Acura NSX/Supra... Bringing the legends back to life

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What’s everyone thoughts on Honda bringing back the NSX in 2014? And rumors are spreading that Toyota wants to have the Supra back to compete with Nissan with the R35.

I’m pretty sure Toyota and Mazda are going to see how this new FRS/BRZ will do in the american markets before any real decisions are made but the Supra concept car for 2014 is out. IMHO the Supra concept looks like garbage and leave it alone if they are not going to stick with a similiar design to the legend that was the MK4.

Now for the NSX looks are on point and it is going to combine electric w/ gasoline. Will be runnning over 400hp and a midship engine just where it belongs. Opinions anyone?

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Forgot to mention with the Mazda namedrop in there that rumors say if the FRS/BRZ do well they could bring back the RX-7… pry won’t be under that name obviously but maybe call it the RX-9?? idk but either way could see the glory days of the 90’s back on the markets in 2015.

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That would be the RX-8, its been around for 8 years now. :rofl

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I’m not talking about the rx8… Obviously it’s been around a while I’m talking about bring back the rx7 type of car… Twin turbo rotory engine

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Aside from it not comming with twin turbos, it is an “RX-7 Type” of car. RWD, small, fun and Rotary.

Car makers won’t bring back old cards, sure they may carry the same name but they always lack the charisma of their older siblings.

You will be full of dissapointment if you expect them to bring back the supra or rx7 and have it be anything close to their originals.

They all get bigger, heavier, “cleaner”

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i dont bring back old cards either…CVS, Rite Aide, and Walgreens have a strict “no card returns” policy

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I will agree on the RWD, fun, and rotary. As far as style goes I dislike the way the rx8 was designed when IMO the 93-95 rx7 was pure sex.

And I feel like I am going to be sad when or if they release a MK5 supra… it might perform better than the MK4 but looks wise who knows. Only time will tell. I thought Nissan would never make a better car all around than the R34 or S15 silvia and they out did both IMHO with the R35. Maybe Toytoa will follow suit, i mean they have the LFA but for a radonkulous price compared to the R35, and the R35 out performs it.

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:rofl:rofl:rofl:rofl

I see your point, but its not going to happen.

Also :facepalm for putting an R34 and S15 in the same category then then comparing the R35 to both. As far as the LFA goes, its about exclusivity, not price vs performance.

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yea true about exclusivity but back to the topic what do you think about the NSX going half electric?!

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there have been rumors about the supra coming back ever since it was discontinued. i have yet to see a single credible one that had anything to do with a toyota. also every “concept” supra that has been around the internet has always been made by someone not affiliated with toyota. unless you have some super secret insider information, i’m still gonna go by that is all that is.

and as far as mazda and a rx-9 goes, they currently have suspended development of the next generation rotary engines. they will develop rotary again, they have said that they are not abandoning them for good, but don’t hold your breath.

i’d rather not see a new supra or the rx series of vehicles try to make another rx-7 type vehicle. my heart loves mid 90s japanese sports cars and when the automakers have brought them back they have never been as good.

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your so called “legends” can suck my right testicle.
the real car legends stopped being produced in 1987, with the GNX

now, let the pissing match commence.

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You will get no argument from me on that the grand national wasnt a legend but on a completely different level than a MK4 TT supra or the NSX.

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not true broski. cmon now.

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cmon brotato, show me a car built to street race by the factory made post-87

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2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1.

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All of them. Dummy.

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This is the dumbest comment you’ve ever made. Brand new Evo’s and STi’s will do 0-60 in under 5 seconds and cost a measly sum of money.

Plus, they’ll both whip anything in their price ranges ass around corners.

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you dont comprehend well do you?

FACTORY
FACTORY
FACTORY
I.E. THE GOD DAMN MANUFACTURER.

did the TOYOTA or SUBARU essentially TELL those new EVO or STi owners to go hunt on main street USA? GM did, FORD did, and DODGE did.

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I comprehend everything better than you, but I don’t comprehend anything you say as it makes no sense.

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:facepalm