Acura Supercar Concept, Part 2 – NSX is Delayed

 Salivating at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit last January with the unveil of the Acura Advanced Sports Car Concept (ASCC), which we all assumed was the precursor to the next-gen NSX. With a powerful 5.0-liter V-10 and Acura’s Super-Handling All-Wheel Drive, the ASCC no doubt foreshadows a sports car of the highest level, despite crowing from purists that all-wheel drive and an apparent front-engine layout are sacrilege in a car called NSX.

 

And there are further ramifications. The 2009 NSX was to be the cornerstone of the rollout of the Acura brand in Japan, so it appears that plan also is delayed a couple years from the original 2008 target.

Acura is rolling out its 2008 lineup amid record sales of the MDX SUV, and strong demand for the smaller, turbocharged RDX. But August sales in the U.S. were down 10 percent overall and year-to-date the luxury brand is off by more than eight percent.

Acura execs say their goal for this year is to hold the line on sales, during what they describe as a product lull. But, they promise to keep us scribes hopping with product news in the next two years (we can spell NSX).

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