Product Description

First shown at the 1989 Chicago Auto Show, the NSX eventually went on sale in the summer of 1990. Loved by the motoring press, the NSX took the world by storm with its good looks and F1 breeding. Recently face lifted, it continues to be Honda’s flagship model, and one of the most exciting cars ever to come from the Land of the Rising Sun. This book uses excellent contemporary photographs, promotional literature, and interviews with key staff to tell the in-depth story of this fantastic car from development to the present day.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #476750 in Books
• Published on: 2006-01-21
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 208 pages

Customer Reviews

Super Car - Poor documentation
Being an NSX owner I was looking forward to a exteneded work about the development, design, factory construction process, testing, track related history and so on. What I really got was a rehash of factory brochures, press handouts, sales enhanced books with a history of Honda's rise from the ashes of WWII tossed in. This history can probably be easily found in other boods on the Honda product line. Few if any of the photograhs in the book have not been available via the many different handouts given by the dealer and American Honda. Little to nothing was shown of the manufacture of the car at it's unique facility and how certain problems were solved by their engineers and design staff. And even less is given about how the car is suported in the different racing venues throughout the world. It's strange and even sad that Japan's first major super exotic, the NSX, is given so little credit in the press, magazines, and publishers of books like this. It's even stranger that a well known author of automotive books, took the easy way out in trying to create a detailed work about the NSX with mainly press junket fluff. Not recommended for the serious car enthusiast among us.

another great brian long book
the nsx is in the foremost the greatest sports car to come out of japan. nsx to skyline gt-r is like maclaren f1 to bugatti veyron. and this book is perhaps the best out there on this legendary car. i'm a fan of author brian long; he has a huge list of automotive books to his credit, the ones about japanese cars are unrivaled by any from any publisher. his standard formula consists of a brief history of the manufacturer, the story of the car's development from before the beginning to end, detailed evolution of the car to as recent as publishing date, a (sometimes more than) healthy amount of original press material and brochures, and sometimes a blurb about racing. i'm a huge fan of the way he typically lays out his books, tho i can understand some people would think reprinting the brochures is superfluous. the bottom line is, brian long is pretty much the only writer out there who gets deep w/ the japanese manufacturers, executives, and engineers about the subjects of his book. his books may not be as artistically beautiful as, say, those from coterie press, but they are lightyears better than most car books which are usually photographs and garbage writing. that said, he's also not overly technical (paul frere's book on the 911 is pretty much the most technically packed car book i've seen). this particular book, being on the nsx, is slightly bigger physically than usual and follows the formula i mentioned pretty well. if you're a fan of the nsx and want both technical and developmental details as well as color photographs to feast your eyes on, this is pretty much the only one that can satisfy

Great background on the making of the NSX
I've been a car fanatic since I was 6, so I love books that have great pictures and stories of how a car is made. This one didn't disappoint. I recently bought my first Acura and wanted to dive into the history of the brand and its most storied car. I thought it was a great read and would recommend to Honda/Acura and other car fans alike.