Unfortunately the same diagram reveals that awful beak.

More Japcrap. Buy a Vette.

Looks like Acura just updated the last generation Firebird. Ouch.

WTF is with the AWFUL design for the grill??? Are they trying to scare small children?

Welcome back NMOFGM.

That interior color is Hawt.

looks awesome can’t wait

That is one disgusting looking front grill. Looks like a hybrid from Volkswagen and… some sorta bird.

I dont think their trying to scare the kids… their going for the adults now.

all the Acura grill comments are getting old. Yes, it’s not that great, move on. You don’t need to point it out in every article.

As an owner of the outgoing version I would have to say at this point in time Acura should not be planning on taking my money for this new iteration. I almost don’t know what to say as I am baffled that Acura could take the NSX and turn it into this. They better come up with something better by production time or it will flop, especially with a front end that looks like the last gen Camaro.

I’m not a big fan of Japanese cars, but I sure would take one over any GM pos. I have had two before and will never buy another one.

WOW! One of the few car to look better in camo, then undisguised. That grille just ruins it.

@F3INT))AP3X, I am with you as this version, if it is the final version, does nothing to carry-on the NSX lineage. I also have to levy the same criticism that is levied at others regarding the the engine since the world is in energy conscientious era why the V10 when Honda has such a stellar engine reputation for its engineering prowess? A step in the wrong direction for Honda/Acura.

If you cross your eyes it looks like an SLR!

Wow…..FUGLY…..not a surprise though.

Wow. Just like every Acura these days, I think back on how the previous generation was vastly superior (TL, Integra, and now the NSX).

R.I.P. Acura

Great NMOFGM is back. Atleast they are not like GM. Sitting on the sidewalk like a hobo beggin for money from the govt.

Not one to be accused of beaing beautiful
DrFill

I agree to the fullest LLL3 as the new layout completely baffles me as well. I would much rather have them build upon the already extensive existing knowledge of the MR V6 design or even try and make an MR V8 rather than test the waters with this FR beast. It just doesn’t build upon the original principles of the NSX which where light weight, balance, and handling; as well as being economical and every day drivable when compared to pretty much any car in the segment.

Acura has tanked. All their cars look like crap. Hope you’re reading this Acura. Seriously. All the old Acuras were vastly better looking and refined. All your new stuff looks like terrible combinations of bad designs. Example: New TL has the side profile of a $18,000 Nissan Altima. Props. :-/

but my vtec goes BWAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Very ugly and boring design. Fail.

As a former owner, Integras were cool!
DrFill

This is the NSX? Are you kidding me? That’s a 1995 Camaro. C’mon, the joke’s over. Show me the real thing.

Normally I abhor violence but they really should have let the designers keep fighting.

I think this is result of paralysis by analysis. We’ve heard about NSX for a very long time. During this time gas prices went from $1.50 to $4.25 and back to $1.85 (in my neck of the woods). That scared everyone out of 8 cylinders, but Honda already developed V10 and voula, you need or not you got it. Frankly number of pots under the hood of $100K car probably don’t matter much, but that beak takes it out of competition. The only customers could be Col. Frank Slade (scent of the woman), Ray Charles and AAndrea Bocelli.

carbonsigma you have a point, those seats are EXACTLY like the SLR’s!!

This is truly a shame, particularly if they dub it the NSX. There is nothing NSX about this vehicle.. the layout is all wrong and the styling is dated and generic at best. If they call it something else, like GSX or VSX, and price it against the similar Corvette (around $60K) it might do well.. but there is no way this is a $90-100K NSX successor.

They should rotate this same motor 90 degrees, move it behind the seats and drop the HSC concept body on top. Now THAT’s a proper NSX successor.

Maybe with this layout, Honda is showing it can make a muscle car. Granted, it’s not an NSX, but it will still be a beast of a car, and hopefully they will keep the size of the pistons low and give it the ability to go into high RPM’s. That would be exciting, and there better be some good aftermarket parts to get rid of the “beak” as everyone is calling it. And the reason we post on the beak/****ty grills of Acura is because they are so horrible, I saw a real TL the other day and it did frighten me, Acura, bad move

Why even call this NSX…I don’t see anything this shares with the original to deserve association with the name.

