Time to revive the CR-X, methinks…

    Take the Euro Civic platform, make it lower, increase the front and rear track, give it the trademark rear glass window, stuff a K20A into the engine bay and give it a more sophisticated rear independant suspension.

    It’ll sell like hotcakes.

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  • MisterBenjo (Member) on Dec 19, 2008 at 8:58 am

    Sad year for motor industry…

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  • Jaybond (Member) on Dec 19, 2008 at 9:49 am

    Maybe Honda can speed up introduction on the CRZ Sportscar first , though the non-hybrid version is more tempting :) ( just to calm or as consolation to Honda Fans). when the economic situation improves & the market response is good enough which I believe will be, then it’s time to introduce the fire breathing NSX!

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  • l3ryan (Member) on Dec 19, 2008 at 10:26 am

    sad news for car enthusiast all around the world…

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  • Sex is wonderful, but it's like champagne.If you're forced to have four glasses at every meal you start to fantasize about water. (Member) on Dec 19, 2008 at 11:58 am

    THIS IS REALLY SAD. now nissan has a monopoly.

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  • albagmane (Member) on Dec 19, 2008 at 11:59 am

    that’s the price u have to pay for being an environmental conscious automaker…

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  • awak (Member) on Dec 19, 2008 at 12:13 pm

    acura badge there

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  • qozhx (Member) on Dec 19, 2008 at 12:35 pm

    sad news… it’s been a while…

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  • BanyakMasukWorkshop (Member) on Dec 19, 2008 at 12:39 pm

    its makes perfect sense for honda to do this.. niche models dont make much money. better for them to concentrate on their bread and butter models. When the financial environment improves.. hopefully projects like these will be revived.

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  • Jaybond (Member) on Dec 19, 2008 at 2:30 pm

    It’s worth noting that, back in early to mid 90’s, almost all Japanese car makers have sportscars/GTs in their latest offering.

    Now…even to find a coupe in their latest offering is hard, except for well… just Nissan..

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  • Jaybond (Member) on Dec 19, 2008 at 3:03 pm

    OK lah, Mazda RX8 & Honda Accord Coupe – that’s about it

    Hopefully Toyota can give the go ahead for Lexus LF-A asap , while there’s still enough time (so that people don’t get tired already with the look of the allegedly near-complete prototype)

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  • Sex is wonderful, but it's like champagne.If you're forced to have four glasses at every meal you start to fantasize about water. (Member) on Dec 19, 2008 at 3:04 pm

    AND TOYOTA…..if they launch that stupid hybrid lexus sports car and jeremy clarkson says he likes it, im going to puke

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  • kickas5car (Member) on Dec 19, 2008 at 4:36 pm

    smart of honda to channel their R&D fundings to their higher potential products like robot and plane. forward thinking of up to 100 years, which is exactly what we lack here.

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  • torque (Member) on Dec 19, 2008 at 5:36 pm

    Well…I could understand what Honda is trying to do in this recession time. Might as well channel the money into RnD towards models which don’t use extremely amount of fuel and might sell like hot cakes during this hard time. Just that I’m kinda sad seeing the GTR roaming the road without any rival from its Japanese counterparts to match its supremacy…that’s all! Supra?! How long we all have to wait already lor? :-(

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  • mystvearn (Member) on Dec 19, 2008 at 10:42 pm

    times are tough now, so good move for honda. Hopefully they don’t scrap the FC-X

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  • Sex is wonderful, but it's like champagne.If you're forced to have four glasses at every meal you start to fantasize about water. (Member) on Dec 19, 2008 at 11:00 pm

    kickas5car said,

    December 19, 2008 @ 4:36 pm

    smart of honda to channel their R&D fundings to their higher potential products like robot and plane. forward thinking of up to 100 years, which is exactly what we lack here.
    ———————-
    i hope they can make a doraemon robot cat

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  • isharestuff (Member) on Dec 19, 2008 at 11:18 pm

    The design of this NSX is very much European styled. That explains the Acura badge there?

    In recession time like this, which is appropriate, producing track day machine to rich people who don’t give a damn about environment, or good car that benefit all of us?

    Nobody is great unless they do great job. Honda did it. They have been F1 player, not playing very well though, but that Earth painting on the car reminds me the responsibility of a civics of this planet. Besides that, an innovative automaker. Most Honda owners will agree on this. Its direction is clear, good things can happen if the money is wisely used. Hopeful that its decision will show us more good products.

    A faster car doesn’t always mean it’s better. IMHO, a car that is well balanced in terms of power, fuel consumption, handling and safety is considered good.

    But it’s also a little disappointing not able to see Honda next super car. Rival to challenge the GTR Supra RX-8 etc, one doesn’t need 1000 bhp rocket, but, a fast car. Unless you expect to see drag race.

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  • csv (Member) on Dec 19, 2008 at 11:42 pm

    oh dear, thats bad.

    i for one, was looking forward to seeing the new NSX. but i think it’s just in cold storage for now.

    lets hope it will be resumed shortly.

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  • jamsbong (Member) on Dec 20, 2008 at 7:43 am

    Seems like Honda is in deep financial shit, if more bad news comes out, they might end up being own by a Chinese company!!

    Toyota will not be pulling anything like a Supra or sportscar hybrid anytime soon. I’ve already heard that their highly advertised LS-F is shelved for the time being.

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  • Sex is wonderful, but it's like champagne.If you're forced to have four glasses at every meal you start to fantasize about water. (Member) on Dec 20, 2008 at 1:01 pm

    jamsbong said,

    December 20, 2008 @ 7:43 am

    Seems like Honda is in deep financial shit, if more bad news comes out, they might end up being own by a Chinese company!!
    ————————–
    THAT WONT HAPPEN FOR SURE

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  • topgunthang (Member) on Dec 20, 2008 at 2:01 pm

    haha. if chinese bought it then guaranteed death. i wouldnt buy another honda.

    anyway nsx getting canned is honda’s fault. delay here delay there. and couple that to the engineering feat achieved by nissan in a car priced cheaply by millionaire standards. it is problably very hard to make it go as fast as the GTR for the same money. LF-A has that problem as well.

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  • mitlanevo (Member) on Dec 20, 2008 at 7:58 pm

    a hybrid NSX shall be just nice :-)

    and very true indeed, a new Supra and NSX (in 2 years time) compete with GTR will surely be great and exciting !!

    and maybe Mitsubishi can come out with something good….

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  • Sex is wonderful, but it's like champagne.If you're forced to have four glasses at every meal you start to fantasize about water. (Member) on Dec 20, 2008 at 10:43 pm

    what about hyundai, the new coupe in us is rwd

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  • why scrapp the NSX?

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  • Idiothonda on Nov 30, 2009 at 6:11 pm

    we should boycott honda until they bring back the project. consumers want to believe their cars are related to a racing beast

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