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AUTOS: Next Acura NSX To Be Designed, Built In The United States
Concept-car unveiling in Detroit also came with news that the mid-engine sports car would be hybrid powered and arrive in about three years.
Viknesh Vijayenthiran  | http://motorauthority.com  |  Posted January 11, 2012   Detroit, MI
The much-anticipated Acura NSX concept car is seen as a preview of an upcoming production model. (Photo: Motor Authority)
At the 2012 Detroit Auto Show this week, Acura finally took the covers off a concept car that previews the replacement for its cherished NSX supercar.

Acura also took the opportunity to announce that the new NSX will go on sale within three years, but the big shocker was the announcement that the car is to be engineered by Honda R&D Americas and built at a special plant in central Ohio.

The original Acura NSX was built at Honda plants in Japan from 1990 to 2005.

Honda CEO Takanobu Ito, one of the chief engineers of the original NSX, introduced the concept car at the Detroit Auto Show. (Photo: Motor Authority)
Rest assured, the project is in safe hands as the man running Honda today, CEO Takanobu Ito, was one of the chief engineers of the original NSX and he’s determined that the new car will be done right. You’ll recall that Acura’s previous attempt at building an NSX successor as a powerful, front-engine GT failed miserably due to the automaker’s financial situation at the peak of the 2008 global financial crisis.

This time around, Acura will be staying true to the ethos of the original. That is, to seek performance through efficiency.

"Like the first NSX, we will again express high performance through engineering efficiency," Ito said. "In this new era, even as we focus on the fun to drive spirit of the NSX, I think a supercar must respond positively to environmental responsibilities."

In particular, engineers developing the car at Honda R&D Americas’ center in Raymond, Ohio,
will focus on an extremely favorable power-to-weight ratio. They have chosen to stick with a V6 and lightweight, mid-engine platform, but they will be packing it with the latest hybrid technology and an all-wheel-drive system.

Utilizing a unique twin-motor electric drive setup with a bilateral torque adjustable control system, the special hybrid all-wheel-drive will be able to instantly generate negative or positive torque to the front wheels during cornering, Acura says.

Acura anticipates that the system, dubbed Sport Hybrid SH-AWD, will deliver handling performance unmatched by previous all-wheel-drive systems.

In addition to the handling benefits of the system, a powerful V6 engine with direct-injection and VTEC works together with a dual-clutch transmission integrated with a third electric motor for powerful yet efficient acceleration.

This story originally appeared at Motor Authority.
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