Acura NSX GT3, Honda NSX dress with rear-wheel drive for competition

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Acura NSX GT3, live from the New York Hall of 2016

In the Hall of New York 2016, the Acura NSX has a lot to say: let us remember that the Honda NSX is marketed in the united States under the brand Acura, the division ‘premium’ of the manufacturer nippon. And this new version GT3 arrives with destination the competition.

Acura NSX GT3 shall tread down the circuits from the season 2017, where she will compete within the category FIA GT3. Taking as base the production model, we find a series of important modifications with respect to that.

, While the Acura/Honda NSX 2016 is a hybrid with all-wheel drive, here there is no hybridization: the electrical part is not present, leaving the act alone the V6 engine of 3.5 liters. The result is that this Acura NSX GT3 is a propulsion rear, doing that only have a rear axle drive, unlike the all-wheel drive is present in the NSX street.

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That twin-turbo V6 combustion is, otherwise, identical to the already known, but in this GT3 works in conjunction with a sequential change of six relations, in place of the automatic nine-speed transmission. These are not the only developments, since your outer appearance, as you can see, it is also radically different.

With a aerodynamics specific, NSX GT3 takes a spoiler lower front very prominent, as well as a cooling optimized, a new rear diffuser and a large spoiler later. At the moment this version is pending approval, but this will take place in the coming months.

Meanwhile, Honda Performance will undertake work in its development and implementation, in the face of an debut in the circuits in americans in 2017, where it will compete with brands such as Aston Martin, Porsche or Lamborghini, hoping to repeat past successes as the victories achieved by Honda in the IMSA in 1991, 1992 and 1993.