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Car Board.(Brief Article)
Oldies but goodies. The classics never go out of style.
Acura NSX
Price: $88,845
Engine: 3.2-liter V6, 290 hp, 224 lb-ft
Curb weight: 3069 lbs
Drivetrain: rwd, six-speed manual
Take a drive in Acura's NSX, and you'll never believe the car turned 10 late last year. Okay, so maybe those antique flip-up headlamps-no HIDs there-instrument panel and switchgear, like little crow's feet, give away its age. But its engine, with 91 hp per liter specific output from a normally aspirated mill, its perfect ergonomics behind the wheel and its dead-nuts-on steering and handling are hallmarks of a car ahead of its time. Then and now. Few cars inspire as much driving joy, even if that joy only comes from being seen behind the wheel of a none-too-often-glimpsed exotic. Some accuse NSX, like many Japanese techno-marvels, of lacking a soul. If precision driving, valve lifters screaming away behind the ears, is a soulless endeavor, we'll gladly be damned.