NSX
1990–1997·Japan
Specifications
- Engine
- 3.0L Naturally Aspirated V6
- Engine Name
- C30A
- 0–100 km/h
- 5.8s
- Top Speed
- 270 km/h
- Power
- 270 hp
- Drivetrain
- RWD Rear-Mid-Engine
- Transmission
- 5-speed manual; 4-speed automatic
- Year
- 1990–1997
The Honda NSX
(NA1) is a rear-mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive sports car powered by the C30A 3.0-litre naturally aspirated V6 engine.
The Honda NSX (NA1) is the car that changed the assumed rules of the exotic-car world. It proved that a mid-engined sports car could be fast, precise, usable, reliable, beautifully visible from the cockpit, and built with the same seriousness Honda gave to its best engines and motorcycles. In North America it was sold as the Acura NSX, while in Japan and other markets it carried the Honda badge. The early NA1 specification used the all-aluminium C30A 3.0-litre DOHC V6 with VTEC, rated in U.S. specification at 270 hp and 210 lb-ft with the five-speed manual gearbox.
The NSX was not created to be a temperamental supercar. Honda’s own heritage account describes a programme intended to balance high performance with “human compatibility”, a car that could place the driver close to a Formula 1 level of dynamic ambition without making the machine hostile or impractical. Its most important technical claim is its structure. Honda describes the NSX as the world’s first mass-production car to offer an all-aluminium monocoque body, saving major weight versus a steel equivalent while demanding new production processes and a dedicated approach to aluminium forming and welding. For Engine Sphere, the NA1 is the original NSX idea in its clearest form: C30A V6, pop-up headlights, aluminium body, manual gearbox, and the promise that a supercar could be precise without being cruel.
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