Honda to discontinue NSX
Reuters.co.uk, Tue Jul 12, 2005 7:48 AM BST
TOKYO ---Honda Motor Co. said on Tuesday it would stop making the NSX model, putting to rest its priciest product, which in 1990 became the first Japanese super sports car to compete with the likes of Ferrari and Porsche...
The hand-made, all-aluminium NSX has sold about 18,500 units since its debut 15 years ago...After peaking at 8,422 units in 1991, sales of the NSX, sold under the Acura premium brand in North America, have steadily declined, totalling just 235 units last year...The NSX is built at Honda's domestic Suzuka factory....
