The RDX prototype takes some styling cues from Acura's
NSX halo car and trickles them down into a sharp - looking family hauler that the company hopes will make big waves here in the US as well as in China, where it also plans to produce the vehicle due to Chinese import laws.
The main driving force behind the project, according to the Aussie outlet, is the demand from North American Honda dealers, who won't have a sexy Acura
NSX halo car to place in their showrooms.
Not exact matches
The successor to Honda's «90s performance
halo car, the celebrated
NSX, may see the light of day after all.
As the crucial
halo car for Honda's premium brand, the mid-engine Acura
NSX will combine the magic of the original, aluminum - bodied
NSX sports
car with the technology of a hybrid whose electric motors power the front wheels and provide for torque vectoring, as well.
When 2015 Why Acura needs a performance
halo car — even more so now than when the original
NSX debuted back in 1990.
But as is the case with
halo cars like the
NSX, there are other things at stake than incremental volume.
After a 10 - year hiatus, Acura is hoping the revival of its
NSX supercar line may be the
halo car that will entice new customers back into the brand's showrooms.
The reshaped front fascia borrows some styling cues from Acura's
halo car — the
NSX.
2018 Ford GT: The 2018 Ford GT serves as the brand's
halo car and it will compete with other low - production, high - dollar performance
cars such as the Acura
NSX, Porsche 911 Turbo, and supercar offerings from Ferrari and Lamborghini.
Acura is still riding the wave of enthusiasm it created by introducing the 2016 Acura
NSX, but while this sports
car looks great on wallpaper backgrounds, video games and magazine covers, the automaker will need a lot more than a limited - production,
halo performance
car to keep up with its luxury rivals in other segments.