Video: Prototype Honda / Acura NSX at the Ring

This amateur video of a prototype Honda / Acura NSX running around the Nurburgring race track in Germany might not be of the best visual quality, but boy does that i-VTEC sound nice! From what we’ve heard, the new NSX will feature a front-mounted V10 engine and a new high-performance, rear-wheel-drive based version of Acura's Super Handling All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system. -Video after the jump

Prototype Honda NSX Rumoured To Have Lapped the Ring in 7:37 min

Continuing the “Lord of the Ring” saga, our fellow chaps at Cartribe informed us today that a spy photographer at the Nurburgring race track in Germany timed a next generation Honda NSX (Acura NSX in North America) performing tests around the Nordschleife. According to the spy photgrapher’s time watch, the NSX prototype lapped the Ring in 7 minutes and 37 seconds. If true, that puts the NSX pretty close to the 2009 Nissan GT-R that was officially timed at 7 min and 29 sec. -Continued

Unfortunately and other that the prototype looks awfully similar in shape with the Lexus LF-A, there’s not much info going around the NSX. It has been said though that Honda’s supercar will be powered by an F1-inspired V10 i-VTEC engine delivering more than 550 Hp.

Via: Cartribe