1992 Acura NSX - The Japense Ferrari

1992 Acura NSX

This garage kept one owner all original 1992 red Acura NSX with just over 53,000 miles is in fantastic condition.

Comes with original manual. Original stereo works, windows work. The clutch, timing belt, and water pump to the best of my knowledge were all done in May of 2017.

There car was involved in two minor accidents. The rear bumper was hit in one and the drivers side quarter panel was hit in the other one. Both were repaired by a body shop that specializes in exotics, all parts were replaced with original Acura parts, no airbag deployment and no major damage. You can not tell that the car was involved in an accident.

The NSX is a hand-built mid-engine exotic that handles the road like a fighter jet with an aluminum body that never rusts
"The aluminum body was extremely stiff considering its weight. Rigidity was increased via the use of aluminum extrusions in the sill area, and a steel tube hoop that ran beneath the front bulkhead; ultimately, the shell was 50 per cent stronger than that of a Porsche 911 or a Ferrari 328GTB. Side door beams were integrated into the design from day one to comply with global safety regulations, whilst heat treating the panels gave the car better protection against everyday knocks and bumps.” (Acura NSX, Honda's Supercar, Brian Long, Voloce Publishing, 2005.)
If you haven't driven the first generation NSX, you are in for a real treat. A journalist at the time remarked “We are prepared to name the Acura NSX the most co-operative and best handling mid-engine car we have ever driven. It can be coaxed, cajoled, pressed, tossed, or thrown into bends, and it simply eases up to the limit with great poise and clear communication” (Kevin Smith, Automobile, 1990). Nothing has changed, that impression feels as true today as it was then.
"Most exotics are blind toward the rear quarters, a source of unease in traffic. And most force the driver into an uneasy position, with awkward reaches and disadvantageous leverages on the controls. Not so the NSX. It simply fits, snugly, intimately, appropriately, from the hips on down, yet it seems to widen above the tunnel, above the armrests, to give plenty of elbowroom, a sense of spaciousness, room to work." (Car and Driver)
You sit low to the ground, obviously. The seats are firm, and you aware the cupping design keeps you from sliding side to side. They adjustment fore-and-aft and seat-back angle. ".. they fit our long guys and our short guys, our wide guys and our lean guys, and they augment their lateral support with padding at the shoulders. So the side forces are broadly distributed." (C&D).
"Honda designers worked to a very specific motif when they drew up this car—the F-16 fighter jet. They imagined the panorama that opens to the pilot, out through the bubble canopy and over the drooping nose. They tried for that same sensation in the NSX. Oh, yes; oh, yes. An F-16 for the road. It's so precise in its responses . . . as if it were hard-wired into my cerebellum. It's exotic and rare . . . but it doesn't have to prove it by beating me up." (C&D).
Like all wide-tired cars without power steering, turning effort is high until the tires begin to roll. Then the workout fades to amazing precision. You get feedback without kickback. The chassis set-up was perfected at the Nürburgring and Suzuka with the help of F1 legend, Ayrton Senna.
The interior is pretty quiet around town, considering the engine is only a few inches behind you. Under hard acceleration, however, the howl is distinctive and a little frightening to the uninitiated. "...it gives you the tools to work, to perform surgery on the road. The steering cuts so accurately. The torque comes in so broadly, accompanied by the sound of precision sewing machinery, turning to a growl in the midrange, revealing itself to be as grizzly as the VTEC switches to the high-speed cam profiles at full-throttle 5800 rpm. Talk about liberation. Allowed is 8000; enjoyed is 8000. Those titanium connecting rods aren't back there for the weight distribution." (C&D)
Virtually all of the OEM parts are available from Acura, as well as non-OEM.

• Condition: Used
• Make: Acura
• Model: NSX
• Type: Coupe
• Year: 1992
• Mileage: 53000
• VIN: JH4NA115XNT000790
• Color: Red
• Engine size: 3.0L Gas V6
• Number of cylinders: 6
• Fuel: gasoline
• Transmission: Manual
• Drive type: RWD
• Interior color: Black
• Safety options: Anti-Lock Brakes, Driver Airbag, Passenger Airbag
• Options: Cassette Player, Leather Seats
• Vehicle Title: Clean
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