Here's Why the 2017 Acura NSX Is Better Than You Think

This is the new

2017

Acura NSX. I borrowed it from the wonderful people

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at DCH Montclair Acura because they have this one in possibly the coolest color, bright red or curve red as Acura calls it now. This is a true halo car for Acura, it starts at 156,000 has 573 horsepower and 476 lb-ft of torque it does 0-60 in 2.9 seconds and will go 191 miles per hour only t

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is one problem it just isn't going Selling, go to AutoTrader right now and you'll find 190 different new

2017

NSX models listed for sale at dealerships across the country. You already know how many new Ferrari models are listed on Autotrader Zero.

None. You have to be on a waiting list to buy a new Ferrari. Needless to say, there is no waiting list required to purchase. An NSX, so why did I take this dch mod player

acura

car for the day so I could see it and really feel it first? I'm going to show you all of its cool quirks and features and then I'll take it out on the road and tell you how Acura's supercar drives and I'll visit autotrader.com oversteer to learn more about this car and read an article about some cool old NSXs school i found for sale on autotrader but first a little history lesson the original nsx debuted in 1990 and lasted until 2005 praised for its pure driving experience and japanese reliability compared to italian exotics

acura

has been insisting that they would build a new nsx repeatedly since 2005 o debuted a new nsx concept car there was a racing car that was supposed to be the next nsx but it took them 12 years to release this one by then the expectations were very high so it lives up to them let's start with those quirks and features We'll start before you even get in the car with one of my favorite features, you press the unlock button on the key fob and the door handles open, tell me that's not right and you press the lock button and they go back in , but you don't even have to press the button at this time.

I'll walk to the car without touching anything, without touching anything and the door handle opens, that's cool, and once you pull those cool door handles. Upon entering, you notice quite a few interesting quirks and features, such as the volume slider. It's not just a boring knob like the one on your car, you slide your hand up and down to adjust the stereo volume, but that's not the best. The interior, in my opinion, the best thing about the interior is the gauge cluster. Look at this. There is a small dial on the center control console that changes the NSX's driving modes.

Turn it to put the nsx in sport mode and the gauge cluster changes making the gauges and tachometer more detailed, turn it again for Sport Plus and the tachometer rotates all the way, everything changes from blue to red and you get a fuel temperature gauge. engine that appears at the top left, press and hold the dial to confirm you want track mode and the performance gauges in the middle of the gauge go to their highest settings and the traction control turns off, in addition to all of those modes The NSX also has a really cool Quiet Mode that mutes some of the exhaust note so you can sneak away. your nsx late at night and driving on some back roads.

I have never seen any other supercar. Another cool thing about the nsx is that due to its hybrid powertrain you can turn off the engine when you don't need it to be running during. For example right now the engine just turned off but all the accessories stay on because it is in ev mode, There aren't many cars at this price that can do that. The other interesting thing is that it gets 21 miles per gallon in the city and 22 miles per gallon. gallons on the highway because of that hybrid powertrain, most people who buy this car won't care about that, but that's really impressive for a car with this level of performance.

Another interesting feature of the interior of this car is the gear selector, now it's no different than what you'll find in many modern Acura models, but it's probably very different than what you'll find in your normal car. That's how it works when you walk in. There are small lights around for parking. You want to turn back. You press this little button. go back then the lights appear around r its kind of idiot proof for neutral press n and the lights appear around n and then to drive just press d slash m and press the second time for manual mode if you want to go back to park just press p Again, having the gear selector here has two main benefits: number one is that it frees up some space in the middle of the cabin.

There are a few buttons there instead of a giant lever rising from the center. Also, you will never make a mistake and put the car in the wrong gear because you actually pressed a button to put it in that gear for a few more quirks, we move back, for example, you see this giant spoiler back here, this is a fiber spoiler carbon that runs across the entire rear of the car is a factory option, but you may not realize that this spoiler is actually broken into three pieces. Open the trunk and the part of the spoiler on the trunk remains on the trunk and these two pieces stay here.

Another interesting thing is how the lights turn on. They work when you turn on the headlights and then turn on the taillights, it forms this cool band of lights around the entire back of the car, I personally prefer the brake lights that form these little arcs around each end, but the best part is the appearance of the turn signals. On those things, they're just little strips of lights that tell you which direction the nsx is going, but even cooler are the lights on the front. I love those headlights, look at them, they're just bad. angry, they are aggressive, they give this car a really cool look, but I

think

better

than that are the turn signals, look at those, they look different than any other Acura on the road.

