On the day that counts 28 years since the disappearance of Soichiro Honda, we bring you a copy of a Honda NSX (or in this particular case, an Acura) born precisely in the same year that the founder of the Japanese brand died.
Available on the Bring A Trailer website, just three days from the end of the auction, the bid goes for a modest $34,000 (about 30 500 euros), a strangely low value, especially if we take into account the values recently achieved at auctions by other JDM icons like the Mazda RX-7 or the Toyota Supra.
Another factor that makes us wonder about the little money offered so far by this NSX is the fact that it is completely original, with the radio cassette player, the original five-spoke wheels and even the original steering wheel.
The story of this "time capsule"
Contributing to the pristine state of this unit (seriously, this Acura NSX feels like a time capsule) is the fact that it has only 6500 miles (10 460 km) covered in its 28 years of life.
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Here is one of the main NSX decoys, the 3.0 V6 VTEC.
Originally imported into Canada and kept in a private collection until 2018, it was only last year that this Acura NSX was brought to the United States of America. To prove the (little) use that it was subjected to, this NSX has a series of documents and proof of maintenance and whoever buys it even receives a set of… made-to-measure bags.
The interior of this NSX is like when the car left the stand.
As you would expect, giving life to this NSX comes the V6 VTEC mounted in a rear central transverse position with 3.0 l, naturally aspirated and capable of delivering 274 hp at 7100 rpm. Passing power to the rear wheels is a five-speed manual transmission.
Updated August 8, 2019: This NSX ended up being sold for a sum much more sumptuous than the 34 thousand dollars (30 500 euros) it was at the date of the original publication of this article. The final bid was set at 71 thousand dollars (approximately 63 500 euros).