LOS ANGELES — Honda Motor Co. is dropping one other automobile, this time the slow-selling Acura NSX supercar that has served as a sporty halo for the posh efficiency model.
Final yr, Honda killed off the Match hatchback, Civic Coupe and the manual-transmission model of the Accord sedan. Each the Honda and Acura manufacturers are pivoting towards mild vans to spice up quantity.
For the ultimate yr of the second-generation NSX, Acura will provide a restricted run of 350 items of the supercar globally in a sport-trim Sort S spec, the corporate stated Monday. Within the U.S., Acura bought simply 128 items of the NSX in 2020, about half the 2019 quantity. U.S. gross sales of the most recent NSX peaked at 581 in 2017.
“Each 2022 Acura NSX produced on the Efficiency Manufacturing Heart in Ohio will likely be a limited-edition Sort S mannequin powered by an enhanced model of the supercar’s twin-turbo V6” and all-wheel-drive system, the corporate stated.
“In celebration of the ultimate yr of NSX manufacturing, simply 350 of those unique supercars will likely be accessible worldwide, with solely 300 provided in the US, marking the primary time an NSX Sort S has been bought exterior of Japan,” the automaker added.
Acura teased some photographs of the 2022 mannequin, which will likely be absolutely unveiled at Monterey Automotive Week on Aug. 12.
The farwell version of the hybrid supercar can have extra energy, faster acceleration and sharper dealing with, Acura stated. Pricing was not introduced. The 2021 mannequin was priced at simply over $160,000 with transport.
The second-generation NSX, launched in 2016, usually didn’t stay as much as the repute of its predecessor, which was discontinued after the 2005 mannequin yr. Within the first half of 2021, Acura solely bought 60 items of the NSX in comparison with rivals such because the Porsche 911, with over 5,000 items bought within the first half.
Acura stated it has not given up on sports activities vehicles.
“Acura is a efficiency model, an organization of lovers, and we are going to proceed shifting ahead, actively investigating what the following technology of sports activities vehicles needs to be in an electrified period.” stated Jon Ikeda, vice chairman and Acura model officer.