Another interesting thing about the nsx is what you get when you buy it. To start, you get a small model and a larger model with the exact specifications, colors and equipment of your NSX. You also get this black nsx binder which contains a complete build sheet of your car detailing all the options for your particular nsx. Includes a cool drawing of the car done by the NSX designer. It's also cool, each nsx is individually numbered so you know where you stand among other nsx owners, of course like all cars the nsx has some notable drawbacks but even those are interesting, for example climbing. to the door of the nsx and you will notice a rather striking exterior keyhole, somewhat unfortunate given the modern lines of the car, the strange thing is that no other Acura has an exterior keyhole here is an mdx without a keyhole and here is a tlx which also has no keyhole, is also worth noting.

There's no storage space in the front, just a bunch of stuff you shouldn't touch unless you know what you're doing, but the NSX isn't all about cool quirks and features that make you wow, one of the things What I like the most What about this car is that it is faithful to the original and faithful to the idea of ​​buying a high-performance Japanese car. This is surprisingly practical. Let me show you what I mean. In the glove compartment you will find this microfiber cloth and not just any microfiber cloth. an Acura microfiber cloth to use with the radio screen, meanwhile in the trunk you will find this a fuel funnel in case you run out and not just any funnel, this one has the Honda logo on it, I promise you within 30 years and these things sell for a million dollars at the Pebble Beach RM car auction.

If your NSX doesn't have its little microfiber towel and its little Honda funnel, you won't honor your reservation. You will also not honor your reservation if not. have the original acura owner's manual, acura is so obsessed with practicality that it comes in a ziploc bag and speaking of practicality, it's such a priority for acura that the nsx is probably the only supercar in the world with three trunk openings There's one on the key ring, one on the driver's door and one in the trunk, and no matter which way you release the trunk, you'll notice something interesting when you get into it.

I check a lot of exotic cars, a lot of trunks and they are usually not big enough for a set of golf clubs but you can get one on the new nsx. Yes, you have to take out the drivers and place them separately, but they all fit in the trunk of this car. Another practical feature of this car. You'll notice as you look around this interior, there are no cupholders anywhere. Acura in its practical mindset has thought of that, you open the glove box and you take out, look at these cup holders, there's a little latch right here, you stick them on and now. you can put your drink in your nsx one last practical touch everything in this car is simple and functional the turn signal is just a turn signal the wiper action is just a wiper action the door locks are exactly as you would expect and it The same goes for the power window and mirror controls.

They don't have any weird gimmicks or confusing operations and are mostly borrowed from other Acura models. Now I know that in the past I have mocked some cars for sharing their switches and buttons with lesser vehicles like the Maserati Ghibli, for example, but it's important to keep in mind the purpose here: the Ghibli is intended to be an Italian exotic, it is It's supposed to give you a more beautiful feeling every time you walk in, every time you open the door in comparison. to German rivals and using dodge switches doesn't really do that, but the purpose of this car is and always has been to offer a more practical, more reliable and less expensive alternative to the Italian exotics; it may not have the cool switches and buttons. and features, but it's also a lot less expensive, those things help keep costs down and if you don't want to go crazy and spend millions of dollars on a Ferrari, you're not really sure it'll be the last one for a few years, that was the purpose of the old NSX and these buttons and switches prove that's still the purpose of the new NSX, so the new NSX is loaded with cool features, including some you might not have known about, now it's time to take it out on the road. true, we are in the sport and it is also very fast, so this is like a double clutch with a torque converter, the gear changes are monstrously fast, like everything else with a double clutch, I mean, nothing is more faster than anything else, like it used to be. that some cars had a very fast transmission, some didn't know that everything is very fast, so the first thing you

think

is that you get in this car and we are driving on a normal street, here you just say, "we are good like us." We're just relaxing and they can hang out, which I think one of the strengths of this car is that the visibility behind me is excellent.

I can see everything we had idling. It's incredibly hot today. We had it idling for about an hour recording the video. You don't have to worry about it shutting down or sending any fault. My Aston Martin didn't usually send a fault when it was idle for more than 10 minutes. There are no things with this car, you can be sure and that's it. kind of benefit, one of the benefits of getting an exotic car from Acura. This whole v6 only thing is going to have to come to an end here very soon because Acura is getting almost 600 horsepower out of a v6 at this point, who really cares? what engine is in that thing it's an 060 and 2.9 it could be a four cylinder if you're doing zero to 60 and 2.9 I don't care so we're driving around this quiet neighborhood and it's normal to each other The benefits of this car we always What I've felt, I've driven it before, is that the ride quality is

better

than pretty much any exotic car on the market, but look, this road stinks and feels reasonably good and I'm in a sport, besides, which one?

