The Acura NSX won’t be in customers’ hands until spring, but we’re getting a better look at the various permutations in which it will be offered. During Monterey Car Week, Acura showed the NSX in two previously unseen colors, Nouvelle Blue Pearl and Berlina Black, alongside the now-familiar Valencia Red Pearl.
In total, Acura plans to offer eight colors at launch: the three mentioned above, plus Rivazza (solid) Red, Copse Green Metallic, matte white, pearl white, and silver. Additionally, there will be several interior color schemes: saddle, orchid, red, and all black. The non-black colors can have black seat inserts. Upholstery choices are full leather or leather and faux suede. There will be three factory wheel choices with at least one more offered as a dealer accessory. Standard is the Y-spoke wheel, with the Interwoven wheel optional and available in two different finishes. All wheels measure 19 inches in the front and 20 inches at the rear.
the Nouvelle Blue car had the orchid leather and faux-suede interior and the Interwoven wheels, as well as the carbon roof and silver brake calipers. The Berlina Black car featured the saddle-colored leather and suede interior, the Y-spoke wheels, the carbon roof, and black brake calipers. Both the blue and the black cars were further dressed up with the Carbon Exterior package (front spoiler, side sills, diffuser, exhaust finisher) and carbon-fiber engine cover. All these choices are part of Acura’s plan to make the NSX more highly configurable than its other cars, one that owners would custom-order to their taste. The fact that it’s built in Ohio helps make that possible while still keeping delivery times reasonable.
all-wheel drive, and a dramatic, muscular body featuring more ductwork than an industrial HVAC system. So, too, is the NSX-to-be. As befits the halo vehicle of Japan’s most wonkish automaker, it’s bristling with innovation, from a host of exotic materials in the lightweight, ultra-rigid chassis to a pair of electric motors driving each of the front wheels, which allows torque to be vectored to all four corners of the car. Electronic chassis control will feature four modes plus launch control. But at the same time, the cockpit is roomy, luxurious, ergonomically flawless, and remarkably free of the look-at-me flourishes found in most supercars.
The gearbox adds extra weight exactly where you don’t want it, especially in a car that already carries the vast majority of its weight in the rear. To keep handling relatively neutral, Acura sank the engine as low as possible in the chassis. At the same time, the height of the motor was minimized by opting for a dry-sump lubrication system. Built from a mix of aluminum, high-strength steel, and carbon fiber, the car features a weight distribution of 43/57 percent front/rear, which is slightly more balanced than the original NSX. The result, Klaus says, is that “you don’t have to trail brake to plant the front end.”
In total, Acura plans to offer eight colors at launch: the three mentioned above, plus Rivazza (solid) Red, Copse Green Metallic, matte white, pearl white, and silver. Additionally, there will be several interior color schemes: saddle, orchid, red, and all black. The non-black colors can have black seat inserts. Upholstery choices are full leather or leather and faux suede. There will be three factory wheel choices with at least one more offered as a dealer accessory. Standard is the Y-spoke wheel, with the Interwoven wheel optional and available in two different finishes. All wheels measure 19 inches in the front and 20 inches at the rear.
the Nouvelle Blue car had the orchid leather and faux-suede interior and the Interwoven wheels, as well as the carbon roof and silver brake calipers. The Berlina Black car featured the saddle-colored leather and suede interior, the Y-spoke wheels, the carbon roof, and black brake calipers. Both the blue and the black cars were further dressed up with the Carbon Exterior package (front spoiler, side sills, diffuser, exhaust finisher) and carbon-fiber engine cover. All these choices are part of Acura’s plan to make the NSX more highly configurable than its other cars, one that owners would custom-order to their taste. The fact that it’s built in Ohio helps make that possible while still keeping delivery times reasonable.
all-wheel drive, and a dramatic, muscular body featuring more ductwork than an industrial HVAC system. So, too, is the NSX-to-be. As befits the halo vehicle of Japan’s most wonkish automaker, it’s bristling with innovation, from a host of exotic materials in the lightweight, ultra-rigid chassis to a pair of electric motors driving each of the front wheels, which allows torque to be vectored to all four corners of the car. Electronic chassis control will feature four modes plus launch control. But at the same time, the cockpit is roomy, luxurious, ergonomically flawless, and remarkably free of the look-at-me flourishes found in most supercars.
The gearbox adds extra weight exactly where you don’t want it, especially in a car that already carries the vast majority of its weight in the rear. To keep handling relatively neutral, Acura sank the engine as low as possible in the chassis. At the same time, the height of the motor was minimized by opting for a dry-sump lubrication system. Built from a mix of aluminum, high-strength steel, and carbon fiber, the car features a weight distribution of 43/57 percent front/rear, which is slightly more balanced than the original NSX. The result, Klaus says, is that “you don’t have to trail brake to plant the front end.”
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