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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/nsx.time2.kgp.ed-63op.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/gallery/spy-shots-acura-nsx/#6)Honda NSX Prototype - Click above for high-res image gallery

We knew it was coming (http://www.autoblog.com/2009/11/04/sema-2009-mugen-fettled-accord-fit-arent-the-big-honda-story/) and now we've got details. According to the latest reports out of Japan, the Honda NSX will live on, but mere mortals will never get a shot behind the wheel.

As previously reported (http://www.autoblog.com/2009/11/16/new-supergt-contender-from-honda-in-the-works/), Honda has been actively petitioning the Japanese Automobile Federation (JAF) -- the organizing entity behind Japan's Super GT series -- to run a new front-engine racer in the touring car championship. A cursory reading of the rule book states that vehicles campaigning in SuperGT must be production vehicles (think GT-R, MR2, SC430). However, Honda's found a loop-hole.

Just as Toyota has done in recent years with the Supra (it's out of production), the Super GT rules specify that a vehicle's specs and design must be submitted to JAF to be approved. That means that a vehicle can be "production ready," if not actually in production. So for the 2010 SuperGT season, Honda will bring out an all-new race car based on the NSX prototype (seen above), reportedly packing a 3.4-liter V8.

So... Lawyers: 1. NSX's lovers: 0. But at least we get to see it race...


Gallery: Spy Shots: Acura NSX (http://acuraforum.net/acura-forum/%GalleryURL%)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/06/nsx.time.intc.kgp.ed_thumbnail.jpg (http://acuraforum.net/gallery/spy-shots-acura-nsx/872225/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/06/nsx.time3.kgp.ed_thumbnail.jpg (http://acuraforum.net/gallery/spy-shots-acura-nsx/872200/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/06/nsx.time4.kgp.ed_thumbnail.jpg (http://acuraforum.net/gallery/spy-shots-acura-nsx/872199/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/06/nsx.time1.kgp.ed_thumbnail.jpg (http://acuraforum.net/gallery/spy-shots-acura-nsx/872198/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/06/nsx.time2.kgp.ed_thumbnail.jpg (http://acuraforum.net/gallery/spy-shots-acura-nsx/872197/)

[Source: Insideline (http://blogs.insideline.com/straightline/2009/12/2010-acura-nsx-lives-but-only-in-super-gt.html)]REPORT: Honda finds loophole, new NSX to run in SuperGT (http://www.autoblog.com/2009/12/11/report-honda-nsx-running-in-supergt/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).


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