The Honda NSX is a car from Honda, built from 1990 to 2022, when airbags, anti-lock brakes and Japanese build quality became the world standard. Under the bonnet: gasoline engine.
Where it came from
The Honda NSX (sold as the Acura NSX in North America and Hong Kong) is a two-seater sports car manufactured by Honda over two generations. The first generation was produced from 1990 until 2006, whilst the second generation was made from 2016 to 2022. The first generation was introduced as a two-door coupé, with a two-door targa top variant later added, and has a rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout. The second generation is only a coupé, and has a rear mid-engine, all-wheel-drive layout.
The first generation has a transversely-mounted naturally-aspirated engine with a V6 configuration, whilst the second generation has a twin-turbocharged V6 engine supplemented by multiple electric motors in a petrol-electric hybrid drivetrain. The origins of the Honda NSX can be traced back to 1984, with the HP-X (Honda Pininfarina eXperimental) concept, for a 3.0 L (180 cu in) V6 rear mid-engine, rear-wheel drive sports car. Honda, with the intention of meeting or exceeding the performance of the then V8 engine Ferrari range, committed to the project, aiming at both reliability and a lower price. The concept evolved and had its name changed to NS-X, which stood for "New", "Sports car" "eXperimental".
Under the skin
Power comes from gasoline engine. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
In context
Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Renault Clio, the Ford Explorer, the Volvo 850 — show what else the money bought that year. Nearby in the Honda catalogue sit the Honda Envix and the Honda Crider.