It's which is good, I mean, this is the car for it's like the original, it's the car for the person who doesn't want to deal with all the nonsense, there are benefits to the bs, having the Italian exotic car, flashy and attractive. super cool, there's no doubt about that, but there are a lot of people who have done that and who say: I don't want to go down that path anymore. The controls are more obvious in this car, they are more obviously located in the 488. your lock and unlock button next to the dome lights makes no sense, this car is just everything is much simpler, much more ergonomic, what I think people forget about this car, anyone talks bad about this car and there has been a negative view that people forget.

It's performance, I think the biggest problem Acura had was simply delivery time, you tell people for 10 years that you're going to put out this car, there's no way to meet their expectations, nothing zero, it's just not going to happen. happen, this car is as good and the numbers say it as any other modern exotic, but none of the other modern exotics we expect 12years is this the year they're going to do it, you know how it is honestly it's like a 911 turbo, it's the supercar for the people I like, it's not more relaxed in any way because you drop down a couple of gears and you just you can break your neck but you don't and that's true for the 911 turbo too but it's the car you know if you don't want to. deal with it, but that day you drive it to the office, you can drive home in silent mode and just relax now that we are in ev mode, the car is completely, you can't hear anything, this is cool, it's interesting when you are in mode quiet, you don't hear the noise anymore, but i must say the turbo noise you hear here and it's amazing, oh you can hear the hiss and the wastegate that occurs every time you press the accelerator, it's like a mod. civic or something, it's cool, yeah, the sound, you know, the sounds, it's just never going to be a v8 or a v12, uh, so that's just a reality of the car, if you paid 280, you'd be mad.what, oh, It's so fast, it's so fast and the transmission is so quick and smooth, oh it just holds its line so well, my god it's so planted in the corners, wow wow, so I had to record the radius decreases.

I didn't realize The car is like, whatever, it's no big deal, the steering is what I would call a sports car, it's not some exotic super car, like it can do anything and grab everywhere, but it's so predictable and so nice that you put it where you want it to go and it goes there and it's the perfect weight and the car, of course, has absolutely no body roll, it goes exactly where you'd expect the most precise things, the tightest corners. difficult and things that you can tell is a little bit outside of the high-end cars, the 48 and stuff, but you would expect that, since it is approximately, you know two-thirds of the price or three-fifths of the price, but Acura must have It was known that if people wanted the really crazy hurricane experience, they would spend the money and then you have the ability to drive this every day.

I don't think this car performs as well in absolute terms at the limit of road grip, that kind of thing, this kind of thing, but I think it's immensely more drivable, so the new NSX is very good, it's surprising drive it like its predecessor. It offers a Japanese version of an exotic car, like its predecessor. It has a mid-mounted V6 engine with a little less power than all the Italian exotics, like its predecessor. And although it has 156 thousand. The base price in dollars may seem a little high. Keep in mind that the Lamborghini Huracan now starts at 200k, the Ferrari 488 starts at 250k and the McLaren 650 costs 270k, making the NSX, compared to those cars, as much of a bargain as its predecessor, so , why is it not sold?

The answer is actually here. Acura. You see, when Audi launched the r8 in 2008, it was intended to have the same effect as the NSX, a halo car that draws enthusiasts to the brand, and it had that effect. because audi also launched other enthusiast focused cars at the same time, the a5 and the s5, a new sportier a4, an s6 with a v10 from a lamborghini. audi was great and the r8 made it super cool but acura says you like the nsx but you can. I can't afford it, what other Acura are you going to get a TLX in pearl blue?

The Acura lineup is suspiciously devoid of performance cars except for the one that costs $156k, and yet my answer to that is, oh yeah, the NSX is a bit? A strange car for Acura, but so was the original and over time its appeal and values ​​have skyrocketed. No, this is not the super car for the person who wants the Ferrari horse or the Lamborghini bull on the front, but if you want a car with an incredible driving experience and some interesting quirks and interesting features and a really striking appearance and you want save some money at least put this on your shopping list