Seems the new NSX will be powered by a 5.0L V10 engine but they have to try and get 28mpg out of it according to this article on PistonHeads.
I like this bit "Anyone who has driven a V10-engined BMW M car will appreciate the enormity of this task."
I know the Japanese are clever but that's asking the impossible surely
A snippet of future Honda NSX news: according to an American website, the next NSX will not only be powerful, it’ll be very frugal as well. Rumour is that it’ll use a 5.0 litre V10 with over 500bhp (and not a smaller capacity high-revving V10), but the really hard target for those Japanese engineers is the economy target, which has apparently been set at an incredible 10 litres per 100 kilometres or roughly 28mpg(UK) on the Japanese standard fuel cycle. As a comparison, the previous NSX type R with 'only' a 3.2 litre V6 was quoted at around 33mpg(UK). Anyone who has driven a V10-engined BMW M car will appreciate the enormity of this task.
Considering the 2+2 seating configuration of the Acura ASCC (said to strongly show the direction of the new car) shown at the Detroit show, and the use of the sophisticated SH-AWD four wheel drive system, taking as much weight as possible out of the production NSX looks like a very high priority.
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i dont like the look of that. it seems to take all of the soul from the previous nsx. even the new nsx isnt all that great. the ride and drive isnt what i had expected after driving the original
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