Lot details Registration No: N5 XRT Chassis No: JHMNA11600T300073 Mot Expiry: Oct 2018
- One owner from new manual transmission example
- 72,000 miles, recent clutch, cambelt and battery
- Formula Red with Black leather, wheels refurbished
The NSX (New Sportscar eXperimental) was a major departure for Honda, which by 1984 was renowned for its well-engineered but generally quite staid road cars. Its origins lay in the HP-X (Honda Pininfarina eXperimental) concept of that year and wowed the performance car world when it debuted at the 1989 Chicago Auto Show. The intention was to match or better the performance of contemporaneous V8 Ferraris, coupled with superior reliability and lower cost. The styling was inspired by the F-16 fighter jet, the paint process ran to 23 phases, and Ayrton Senna was involved in the vehicle's final development. It was the first mass-production car equipped with an all-aluminium body and was powered by an all-alloy V6 motor featuring Honda's patented VTEC engine control system and titanium connecting rods. The unit drove through a five-speed manual or four-speed sports automatic system. Make no mistake, this was a mould-breaking motorcar that even caused McLaren F1 designer Gordon Murray to say: "When I drove an NSX, all existing benchmark cars vanished from my mind."
The apparently immaculate righthand drive example offered hails from 1995, and sports Formula Red bodywork teamed with a Black hide interior. It is a genuine one owner car that was purchased by the vendor from John Banks Honda of Bury St Edmunds and over the ensuing 72,574 miles has been serviced either there or at Norton Way Honda of Letchworth Garden City. The wheels have been refurbished, the last service was performed three thousand miles ago, and a new clutch, cam belt and battery installed a year ago. The vendor currently views the distinctive Coupe bodywork, paintwork, interior trim, engine and manual gearbox to all be in 'excellent' condition and is selling the Honda with owners' wallet (including service book) and MOT to October 31. What's not to like?!
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