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  • čas přidán 12. 04. 2024
  • The Honda NSX is a sports car icon both on and off the track. Starting life as Japan’s answer to European mid-engined sportscars at the dawn of the 90s, the NSX would go on to change the way we think about supercars. But to become so beloved Honda would need to prove their new flagship was more than just for show, the new NSX would need pedigree, it would need to win...
    Written by: Fred Knight
    Edited by: JD Minny ( @jdminny )
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Komentáře • 155

  • @automobilistic
    @automobilistic  Před měsícem +55

    Unfortunately posters are temporarily unavailable, hopefully this will be resolved soon! In the meantime you can join the discord server: discord.gg/bbA3kGtRk5 where I will update everyone as and when they will be available again.

    • @fqeagles21
      @fqeagles21 Před měsícem +2

      That's the second most beatiful car to ever compete in SGT after the McLaren F1

  • @jirihorsky9600
    @jirihorsky9600 Před měsícem +513

    It is remarkable that when NSX entered the grid, they were racing against R32s and F40s and on their last season they raced and won against R35s.

    • @AdamTheMan1993
      @AdamTheMan1993 Před měsícem +43

      R33s to be exact when a NSX entered by Team Kunimitsu joined the JGTC in 1996

    • @DiscGolfLeagueMVP
      @DiscGolfLeagueMVP Před měsícem +67

      entered the grid being broadcast on those old ass crts and left in HD

    • @mladyavery9138
      @mladyavery9138 Před měsícem +15

      ​@@DiscGolfLeagueMVPaww come on CRTs aren't THAT old.. 👴

    • @suzumr2754
      @suzumr2754 Před měsícem +9

      @@AdamTheMan1993i think it was ‘95, not ‘96. And they came first in the GT2 class which was a huge milestone at that time since their counterparts (NSX-R GT1 Turbo) failed to finish.

    • @zairomolino4074
      @zairomolino4074 Před měsícem +6

      Pretty remarkable achievement but it's the result of a good project and tons of resources in development remarkable indeed but not unexpected

  • @blacknailediowa191
    @blacknailediowa191 Před měsícem +126

    I know it's a big part nostalgia, by my god something about NSXs, supras and gtrs on a fuzzy screen with 90s/00s graphics is godly

    • @mrctuned2844
      @mrctuned2844 Před měsícem +12

      I know exactly what you're talking about and I agree, those 90s films just seem to make cars.... more real. I love it

    • @shainemaine1268
      @shainemaine1268 Před měsícem +3

      Resolution mate... graphics are purely synthetic. Sorry for my knit-pickage!

    • @tiraderodeTori_
      @tiraderodeTori_ Před měsícem +1

      plus the 4:3 aspect ratio 😩

    • @DocGamerGirl
      @DocGamerGirl Před 23 dny +1

      I actually miss old TV,shitty resolution loaded with commercials for stuff we just had to have,ahhh the memories

  • @savvathornnmysteriam9867
    @savvathornnmysteriam9867 Před měsícem +139

    You blew up, dude! I remember when you were below 3k subscribers making the same caliber of content then and now, the caliber being godly. Keep going strong

  • @zombieguy3000
    @zombieguy3000 Před měsícem +58

    Before I even got to 22mins into the video I was already thinking "what a nice nsx poster, i want one" lol

  • @JohnCharb87
    @JohnCharb87 Před měsícem +80

    Every new episode new items are added to the background. The NSX GT Poster and car model. Also I believe it's the first time seeing the Calsonic Skyline model on the shelf next to the McLaren F1 GTR.

  • @M4V3R1CK_13
    @M4V3R1CK_13 Před měsícem +61

    the NSX status as legendary is well deserved when you have Satoru Nakajima, Ayrton Senna, Gordon Murray, Keiichi Tsuchiya and Kunimitsu Takahashi praising it.

  • @alieffauzanrizky7202
    @alieffauzanrizky7202 Před měsícem +27

    This is probably the only video that tell the nsx story that also goes through their motorsport history deeply. Amazing video as always

  • @23GreyFox
    @23GreyFox Před měsícem +37

    You just know it becomes really good when GT2 music starts.

