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BOTLFEDLT1 · 07 May 2009, 08:54 am

Gordon Murray, designer of the Mclaren F1, talks about the NSX. Its a great read. Honda's relunctance to put in a bigger motor really held the car back from being truly great.

Gordon Murray talks about the NSX -- Just Japanese Car News

Jonnychadootz · 07 May 2009, 12:00 pm

I've never driven 1 but I have been in a couple (fliplight ver) It was by no means slow and handled very well. Why they didn't put a turbo on it is beyond me. Boost can definitely take care of the fact that it's underpowered. I guess Honda was trying to make more out of less, unfortunately though that's not what people are looking for in a $80,000 car

fat_kid · 07 May 2009, 12:04 pm

agreed, its too slow from the factory, especially for being so expensive but a nice turbo set up makes it dominate everything

01mmmz28 · 07 May 2009, 04:42 pm

Yeah....I agree, they are slow for what they cost. By no means a slouch, but a tad on the slow side. A bolt-on T/A that I was riding in killed one one time. It looked good, but got wasted.

Jonnychadootz · 07 May 2009, 05:52 pm

It's a damn shame

I think if Honda would have just realized what the car was and dropped the price to somewhere around $50-60K I think it would have been a much better seller.

Nortad · 08 May 2009, 01:34 am

thank god honda said no to them about making them an engine. shitvic owners would never shut up over the mega vtak mclaren :P

SevPP · 14 May 2009, 07:54 pm

Good read. I'm not surprised by what he has said though. An underated (and underpowered unfortunately) car. I'd be more than happy to own one! I have heard similar things from an owner of a NSX that own a variety of supercars and he rates the NSX extremely highly also.

bam 240sx · 14 May 2009, 09:07 pm

nice article, and honda is afraid of turbos, they were scared to even put a s/c on a car. they dont like the chance of unreliability. nissan on the otherhand did it and have a good amount of sporty and kick ass cars

JoseCR7 · 14 May 2009, 09:27 pm

agreed they are way overpriced they should be around the price of a vette
but a nice fat turbo would be sick as shit on one of em

Nortad · 15 May 2009, 02:20 am

its kinda a mentallity thing with Honda. other jap manufacturers were made by big corporations while Honda was founded by just one man and his beliefs, and that shows in their choices.

x1800ccS13x · 18 May 2009, 12:09 pm

my uncle had a 92 nsx, it moves along nicely with the help of a intercooled novi 2000. he bought it 6 yeras ago for 50k and just sold it for 50k.

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BOTLFEDLT1 Senior Tremekian Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,139 BOTLFEDLT1's Gallery	Gordon Murray on the NSX Gordon Murray, designer of the Mclaren F1, talks about the NSX. Its a great read. Honda's relunctance to put in a bigger motor really held the car back from being truly great. Gordon Murray talks about the NSX -- Just Japanese Car News

07 May 2009, 12:00 pm	#2 (permalink)
Jonnychadootz Senior Tremekian Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: NY Posts: 1,252 Jonnychadootz's Gallery	Re: Gordon Murray on the NSX I've never driven 1 but I have been in a couple (fliplight ver) It was by no means slow and handled very well. Why they didn't put a turbo on it is beyond me. Boost can definitely take care of the fact that it's underpowered. I guess Honda was trying to make more out of less, unfortunately though that's not what people are looking for in a $80,000 car __________________

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fat_kid Obsessed Tremekian Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: behind your mom doing teh dirty Posts: 8,057 fat_kid's Gallery	Re: Gordon Murray on the NSX agreed, its too slow from the factory, especially for being so expensive but a nice turbo set up makes it dominate everything __________________ Fat people are harder to kidnap.

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01mmmz28 Obsessed Tremekian Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Put'n my giggity in Burghs moms cornhole Posts: 7,473 01mmmz28's Gallery	Re: Gordon Murray on the NSX Yeah....I agree, they are slow for what they cost. By no means a slouch, but a tad on the slow side. A bolt-on T/A that I was riding in killed one one time. It looked good, but got wasted. __________________ I own the brits, and I'll sell you one for $20.

07 May 2009, 05:52 pm	#5 (permalink)
Jonnychadootz Senior Tremekian Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: NY Posts: 1,252 Jonnychadootz's Gallery	Re: Gordon Murray on the NSX It's a damn shame I think if Honda would have just realized what the car was and dropped the price to somewhere around $50-60K I think it would have been a much better seller. __________________

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Nortad Veteran Tremekian Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: right over there... Posts: 4,645 Nortad's Gallery	Re: Gordon Murray on the NSX thank god honda said no to them about making them an engine. shitvic owners would never shut up over the mega vtak mclaren :P

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SevPP Cool Tremekian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Australia Posts: 479 SevPP's Gallery	Re: Gordon Murray on the NSX Good read. I'm not surprised by what he has said though. An underated (and underpowered unfortunately) car. I'd be more than happy to own one! I have heard similar things from an owner of a NSX that own a variety of supercars and he rates the NSX extremely highly also. __________________ “There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games.”-Hemingway

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bam 240sx Senior Tremekian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Erie Pa Posts: 1,600 bam 240sx's Gallery	Re: Gordon Murray on the NSX nice article, and honda is afraid of turbos, they were scared to even put a s/c on a car. they dont like the chance of unreliability. nissan on the otherhand did it and have a good amount of sporty and kick ass cars

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JoseCR7 Obsessed Tremekian Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Chandler,AZ Posts: 5,118 JoseCR7's Gallery	Re: Gordon Murray on the NSX agreed they are way overpriced they should be around the price of a vette but a nice fat turbo would be sick as shit on one of em __________________

15 May 2009, 02:20 am	#10 (permalink)
Nortad Veteran Tremekian Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: right over there... Posts: 4,645 Nortad's Gallery	Re: Gordon Murray on the NSX its kinda a mentallity thing with Honda. other jap manufacturers were made by big corporations while Honda was founded by just one man and his beliefs, and that shows in their choices.

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x1800ccS13x Cool Tremekian Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 428 x1800ccS13x's Gallery	Re: Gordon Murray on the NSX my uncle had a 92 nsx, it moves along nicely with the help of a intercooled novi 2000. he bought it 6 yeras ago for 50k and just sold it for 50k.

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