It borrows much of its layout from
the NSX hybrid sports car, with a push - button transmission and a large mode dial front and center.
An Acura
NSX hybrid sports car burst into flames during testing on the famed Nurburgring motorsports complex in Germany, according to Automotive News.
Not exact matches
Pushing the boundaries of high - performance technology today means something very different from what that original
car embodied, so the formula for the New
Sports eXperience is considerably different in the 2017 Acura
NSX: The basics include a
hybrid powertrain made up of three electric motors, a lithium - ion battery pack, a mid-mounted twin - turbocharged V - 6 engine and a dual - clutch nine - speed automatic transmission.
The
NSX's $ 157,800 starting price with $ 1,800 destination charge puts it in a league with high - end
sports cars such as the Audi R8 and Porsche 911 Turbo, though the
hybrid system and electrified all - wheel drive also parallel the BMW i8 plug - in
hybrid, which lives in this price territory.
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.
Moving the new Acura
NSX across a parking lot sans - seatbelt, I was quickly verbally reminded by the
hybrid sports car that it was time to buckle up.
The Acura
NSX Concept previews a new
NSX sports car that will feature Acura's Sport
Hybrid SH - AWD powertrain.
The «
sport hybrid» battery pack lets the
NSX go a few miles on battery alone, which provides entrée to some of the world's megacities that give preferred access to
cars that can get through the city gates on battery power.
Other vehicles on display will include the 2017
NSX supercar, Road and Track magazine's 2017 Performance
Car of the Year, its racing counterpart, the
NSX GT3 (shown in exposed carbon for the first time in the U.S.), along with the 2017 MDX
Sport Hybrid SUV, and the redesigned 2018 TLX A-Spec
sport sedan.
Now, the company has only four electrified models: Honda Accord
Hybrid, Acura RLX sedan, Acura NSX sports car, and the remaining stock of the soon - to - be discontinued CR - Z hybrid hatc
Hybrid, Acura RLX sedan, Acura
NSX sports car, and the remaining stock of the soon - to - be discontinued CR - Z
hybrid hatc
hybrid hatchback.
The 2016 Acura
NSX has yet to go on sale, but here's what we know so far about this high - end
sports car: it offers a unique
hybrid drive system that pairs a 3.5 - liter V - 6 with a pair of electric motors in order to produce more than 550 horsepower.
Acura notes that elements of the RLX's
hybrid powertrain are shared with the division's slick
NSX sports car, and it does have some neat aspects.
Those were the big electric announcements from Geneva, but let's also not forget Acura's
hybrid NSX, which will soon reach customer's hands, and Porsche's upcoming Mission E electric sedan, which will very likely spawn a
hybrid sports car.
While, a gasoline - electric
hybrid of a very different sort is Acura's all - new
NSX sports car that will finally go on sale here this year.
Acura unveiled the production model of the next - generation
NSX at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) this past January (earlier post), and now has provided more technical detail on the high - performance
hybrid sports car and its new Sport Hybrid - AWD power
hybrid sports car and its new Sport
Hybrid - AWD power
Hybrid - AWD power unit.
We are still waiting for the official debut of the
NSX, but it looks like Honda is already considering a roadster version for the upcoming
hybrid sports car.
There aren't too many
hybrid sports cars around, and we predict that the Acura
NSX will be one of the most popular at the New York Auto Show.