  • @alexhndr
    @alexhndr Před měsícem +30

    I will always love how their V6 become so sophisticated they didnt even switch it out until HSV-010 when they *finally* use a V8
    The same V6 they used *from the beginning. From JGTC to the dawn of V8 era of Super GT*
    The V6 that ACTUALLY sounds better than its F1 counterpart

  • @DJ_Cub
    @DJ_Cub Před měsícem +10

    These late 90s and early 2000s JGT liveries are sooo iconic! Could watch this old footage all day

  • @7ndrew
    @7ndrew Před měsícem +22

    Damn, this video was amazing
    The way you talked about the NSX winning its final race ever actually made me emotinal :'D

  • @negil
    @negil Před měsícem +11

    The closest I'll probably come to owning an NSX is owning my Insight, which is also all aluminum and was built in the same factory as the NSX

  • @svv_brunorcs1557
    @svv_brunorcs1557 Před měsícem +11

    Staying in the super gt theme, you could make a video on Subaru’s involvment in Super GT as well!

  • @SpaceHCowboy
    @SpaceHCowboy Před měsícem +10

    Another brilliant piece of viewing.
    And a legendary car.
    Made my tea much more pleasant.
    Cheers for that, Mr Automobilistic. 👍🏼

  • @1982valeriu
    @1982valeriu Před měsícem +10

    Thanks a lot, man! Great tribute video to the racing NSXs, love the Epson sponsored one, and luckily I have the Tamiya kit to build the model of it. Cheers!

  • @LJW1912
    @LJW1912 Před měsícem +7

    Thumbnail is an absolute stunner!

  • @SoorlandRobi
    @SoorlandRobi Před měsícem +2

    The liveries of the NSX's are legendary. Easily recognizable.

  • @LuganAki
    @LuganAki Před měsícem +4

    2:55 Yes it is Variable valve timing. But I think you'll find that its the Variable valve LIFT that is giving that added power. There are two cam profiles in there.

  • @tokyosmash
    @tokyosmash Před měsícem +3

    The 2.1 from the JGTC Supra shares more DNA with the IMSA 4 cylinder cars than anything else

  • @andreaschrimper0405
    @andreaschrimper0405 Před měsícem +5

    Thank you for a great effort about one of my all time favourite. Absolutely loved those mid90s Kunimitsu and Raybrig GTs at Le Mans. Idea for a future video: roll of honour of your growing scale model collection

  • @bungieman2810
    @bungieman2810 Před měsícem +6

    You left out the fact that in 2008 some NSX entries would switch to using a single exhaust pipe.

    • @tosehoed123
      @tosehoed123 Před měsícem

      How could he forget the most important part, unsubscribed

  • @car8070
    @car8070 Před měsícem +4

    every video on this channel is made with simply amazing production quality. i hope this channel keeps to grow as fast as it has been. keep up the great work!
    also finally a channel doing relevant and interesting merchandise, props, man !!

  • @Viridis_2112
    @Viridis_2112 Před měsícem +9

    More posters!!

  • @-PLAYER0NE-
    @-PLAYER0NE- Před měsícem +2

    Ahhhh yess I'd recognize that little gran turismo song anywhere haha. That cracked me up, very nice addition because anyone my age has only seen these cars on a ps2.

  • @josesupra
    @josesupra Před měsícem +2

    Love these detailed videos on racing cars from the golden era. Keep them coming!

  • @DannySB991
    @DannySB991 Před měsícem +1

    I have most of those JGTC/GT500 NSX liveries burned into my brain due to Gran Turismo. That white Mobil 1 livery was just something else.

  • @SamMassingham
    @SamMassingham Před měsícem +3

    Another cracking video for one of my all time favourites 👌 once again superb 😊

  • @exoriz0r
    @exoriz0r Před měsícem +1

    automobilistic videos still dont dissapoint, its amazing
    this video made me really proud to be a future owner of my dads civic, i always loved honda but didnt know that side of theirs

  • @TMind109
    @TMind109 Před měsícem

    I am really enjoying these car history documentaries you been making i wonder what you got planned in the future

  • @AdamTheMan1993
    @AdamTheMan1993 Před měsícem +4

    Honda could have easily won 5 GT500 titles from 1998 to 2002 had the car would've been more reliable as it was by far the fastest of the 3 major GT500 cars

  • @bk_nreynolds3278
    @bk_nreynolds3278 Před měsícem

    Love this channel. Keep up the excellent work

  • @luisrodrigues1630
    @luisrodrigues1630 Před měsícem

    This was some of the best content I've seen about these gorgeous racing machines. They were always my favourite cars in the series.

  • @alaricbragg7843
    @alaricbragg7843 Před měsícem +1

    Thank you for this video! Very interesting history!