Awful.

i really liked the japanese sports cars from the early to mid 90’s they all had a certain quality that didn’t stand out like a sore thumb, but had a subtle stance to them that told you they had sporty intentions, thats what the original NSX did for me…..i miss it

Doubtful. Looks like someone traced a SLR. However a cheap SLR would sell.

I dont think it looks bad but I admit it seems way to reserved, it has a V10 so there should be some insane side scoops or a crazy hood to say don’t mess with me or you’ll eat my exhaust flames! Acura should stop with this trying to be so sophisticated, they’re attempts at it make the cars look bland.

no lie, im kinda glad they cant agree on the styling, its been piss poor in pretty much every form that ive seen. They need to EVOLVE the original NSX and keep to it, especially the style of the rear taillights/spoiler. And a T-top.

oh my God this goes to be fantastic, sight that beautiful motor v10 of sling first time that is going to go out, that is a dream made reality see that engineering of deep F1 in the track.

oh mi dios esto va ser fantastico , mira que hermoso motor v10 de honda primera vez que va a salir a las calles , eso es un sueño hecho realidad ver esa ingenieria de honda f1 en la pista

I have a strange feeling this diagram seems off, especially from the side and rear. Just doesn’t look like a real diagram, more like a prototype sketch. But again if it’s truly real, then…No…Acura, why? The front is awful, I expected better from your top designers, we’ve seen good looking Acura’s and when it’s time for the real deal, it ends up like this? Another thing is the seats, they’re clearly identical to the SLR (as someone posted). This car however, is still good, the V10 engine is a beast and the noise it makes is absolutely astonishing along with it’s techno wiz-bangery. I’m just concerned with the horrible front nose, it’s not up to design standards and it’s unacceptable. Oh well, lets hope for the best when the NSX actually debuts.

honda blows monkey slit

I really don’t think this is official. Looks like one of those pics from jap mags.

I hope the performance outweighs the interesting grille. The invisible body and the weird angle of the picture is deceiving. The body of the camo actually looks pretty good.

My mate had the UK’s only NSX-R and it was amazing….

This is balls. The NSX is dead

Lexus made a mistake dropping the LF-A program
This makes it look even more beautiful
This will draw no traffic
DrFill

ehhh….this is supposed to be acuras sports car? something that will compete with Corvette, Porsche and the Nissan GT-R? sounds good, 550hp horsepower and AWD is awesome, to bad it looks like a late 90s V6 firebird.

As much as I hate the design and yes maybe they will change it, I still think it would be hilarious if this car beat the GT2, GT-R, ZR1, or ACR, just because that means they would be getting beat by this rolling poop.

So is it RWD or AWD? Or both? WTF?

AWD with a largely RWD bias

^ Thank you!

Agreed *Veda*, it does seem like one of those magazine sketches. I’m really starting to lose hope in many manufacturers, they need to realize a complete change from a previous layout and design is unacceptable no matter what, that is if they even intend to resurrect the name NSX. I certainly realized now that it shouldn’t be even called the NSX anymore, there’s truly nothing NSX about it except for the fact it’s the best Honda/Acura in the lineup. Had it been mid-engined, I’d be more happy than I am now with the current FR layout. The Nurburgring video’s weren’t bad at all, though. I think it’ll make a good competition for the Lexus LF-A or something along that territory.

I guess I’m in the minority, but I like it. Not terribly original looking but not as bad as other have stated. The front grill needs some work, but I bet it handles well.

Nothin special. looks too much like the Genesis coupe. Japanese cars have no style!

Lame….it has nothing in common with the original NSX except the name. C’mon Honda/Acura!

I guess a lot of people are noticing… Japanese styling has really hit a low point. There are some exceptions, but the new models being previewed right now are not very appealing (Mazda 3, Honda/Acura, etc.)

The disturbing part is that many of them are actually designed in the U.S. (but of course, final approval happens in Japan).

