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According to Peter Lyon, Motor Trend's correspondent abroad, Honda (http://autoblog.com/make/honda) is still hard at work on a successor to the much-loved NSX sports car (http://autoblog.com/tag/acura nsx). If true, we can expect the halo car to be powered again by a six-cylinder engine, this time augmented by a hybrid powertrain.

Up to this point, we're willing to put on our tinfoil NSX fanboy hats to suspend our fleeting grip on reality in hopes of a return to Honda-spec supercardom. However, not even Mulder himself could sell us on what Lyon is suggesting. According to MT's man in Japan, Honda is planning to use a flip-flopped Accord (http://autoblog.com/model/accord) platform as the basis for its super coupe. You read that right.

While we'd love to see a 400-horsepower, all-wheel-drive NSX hit the market in 2014, we're not holding our collective breath... especially for one based on a backwards Accord chassis.


Gallery: Acura Advanced Sports Car Concept (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/acura-advanced-sports-car-concept)
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[Source: Motor Trend (http://www.motortrend.com/features/auto_news/2010/1011_honda_nsx_gets_new_lease_on_life/index.html)]Next Acura NSX built on flip-flopped Honda Accord chassis? (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/11/22/report-acura-nsx-successor-not-dead-just-resting/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Mon, 22 Nov 2010 15:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).


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