Acura NSX

Acura used cars like the NSX have a nice look to them; you really have to applaud the engineers who designed this vehicle because you do look twice at it. Back in the day when Honda ruled the Formula One circuit, it was thought by the brain trust of the giant motor company that it could compete with the best exotic sports cars on the market. This included Porsche, Ferrari and of course the Chevrolet Corvette just to name a few. Honda was going to use all of its new technologies it was using on the Formula one race car and make the Acura NSX the next big sports car.

The Acura NSX was launched in 1990 and had some features other sports cars didn't have, that were much more expensive. With their champion ship racing team, Honda would use some of the features that are on the F1 racing car and put them to use on the NSX. The first such thing was a production sports car to have an all-aluminum body; this reduced the weight of the vehicle dramatically. Honda spared no expense on the NSX; they added some serious gadgets to this vehicle. The NSX also included titanium connecting rods, a new anti-lock braking system that is a 4 channel independent platform and a new clutch system that was never seen before on a production sports car.

The first Acura NSX that came off the assembly line in 1990 had a 3.0-litre, 270 horsepower engine. Later models from 1997 and on, introduce an aluminum, 3.2-litre, 290 horsepower engine. No matter what you think of the engine size, these vehicles are very fast because of the materials they were using to build the NSX. Earlier NSX models had top speeds of around 168 miles per hour and later models from 1998 and up, had speeds recorded at 175 miles per hour.

The interior of the NSX would remind you of any top European sports car, it has your typical leather seats, am/fm radio, tape or cd (depending on the year) and heating and air. The interior in my opinion is as good as anything out there.

When you compare Acura used cars like the NSX to other sports cars in 2011, it does not look like a 20 year old car; it very much looks something built in 2011. This is a very reliable and fast sports car, there owners love them and you never hear of the big mechanical problems you have with other European sports cars.

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