Say Hello To The Sharper Yet Friendlier 2019 Honda NSX

Honda has tweaked its hybrid supercar to sharpen up the handling for when you're in the mood and make it softer for when you're not
Say Hello To The Sharper Yet Friendlier 2019 Honda NSX

Here it is, the new-ish Honda NSX. It’s been tweaked for the 2019 model year to make it that little bit sharper when you’re giving it what-for, but also more comfortable when you’re in a more relaxed mood.

To kick off proceedings, we have bigger anti-roll bars, upping the stiffness by 26 per cent at the front of the car, and 19 per cent at the rear. The rear hubs and control-arm bushings are beefier too.

The engine has been treated to uprated fuel injectors and a new particulate filter to help the car comply with ever-tightening emissions regulations, while the heat management of the turbocharger has been improved. Rounding off the hardware changes are a set of Continental Sport Contact 6 tyres, which will give a reasonable increase in performance compared to the Contact 5Ps fitted to the pre-update car.

Say Hello To The Sharper Yet Friendlier 2019 Honda NSX

Honda’s engineers have also fiddled with the software for the hybrid powertrain, the electric power steering, and the magnetorheological dampers. The idea of the latter tweak is to make the car ride a little smoother in its more cosseting setting Lovely.

When everything’s turned up though, all the other changes make quite a difference: Honda says the fettled NSX is two seconds faster around Suzuka.

It looks pretty much the same on the outside, but there are some very subtle revisions, like ditching the chrome upper bit of the front grille for a body colour item, and adding some gloss black bits to the bumpers. Oh, and a less subtle change is the new Thermal Orange Pearlescent paint orange, which you can see here. We’ve just decided it’s the only colour you’re allowed to order your 2019 NSX in.

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GTRTURTLE 🔰 🐢(Oo \ S K Y L I N E / oO) (Koen

CT orange, or at least that is what I tend to think when I see an Orange car on CT

08/24/2018 - 12:50 |
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Now throw an upspide down logo on the side amd we have another CT car

08/24/2018 - 12:50 |
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More like FR colours.
May end up upside down.

08/24/2018 - 16:03 |
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Anonymous

but is it cheaper or significantly more powerful?

08/24/2018 - 12:50 |
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Unknown

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

It’s kinda cheaper. It costs around $1500 USD more but you get about $4500 USD worth of (previous) options as standard now

08/24/2018 - 22:53 |
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A Car Guy

Nice

08/24/2018 - 12:52 |
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Anonymous

The new official car of CT maybe?

08/24/2018 - 12:52 |
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GTRTURTLE 🔰 🐢(Oo \ S K Y L I N E / oO) (Koen

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

It doesn’t break down enough though

08/24/2018 - 13:08 |
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Freddie Skeates

That paint colour is absolutely glorious

08/24/2018 - 12:58 |
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eXoZGaming

hopefully it sells better, this car is pretty cool, i still wish it didnt have so much electronic assists like the torque vectoring but hey if it helps you go around a track faster then i guess theres no loss

08/24/2018 - 12:59 |
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The White Indian 3.0

👌

08/24/2018 - 14:07 |
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Freddie Skeates

I need a high-res version of that second picture

08/24/2018 - 14:29 |
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Anonymous

Please honda don´t call this horrible car NSX… Build some proper NSX

08/24/2018 - 15:24 |
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Unknown

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

This is a proper NSX. The original NSX pushes the boundary of what a sport car in its category is, so does the current one. The originally was full of industry leading techniques as, is this one. The original wasn’t really faster that it’s competition, this one isn’t either. The original invoked an involvement from the driver that didn’t sacrifice comfort for a solid daily driven car, same for this.

It was never going to be a rehash of the original, but it definitely carries on in the spiritually direction of predecessor.

08/24/2018 - 22:44 |
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michal9495

It would look great with a CT logo on the side

08/24/2018 - 16:05 |
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