Acura NSX Production Pushed Back to Spring 2016

by Aaron Cole

Updated: December 31st, 2020 Published: August 14th, 2015

acura nsx production pushed back to spring 2016

After years of delays, a redesigned concept and lots and lots of auto show carpet time, the Acura NSX still isn’t ready for prime time.

The automaker announced today that the NSX would begin production in spring 2016, not this fall as was previously reported. Automobile first reported the delay.

A spokeswoman for Acura said delays at the Marysville, Ohio plant producing the NSX, and changing performance targets for the car were responsible for the setback.

“Since this American-made supercar is the ultimate expression of the Acura brand, we want to ensure we’re delivering the best vehicle and customer experience possible,” an Acura spokeswoman wrote.

The NSX has had a difficult birth, so far.

Automobile reported the addition of turbochargers to the V-6 substantially changed the orientation of the internal combustion engine. Acura’s complex system of three electric motors, two of which power the front axle, wasn’t mentioned by the automaker as being a problem.

Production will start in spring 2016 for a 2017 model-year release. Official prices haven’t been announced, but the car is expected to cost somewhere close to $150,000.

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Hummer on Aug 14, 2015

I don't understand how Acura can sell cars costing $50k to begin with, and to ask triple for something this impractical and already produced by other makers, very poor. The guys and gals that care about this car have a hard enough time affording the 4 ft wide Vinyl Honda and Vtec stickers they put across their 94 Civics.

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- Fvfvsix on Aug 14, 2015
  
  While that is _an_ opinion, I haven't a clue where you would get it from... I'll have to assume you've never driven a Honda product, otherwise you couldn't make the statement about them not being worth $50K and then turn around and actually pay money for a Hummer product.
  
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- BigDuke6 on Aug 15, 2015
  
  @fvfvsix +1. Some people have no clue how they embarrass themselves with comments like that.
  
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- Hummer on Aug 15, 2015
  
  @fvfvsix I would throw 50k down on a Toyota I wanted in no time flat, I don't see what's to like about Honda nor do I find anything other than maybe the accord worth a second look. Honda makes a lot of boring appliances, granted that may sell, but it doesn't appeal to me. I would drop my money for the worst product to come out of a Hummer dealership long before I bought the best to come out of a Honda dealer. I don't hate Honda, I dislike their product. The cars are all snooze worthy and I have no use for minivan or the crossovers they sell. I can't believe I have to defend myself for even saying this, it's Honda, not Mercedes.
  
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DrGastro997 on Aug 14, 2015

Right. I see nothing wrong with a six figured Honda product. If you've driven the NSX/NSX-T then you'll understand, maybe. Many criticized Toyota for the LFA and yet, it sold out faster than forecasted. Honda will get this right and won't require a 500 mile stat oil change like a Chevy.

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- Akatsuki on Aug 14, 2015
  
  A lot of thoughts here: 1. They may have benchmarked the 458, but the 911 Turbo / Turbo S is the real standardbearer. 2. Acura NSX brand cache is probably about where the Skyline is. Japanese cult car. 3. If they price this at Carrerra GTS price (~$120K) and deliver Turbo performance, that would be right. If they think they can command $150K+ for this, I suspect they are deluding themselves. 4. The LFA sat on dealer lots for at least 2 years, it was a complete disaster of a project, from price point, to performance numbers, to a lack of understanding how to tie a halo car into your brand. All that being said, I would buy one, but I recognize it is a failure. Then again, I would take a Toyota 2000GT over every single classic sports car in existence (including a Ferrari 250GT) so I am not very rational in some ways.
  
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- Fvfvsix on Aug 14, 2015
  
  @akatsuki "The LFA sat on dealer lots for at least 2 years" Please explain how a product that had to be custom ordered sat on any dealer's lot for 2 years?
  
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- Davekaybsc on Aug 14, 2015
  
  If you're trying to defend the NSX, yeah maybe don't use the LFA as your example of "getting it right." The LFA, a car that was a total mess in development hell, arrived incredibly late, with a powertrain a generation behind its rivals, and despite early mistaken claims of the 500 run selling out, new cars were still unsold years after production ended. It was a total flop. The Acura at least doesn't have the absolutely absurd pricing of the LFA, but I don't think the new R8 V10 and AMG GT are shaking in their boots.
  
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- VenomV12 on Aug 14, 2015
  
  @fvfvsix I have been to at least 3 Lexus dealerships that still have new LFAs for sale in the showrooms within the last year and a half.
  
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- MBella on Aug 15, 2015
  
  @VenomV12 They were probably bought by dealer principles and then kept in the showroom. The LFA sold out very quickly. I'm actually surprised Toyota didn't build more of these, to try and spread out that very large investment they made in it.
  
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- VenomV12 on Aug 15, 2015
  
  @VenomV12 If that was so then why were all 3 of them for sale? They weren't there just sitting there for show, they were all available for sale if you were willing to pony up the cash. It was the same way with the McLaren SLR, my Mercedes dealer had a devil of a time selling the one they had, everytime I went in for service it was there for well over a year, and they had to discount it heavily to move it.
  
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- Ronnie Schreiber on Aug 15, 2015
  
  @VenomV12 At the 2012 Chicago Auto Show, Toyota had four Lexus LFAs on display, all in a row, two red ones, a yellow, and a black one. One was part of the corporate collection. The other three were definitely for sale.
  
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- Fred on Aug 15, 2015
  
  @VenomV12 My brother works as a Lexus dealer, the owner bought the car and displays it at the dealer. Generates a lot of interest. Exactly what a halo car is suppose to.
  
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VenomV12 on Aug 14, 2015

Beginning to think I will have great grandchildren before this car is released.

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Corey Lewis on Aug 17, 2015

Alfa Romeo will have a full lineup before this car is available in a showroom. And that's saying something. Poor show, Honda. You can do better.

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