Originally Posted by
roosterjuicer
The RL which is acura's flag ship only has 300 hp. compare that with other flagships (7-series, A8, S-class) and the acura comes up waaay short. you can even compare it to middle of the line cars like the CTS, 5-series, E class, C class, 335, ect.. and once again it comes up short.
How do those other cars compare in weight to the Honda/Acuras?
Originally Posted by
clutch-monkey
the NSX remained competitive with it's low power output because it could put every bit of power down...
See also the 911.
Originally Posted by
NicFromLA
I agree. Honda is very conservative. The S2000 was them letting their hair down and everybody said the car looks boring. Also despite the success of the NSX they made no major modifications to it during the car's lifetime and they seem reluctant to even talk about bringing it back; the NSX is like something humiliating they did in college.
The lack of exciting cars can be attributed to the death of Soichiro Honda. He used to push the development of performance models at his own insistence over the protestations of the accountants, like with the RC30 and 45 Superbikes.
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