On temple of VTEC

"According to the 3/26 issue of Best Car Magazine of Japan (page 13)

The next generation NSX will incorporate a i-VTEC V6, somewhere around 3400cc, and produce around 350hp. The interesting bit of information is that the car will be made of aluminum and take advantage of Honda's hybrid technology. According to the article, Honda wanted to take a different route then the 911 and the F360 Modena. Best Car did not specify if the horsepower rating was with the electric motors taken into consideration or not. Since, the Honda Insight is made in the same factory as the NSX, the aluminum body and the hybrid motor was considered. In the past, the next NSX was rumored to be a V-8 or V-10, but current revelation point that the next NSX will be a i-VTEC V6 with electric motors, the weight saving benefit is not clear at this time, but the next Honda will surely be more compact. But the Honda's philosophy that the next NSX will be a F1 on wheels that is comfortable and fun to drive remains intact.

Current estimations


Length - 4300mm
Width -1800mm
Height -1180mm
Wheelbase 2500mm
Engine 3.4L V6 i-VTEC
350hp/7500rpm
33Kg/M /5500rpm (~239 lb-ft)
6 speed MT
price 8,000,000 yen"

I wouldn't be completely surprised if this actually happened...Honda likes to be different. I always wondered if the electric technology would filter thru to the high performance cars - giving them a nice jump of torque off the line...

 

uhh...if that is a direct quote from a magazine, the writers of the magazine really have to take some classes on grammatical structure. I am wondering if this is a farse...

 

Or perhaps even a farce

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Humanatek
[B]uhh...if that is a direct quote from a magazine, the writers of the magazine really have to take some classes on grammatical structure.

 

Pardon me, you are quite correct. But there are two things at play here:

1) Posting late at night after ingesting large quantities pasta, calamari and martini

 

Wow, that would shock me if they decided to change it over a V-6, but stranger things have happened.

 

I actually was hoping that the NSX and RL would join the big boys with an 8 cylinder engine. But if Honda can build a smaller ligher engine with as much power AND torque as the competition - then I'm all for it. The S2000 doesn't really follow conventional thinking either and i still love it