New Honda NSX To Race In Japan's SuperGT Series Thanks To Legal Loophole: Report

Dec 14, 2009
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AS REPORTED LAST month, Honda had reportedly been exploring ways to slot a track-only version of its next generation NSX concept into Japan's SuperGT racing series.

New reports today suggest that the Japan Automobile Federation has given the green light for Honda to sidestep the code's homologation rules, which require each participating car to be available in a roadgoing form available to consumers.

According to US website Inside Line, a loophole in the SuperGT rules which allows cars that are production-ready but not 'in production' to compete was the key to Honda's success in its bid to enter the NSX concept in the series.

Officially known as the Acura Advanced Sports Car Concept, the next generation NSX project was cancelled earlier this year when Honda President Takano Ito declared the carmaker would focus on front-wheel-drive platforms.

According to reports from Japan, the front-engined race car will be powered by a 3.4 litre V8 rather than the 5.0 litre V10 rumoured to motivate the cancelled production car.

The push to field a race-only version of the cancelled NSX successor is believed to be due to a SuperGT project that Honda had been running parallel to the development of the new NSX.

With new rules that will see mid-engined cars banned from the series, Honda would have been left without a car to race in the top GT500 SuperGT class in 2010.


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  • Aamir [reply]
    8 months ago 0 points
    Respected Sir , being a HONDA / ACURA lover i'm observing strange strategies at HONDA that being superior from everybody in every class still HONDA is living in its own world, ok agreed u people are thinking of particular segment , whenever i'm in argument with my friends i always fail at this v8 point the say even HYUNDAI is among big leagues now like LEXUS , MERC , AUDI and BMW so whats wrong with your HONDA . Please sir at every point i score against them but here at v8,s point they score . I even tell them that HONDA is not producing v8 because of fuel crisis, resession in return they say its a lame excuse everybody is giving v8,s and they are also living in the same world where HONDA is living . plz do something for HONDA / ACURA lovers and fanatics . THANKYOU . plese reply me i,m desperstely waiting for your reply . Long live HONDA /ACURA . Take gud care of yourself Sir .
  • Aamir [reply]
    8 months ago 0 points
    Still in hope for V10 in flagship RL and NSX
  • Scick [reply]
    8 months ago 0 points
    How old are you Aamir? 12? V8s are old news and in this day and age turbo fours and sixes are more than capable.

    Call me ignorant, but asain makes have never been renowned for their V8s anyway.
  • Lino.L [reply]
    7 months ago 0 points
    @Scick you're wrong, maybe not in mass production but the current GTR that's dominating the japanese GT is actually a V8.

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