Body style: Coupé (two-door)
Segment: Premium Coupe
Production years: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
Honda introduced a facelifted version for its supercar NSX, which the carmaker sold under the Acura badge on the North American market.
It was hard to believe that the same company that built econoboxes like Civic could make such a fantastic supercar as the NSX. Yet, the Japanese carmaker had all the technology and engineering skills to create a daily-driver sports car. It was such a good piece of engineering and design that even Gordon Murray took his inspiration from it when he made the McLaren F1. Honda introduced the NSX in 1990 and refreshed it twice, with a final upgrade in 2002.
By the '2000s, the carmakers gave up the pop-up headlights. Honda did the same and installed a new set fitted with HID lamps, which doubled the lumen power (light power). The front bumper was extended and lowered, increasing the downforce. There was a new set of taillights and a lip spoiler on top of the rear trunk lid. All these upgrades made the car quicker to 125 mph (201 kph) by 0.2 seconds and increased the top speed from 168 mph (270 kph) to 175 mph (285 kph).
As a premium brand, Acura offered the NSX with a leather-clad interior. Its power-operated bolstered bucket seats provided adequate side support during high-speed cornering. But it featured the same classic Honda layout for the instrument cluster, but with a couple of gauges more for the oil pressure and an ammeter.
The Acura NSX's mid-mounted engine provided ten more ponies than in the Honda NSX, but without a performance improvement. But thanks to the new, six-speed manual gearbox, it managed to do a 0 to 62 mph run (0-100 kph) in 5.8 seconds, 0.4 of a second quicker than the non-facelifted NSX.
ENGINE SPECS - 3.0L V6 4AT (252 HP) | |
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Cylinders: | V6 |
Displacement: | 2977 cm3 |
Power: | 188 KW @ 6600 RPM 252 HP @ 6600 RPM 252 BHP @ 6600 RPM |
Torque: | 210 lb-ft @ 5300 RPM 285 Nm @ 5300 RPM |
Fuel System: | Multipoint Injection |
Fuel: | Gasoline |
TRANSMISSION SPECS | |
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Drive Type: | Rear Wheel Drive |
Gearbox: | 4-speed automatic |
BRAKES SPECS | |
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Front: | Ventilated Discs |
Rear: | Ventilated Discs |
TIRES SPECS | |
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Tire Size: | 215/40R1783Y // 255/40R1794Y |
DIMENSIONS | |
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Length: | 174.2 in (4425 mm) |
Width: | 71.3 in (1811 mm) |
Height: | 46.1 in (1171 mm) |
Front/rear Track: | 59.5/60.7 in (1,511/1,542 mm) |
Wheelbase: | 99.6 in (2530 mm) |
Ground Clearance: | 4.7 in (119 mm) |
Cargo Volume: | 5 cuFT (142 L) |
Aerodynamics (Cd): | 0.3 |
WEIGHT SPECS | |
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Unladen Weight: | 3197 lbs (1450 kg) |
Gross Weight Limit: | 3549 lbs (1610 kg) |
FUEL ECONOMY (NEDC) | |
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City: | 17 mpg US (13.8 L/100Km) |
Highway: | 24 mpg US (9.8 L/100Km) |
ENGINE SPECS - 3.2L V6 6MT (290 HP) | |
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Cylinders: | V6 |
Displacement: | 3179 cm3 |
Power: | 216 KW @ 7100 RPM 290 HP @ 7100 RPM 290 BHP @ 7100 RPM |
Torque: | 224 lb-ft @ 5500 RPM 304 Nm @ 5500 RPM |
Fuel System: | Multipoint Injection |
Fuel: | Gasoline |
TRANSMISSION SPECS | |
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Drive Type: | Rear Wheel Drive |
Gearbox: | 6-Speed manual |
BRAKES SPECS | |
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Front: | Ventilated Discs |
Rear: | Ventilated Discs |
TIRES SPECS | |
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Tire Size: | 215/40R1783Y // 255/40R1794Y |
DIMENSIONS | |
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Length: | 174.2 in (4425 mm) |
Width: | 71.3 in (1811 mm) |
Height: | 46.1 in (1171 mm) |
Front/rear Track: | 59.5/60.7 in (1,511/1,542 mm) |
Wheelbase: | 99.6 in (2530 mm) |
Ground Clearance: | 4.7 in (119 mm) |
Cargo Volume: | 5 cuFT (142 L) |
Aerodynamics (Cd): | 0.3 |
WEIGHT SPECS | |
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Unladen Weight: | 3153 lbs (1430 kg) |
Gross Weight Limit: | 3549 lbs (1610 kg) |
FUEL ECONOMY (NEDC) | |
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City: | 17 mpg US (13.8 L/100Km) |
Highway: | 24 mpg US (9.8 L/100Km) |