tl;dr - my co-workers are trash and don’t know what they’re talking about.
powdbyrice
powdbyrice
It is a spiritual successor to the original. The original was marketed as a technological showcase and this follows that spirit. The original was not designed to be a lightweight Lotus Elise yet that is what peoples’ expectations have morphed into. It’s high-tech, drives superbly and is a practical supercar. Mission…
People saying the car isn’t in the spirit of the original seem to forget everything about the original. The OG NSX was a fucking *spaceship* in 1990, using new technology and new ways to utilize materials to create a quick sportscar that could realistically be used every day. It’s only remembered as a pure lightweight…
NSX Stands for New Sportscar Experience, and it previously stood for New Sportscar Experimental. It never stood for Manual, NA V6, and Light.
It’s packing Porsche 918 tech in a car that costs 1/10th, and offering roughly 7/10s of the performance.
We know that unfortunately, the new NSX isn’t selling all that great, so part of me theorizes this was an attempt to give PMC something to do. But I don’t know that for certain yet.