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Acura NSX...1989
A nice write-up of the history of Honda's NSX
I still place it on my 'most wanted' list of cars. (with the m/t) https://www.yahoo.com/autos/original-acura-nsx-still-matters-170700399.html
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If I could have found a M/T one that was nice when I needed a car, one of these would be my current daily driver. Surprising how many were autotragic transmission
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I think in that era...they thought most usa buyers were lazy and only wanted an a/t.
They were prob right. The times were just not right for the car.
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Guess who bought the first one imported to the US?
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^^^ A racer?
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Nope.....
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I cheated and looked it up...Rick Hendrick. But that was a 2nd generation NSX??
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Nope. The 1st gen, very first car to hit the good ol USA.
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Ok..I give up. My first guess was Senna. But you said it was not a racer.
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GM. The word on the inside of the auto industry at the time was the NSX was truly evolutionary for the day. So much so they made a deal just before the car was actually made available to the public, had the first one in the country on their testing site which they promptly started looking over with a fine tooth comb.
They ripped off the door / trunk hinge designs as well as other cues and incorporated those into their higher end cars just a few years later.
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^^^ Very interesting.
In that time period...it didn't seem to help them much.
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Also on my dream car list. Sadly they have appreciated beyond my budget.
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Lots of replacement parts on them are not Honda-cheap. Rubber seals and that sort of stuff can be a bit pricey. It is like a Ferrari that never breaks down and the air conditioning works.
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I clearly remember the year 2000, when I was looking at a used 1991 NSX vs. a new S2000, which were the same price at the time. I picked the S2000, when Honda was saying that they were only making 5000/yr for 2 years only. Made the wrong choice.
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Cool cars that I liked, but they weren’t as fast as I thought they would be on the track.
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I really wish I'd bought when they bottomed out in value in the early 2000s. I like them a hell of a lot more than the new ones.
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You guys are going to be saying the SAME THING about the 987.2 Caymans. Trust me, pull the trigger now.
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