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ACURA NSX 2001-2005 Photos, engines & full specs

Body style: Coupé (two-door)
Segment: Premium Coupe
Production years: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005

ACURA NSX 2001-2005 9 Photos
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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.

ACURA NSX 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
  2 gasoline engines
  • 3.0L V6 4AT (252 HP)
  • 3.2L V6 6MT (290 HP)

ACURA NSX
3.0L V6 4AT (252 HP)

ENGINE SPECS - 3.0L V6 4AT (252 HP)
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
Drive Type:Rear Wheel Drive
Gearbox:4-speed automatic
BRAKES SPECS
Front:Ventilated Discs
Rear:Ventilated Discs
TIRES SPECS
Tire Size:215/40R1783Y // 255/40R1794Y
DIMENSIONS
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
Unladen Weight:3197 lbs (1450 kg)
Gross Weight Limit:3549 lbs (1610 kg)
FUEL ECONOMY (NEDC)
City:17 mpg US (13.8 L/100Km)
Highway:24 mpg US (9.8 L/100Km)

ACURA NSX
3.2L V6 6MT (290 HP)

ENGINE SPECS - 3.2L V6 6MT (290 HP)
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
Drive Type:Rear Wheel Drive
Gearbox:6-Speed manual
BRAKES SPECS
Front:Ventilated Discs
Rear:Ventilated Discs
TIRES SPECS
Tire Size:215/40R1783Y // 255/40R1794Y
DIMENSIONS
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
Unladen Weight:3153 lbs (1430 kg)
Gross Weight Limit:3549 lbs (1610 kg)
FUEL ECONOMY (NEDC)
City:17 mpg US (13.8 L/100Km)
Highway:24 mpg US (9.8 L/100Km)
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