I still think, given the earlier NSX models, they could have done far better. Hell the one off for Avengers was about as good as I thought they were going to get to pay homage to the others. They should have gone with the sports car used in Japanese GT to base it off of. I'm just not sold yet. Hybrid or not. Plus cost won't be the performance bargain it used to be.

 

Agreed! I will state that at times ebay.com and autotrader.com can be the devil!

 

Weight, complexity, cost and future reliability and durability issues (see complexity) give me pause on hybrids. My worry is that the NSX will end up like the CR-Z, the hybrid car Honda wants to build and sell rather than the car people want to buy.

I'd prefer and advanced internal combustion motor (a 9Krpm 3.5 V8 putting out 400hp) but in a chassis with a strong focus to light weight (sub 3Klbs) in a low slung sleek body would be my preference.

If an upteenth degree of efficiency/economy is in order and a different approach necessary, then what about performance Diesels? That's right, Diesels and performance in the same sentence. Put in a 4 liter twin turbo Diesel with perhaps 325hp and 525+lb/ft of torques backed up by an 8 speed DCT to better divvy up a Diesels narrower power band, all in said 3K lb. car and voila, awesome acceleration plus 35-40mpg on the hwy with an engine that will last for millennia.

BMW has toyed at the edges of the concept (performance Diesel) with their 335d to excellent result, as has Audi a little bit with Diesel V12s in a limited run of Euro Q7s, their LeMans racer and, IIRC, an R8 concept.

 

To your point, BMWs M division said there WILL be performance M diesels in the future. Close to those specifications.

 

On a related note:

http://jalopnik.com/5884022/ten-auto...-die/gallery/1

See item 9.

 

Looks like Acura is trying to make their version of the Porsche 918 hybrid concept.

 

I like it. And like it or not hybrid technology is coming soon to your garage and probably sooner than you think. The technology used in the Porsche and new NSX will push the envelope of the technology and help take performance to the next level.

 

First off I would like to say if they put a TT v6 in there that think would be just pure awesome.

I say BS! hybrid technology is not what they try to make it sound I think it is just a fad for the hippies of the world. Under the hood you have crazy voltage that can kill you easily if your not wearing some really good protection, they have batteries which we all know batteries suck no matter how good they are and replacing them costs a small fortune/descent engine. The MPG of half these hybrids is worse then the diesels they have in Europe. Finally you cant mod a giant battery linked to a tiny motor that well so enthusiast would get upset, I sure would.

 

Hybrid? When I read this word in the latest motor trend I lost all interest in the NSX add to that $130k price tag and this car is a joke that will cost way more than a ZR-1 with 1tenth the performance potential. Electric batteries is not the future of performance smaller more efficient boosted engines are with maximum traction. You can modd the snot out of a GT-R but this NSX will not even make a blip on the tuner radar which is, if I'm not correct, the original fan base for the NSX!