Where has their sense of style gone? In an effort to be bold, Japanese designs are becoming downright UGLY!!

FUGLY!

Why bother keeping the name “NSX” when you’ve ditched everything about the car. It used to be an exotic mid-engined ferrari alternative, now its just another front engined wannabe M3, S5, Vette etc

I see bunny.

-eat your cereal

Everybody bashed the appearance of the GTR when it first surfaced online.. and till today I’m still lukewarm about it… I would reserve judgement as this is only an illustration.. But you can’t judge when price and specs haven’t been announced yet..

Being a fan of automobiles, regardless of manufacturer, I can’t understand this car. Then again, I can’t understand why acura is moving “upmarket” in the first place? Everyone wants this prestige and all that bull****. I wish they would’ve stuck with what acura used to be. Nicely styled, performance oriented environmentally conscious entry level luxury cars. I can’t even imagine that their sales figures will increase by moving upmarket. That segment is so crowded already, and the people are pretty settled in as to what they want to drive.

After seeing the sketch in silvery white, the front end is not so atrocious because it blends into the rest of the car. I’m still unsure about the “beak” but if it performs well enough it’s gonna sell in pretty good numbers. There are plenty of people in the world with too much money and too few ideas on how to spend it.
I agree with everyone who says this isn’t a NSX because they changed the entire car. As a sports car on its own..ok yeah its pretty good. As the next NSX..not so much.

I am very suprised at all this negative feedback. I think that this car is absolutely beautiful. Its stance suggests extreme power and performance. If anyone of you saw this on the road you would eat your words.

Yuk. I think the old NSX looked better.

This is what happens when you let the Japanese style things on a committee. Nobody can agree on anything, so everything becomes a compromise. The Japanese like to distribute responsibility among many, so that if things go wrong, no single person can be blamed. I know, I used to work for a Japanese company.

Contrast this with an American design studio, like GM has for the Corvette: you have several top designers sketching out designs – management picks which design they like the best, then it gets subtle revisions to production, and the winning designer becomes the lead designer for the car. There’s only a handful of people involved, and it is NOT a committee. Focus groups are used sparingly, but only to gauge general reception – the car is NOT designed around, or based on focus group responses.

LOL…… but what do you expect from Acura? Look at the past 8 years of cars they all look the same, no real distinction for those that don’t know about the brand, this car better have some good performance, or better yet they can make it in to a hybrid also I’m sure they will get more sells that way….

@lukom
I think as a whole it looks great, conveys power and has a very planted, agressive stance and overall will perform well. I’m personally not a fan of the new Acura front end–too gaudy and over-chromed. As a supercar, it has all the creds. I’m just not sure if it should be called a NSX because they changed the entire layout compared to the previous car. So while I like it, and would probably buy one given the chance (and money) I just don’t know about it being an NSX.

I too am a bigger fan of the old style NSX and feel the previous concept they had (I believe it was called the HSC) was more true to the original, but it is their sports car, and if it doesn’t sell, they’ll change it. Just like I am fairly sure the grill on a near future TL will change. For those of you that really like the Corvette, would you NOT buy one if Chevrolet decided to make the next generation mid-engine? Isn’t that kind of the same comparison you are making to this new NSX?

i’m with everyone on this, i like the past nsx a lot more. it looked slim and fast(not ricer-ish fast) it had that lamborghini fast look. and the lines were nice and straight. this just looks bloated! i think i don’t like this because it looks short and tall comared to the old one which was long and not as tall. i don’t hate it though, i just wish it didn’t have the nsx badge!

Looks good.

as a former owner, “Integras” sucked!

Everyone here sounds like they know how to design cars or stuck in a time capsule. You guys dont even know what the car truly looks like, so why are you guys nagging? I dont see any other automobile company building decent automobiles for every income level but Toyota and Honda.

I don’t think that a front mounted engine would be the best, a mid engine design like the old one would be much better for the handling. I think that the styling is okay, it’s really not that bad.

This NSX is totally out of line it has no lineage to it.its a totally different car in my eyes.