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Honda/Acura NSX - Future Classic?
What do you guys think of the chances for the Honda (Acura?) NSX to be a desirable future classic, and for the values to go up?
It was designed with the help of F1 champion Ayrton Senna, and when it came out blew away the Ferrari 348 and the 911. Whilst it lacks character, it does hold something special in how it did that, and is/was the first true Japanese supercar.
Here in the UK they are very rare and currently fairly well regarded.. but as they age the feelings could go either way: to indifference, where the values fall and it just becomes 'old' (e.g. Toyota Supra and nearly every other fast Jap car, or BMW ~1993-1998 M3 or M5), or to fondness, where people remember what a great car it is and that there will be no new NSX, and it holds its values and remains desirable (like the original four-cylinder BMW M3, or the W124 Cabriolet) and voila you have a valuable classic.
I get the impression in the US it has actually already fallen below desirability to indifference, and is only an aspiration for Integra and Civic owners, not so much Porsche 911 or BMW owners, and I wonder if this will happen in the UK?
In the UK they start at about $30,000 for an early 50-80,000 miler.
Russell
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