I would say an NSX is most certainly a supercar.
is there an affordable supercar?
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0-60 in 7.3 seconds though, seems disappointing
edit: ok some newer models do it in 5.5 apparently
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_NSX
3 Litre V6, 270 BHP.
0-60mph in 5 seconds.
Ain't no supercar that's for sure.
3 Litre V6, 270 BHP.
0-60mph in 5 seconds.
Ain't no supercar that's for sure.
well 5 seconds is respectable thats for sure. though against a gtr with granted, a more modern and larger engine that does 60 in 3.5 its a slouch. although gtr's are generally sick and ferrari fast
sweetttt bejesus NSX's still have a lot of value
http://pistonheads.com/sales/1259879.htm
http://pistonheads.com/sales/1266263.htm
i have no idea of the servicing costs but this is generally the cheapest fastest car you can buy along with a caterham superlight500
http://pistonheads.com/sales/1198531.htm
hmmmm r500
http://pistonheads.com/sales/1274294.htm
sweetttt bejesus NSX's still have a lot of value
http://pistonheads.com/sales/1259879.htm
http://pistonheads.com/sales/1266263.htm
i have no idea of the servicing costs but this is generally the cheapest fastest car you can buy along with a caterham superlight500
http://pistonheads.com/sales/1198531.htm
hmmmm r500
http://pistonheads.com/sales/1274294.htm
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A 'Vette is probably the most affordabe supercar out there. The engines have been around vor a long time now and are fairly understressed.
After the 'Vette, I'd go with a 911 of some description. They have some issues and some weak spots but they aren't Ferrari money to maintain or run.
After the 'Vette, I'd go with a 911 of some description. They have some issues and some weak spots but they aren't Ferrari money to maintain or run.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_NSX
3 Litre V6, 270 BHP.
0-60mph in 5 seconds.
Ain't no supercar that's for sure.
The NSX-R is:
top speed 280 kph / 174.0 mph
0 - 60 mph 4.7 seconds
0 - 100 mph 11.2 seconds
6-Cylinder 90° V-Engine DOHC VTEC,
Displacement 3179 ccm
power 206 kw / 276.2 bhp @ 7300 rpm
hp per litre 86.88 bhp per litre
bhp/weight 217.48 bhp per weight
torque 304 nm / 224.2 ft lbs @ 5300 rpm
redline 8000
drive wheels RWD w/LSD
weight 1270 kg
It's a kit car (that can also be ordered as a turn-key package); reliability will depend almost entirely on how well it's been put together.
Your right
My apologies, but you might want to get off the high horse Mr Reeve.
Seriously though who would do such a thing, it is only the later 911s that have this insane service schedule.
its "right" but is it the right thing to do? im looking for a new car at the moment and the ones with 20k service intervals all seem to have shagged turbos
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what are the requirements for being a supercar?
To my eyes, one of them is "being ludicrously expensive both to buy and to run" so whilst there may be such thing as an affordable high performance car there can be no such thing as an affordable supercar.
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I think, ingnoring all over aspects (cost ect), it has to be a combination of power and power to weight ratio. Look at the nsx-r specs posted above - same power as a vecrta vxr, but that isnt a supercar right? lol. To achieve the same power/weight ratio the vxr would have to be pushing 339hp....would it then be a super car?
maybe supwercars should have a power/weight ratio of at least 300?
What does this mean?
Of course it can be affordable...otherwise people wouldn't/couldn't have them.
A supercar in my eyes is a ferrari, aston, lambo.
Hypercar is like an slr, lp670, enzo, zonda etc.
I mean affordable in the sense that the OP asked the question.
To me the performance of a supercar is a given. Anyone can build a quick car. A supercar is about desirability and being unobtainable as much as it is about the performance, it's the kind of car where you'd only ever buy one because you simply have to have it, if your brain had any say in the decision at all then you'd realise that it makes no sense on anything other than an emotional level.
I'm also old enough that I don't really use the term 'Hypercar' though.
To me the performance of a supercar is a given. Anyone can build a quick car. A supercar is about desirability and being unobtainable as much as it is about the performance, it's the kind of car where you'd only ever buy one because you simply have to have it, if your brain had any say in the decision at all then you'd realise that it makes no sense on anything other than an emotional level.
I'm also old enough that I don't really use the term 'Hypercar' though.
997 servicing is every 2 years or 20K miles, which ever comes sonner. 1st is minor, second is major and so on...
The 996s weren't much worse...
Only as unreliable as the guy that put it together, and frankly, since when was a requirement of a supercar, reliability?
