Although we have yet to see the final production form of the upcoming Honda NSX, the hybrid supercar is already sold out in the UK.
How did that happen, you may ask? Well, Honda has been taking orders for the NSX for two years now. As it has already received 100 orders, which cover at least the first year’s allocation for the UK market, the automaker has stopped accepting further orders, company officials told CAR.
The 100 people who ordered an NSX in the UK have placed £5000 ($7,855) deposits for the Japanese supercar, which will be unveiled in production form at the 2015 Detroit Auto Show in January and will arrive in Britain in 2016.
The Honda NSX (badged as an Acura in the U.S.) will get a mid-mounted, twin-turbo V6 engine mated to an electric motor driving the rear wheels through a seven-speed dual clutch transmission, and twin-electric motors turning the front wheels. Combined system output is expected to exceed 400 horsepower.
The NSX will be built in the United States at Honda’s plant in Ohio and is expected to carry a starting price of around $100,000 there when it launches in mid-2015. That’s about the same as a Nissan GT-R.
In terms of design, the NSX will not be a surprise to those who have seen the Acura- and Honda-badged concepts revealed over the past two years, with changes expected to be minimal.
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