2016 Acura NSX

RicerX

Today's market has so much more to do with the PACKAGE over the HP figure. If you're looking at modern performance cars by only their HP figure, you're doing it wrong. Plain and simple. The McLaren P1 is an example of this. It's heavy. It's faster than Jesus. In all directions. The GT-R Nismo is another example of this. It's short on HP and shorter on torque than the new Z06 Corvette, yet it is faster at Streets of Willow. The package, people. The package.

3800lbs isn't a terrible weight by today's safety standards, either. In the North American market, you gotta make the car fit at least two fat Americans inside (which is why the US-Spec GT-R carries a wider seat base of 2-3 inches), and most of these cars are carrying extra hardware for boosting.

So, to close, yes there will be a penalty in weight for the hybrid system on the car, but we don't know what extra power it will produce. It could produce an additional 200 lb-ft of torque instantly, which will change how the car can perform out of the corners, which could have it trample all over a lot of its competition. We simply don't know enough about the PACKAGE to discredit the car at its pseudo-confirmed price point of $150k.

PS - It looks like a boring ******* Honda even though the designer is hot, so I wouldn't pay for an NSX even if I had the cash unless it included a sleepover with the designer. The end.

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