All new Honda NSX Exotic Sport kick ass Nissan GT-R

Honda is pulling out all the stops for its replacement for the Acura NSX supercar, confirming it will be powered by a new V10 engine and boasting that it will be faster than Nissan’s GT-R. Expected to be sold exclusively under the Acura brand, the new model is scheduled to arrive in 2010 for the 2011 model year and availability is expected to be scarce.

“This sort of discussion was made between the American Honda people and R&D people, and some people were questioning whether it’s really necessary to have a V-10,” said Koichi Kondo, executive vice president of Honda in an interview that appeared in Automotive News. “But sports is a special category. We said if we’re going to do it, we’re going to go to the extreme.”

Kondo also told reporters that the car will be priced higher than the Nissan GT-R but it will have better performance. The new NSX will also be a low volume model, with expected sales of just 1,000 units a year in the U.S. market.

In an earlier interview, Honda was adamant that the NSX would not be sold as anything but an Acura in order to prevent diluting the car’s high-performance, luxury image. This includes the U.S., Canada, Hong Kong, Mexico, China and soon, Russia, however leaves out other major markets such as Australia, the UK, and most other European countries.

Source: Automotive News