  • @lordfarquaad7054
    @lordfarquaad7054 Před měsícem

    Mate I've been following you for maybe months thinking that you are prob around hundreds of thousands of subs (I never really took the time to check your sub count I was that certain) but now that I've checked, you are underrated as hell mate I love your content

  • @Chr.Monika6469
    @Chr.Monika6469 Před měsícem +25

    I have a suggestion: Group B biggest failure, Citroën with their BX 4TC

  • @kadenmarshall9524
    @kadenmarshall9524 Před měsícem

    Yes! I knew you’d make a great video about this! Thank you!

  • @emf6621
    @emf6621 Před měsícem +1

    The NSX is one of the coolest racing cars ever. Loved driving it on Gran Turismo in various versions!

  • @F1Kamel_1992
    @F1Kamel_1992 Před měsícem +7

    This car was featured in the Gran Turismo series of video games and I was a having a lot of fun around tracks like the Nürburgring Nordschleife and Suzuka, both as a production based supercar and a GT racer.

  • @TheTruthseeker707
    @TheTruthseeker707 Před měsícem

    Great documentary. Love these car racing stories.

  • @theleftyboater
    @theleftyboater Před měsícem

    Great vid!! Thanks ❤️❤️

  • @danestormfeltz7815
    @danestormfeltz7815 Před měsícem +1

    Excellent video! Keep it up!

  • @towermoss
    @towermoss Před měsícem +3

    I honestly think the NSX looks better than most Ferraris.

  • @yannamengual2777
    @yannamengual2777 Před měsícem +2

    Great video, thank you !

  • @vil7310
    @vil7310 Před měsícem

    Excellent content,keep it up!

  • @kellarj8674
    @kellarj8674 Před měsícem +2

    Gordon : Can i have your v12 engine 🥺
    Honda : No

  • @havenwisner6776
    @havenwisner6776 Před měsícem

    This guys videos are so good. Would definitely buy merch

  • @cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245

    Takata the Castrol are the best NSX colors ngl

  • @lonestranger
    @lonestranger Před 6 dny +1

    The 1998 photo @9:51 actually shows the Mugen X Dome logos on the noses of all four cars (the white/black Mugen logo & the orange/black Dome logo just below the Honda emblems) just as you're saying Mugen and Dome split. I suspect that Mugen-Dome Project was not only the name of the on again/off again entrant (team), but that the Mugen-Dome Project was the name of the developer/constructor of the JGTC NSX GT as you explained @7:00. While the 1997 car has only the Dome logo on its nose, it appears that all JGTC NSX GTs regardless of team have Mugen X Dome logos on their noses from 1998 through 2002. From 2003-2009 they instead have the logo/wordmark of Honda Racing.

  • @nexas2316
    @nexas2316 Před měsícem +2

    Gordon Murray actually approached Honda first to build the engine for the F1, but Honda refused

  • @yudhistira9453
    @yudhistira9453 Před měsícem +1

    I got to say, your voice effort on this video convinced me that someday you'll succeeded those guys who do narration in nat geo or bbc documentaries. But i selfishly hope you'd still be doing this kind of youtube automotive and motorsport docs!

  • @adamjohnson672
    @adamjohnson672 Před měsícem +2

    If you can do any Nurburgring, or Le Mans posters, and any Group C posters I'll be buying. Know you have to watch license issues. Love your channel, always great information shared!

  • @TheRealGirlWeeb
    @TheRealGirlWeeb Před měsícem +1

    10:46 rare footage of Tom Coronel WITH hair

  • @BilobateDrip
    @BilobateDrip Před 5 dny

    Love that the thumbnail is also a poster on the wall 😊 i want one, looks good

  • @millennialchicken
    @millennialchicken Před měsícem +1

    *one little caveat to this is that Mugen's 2007 championship win being decided before the end of the season was not the first in the series history, just first in GT500. The first before seasons end championship was Team Taisan with Tsuchiya Engineering's 1998 GT300 title with Shingo Tachi (RIP) & Keiichi Suzuki.

  • @nsx_montana
    @nsx_montana Před měsícem +10

    My inner Gran Tursimo is tingling😍

    • @ih8temoney
      @ih8temoney Před měsícem +2

      Gran Tursimo 2 Castrol NSX, Car Porn.

    • @darrickkoko2987
      @darrickkoko2987 Před měsícem +2

      ​@@ih8temoney what?

    • @piuthemagicman
      @piuthemagicman Před měsícem

      This tickles my Tursimo too

    • @ih8temoney
      @ih8temoney Před měsícem +1

      @@darrickkoko2987 Have never heard the term, "Car Porn." A car so beautiful you would stick a poster on your bedroom wall. Your dream car? What about an R30 Super Silhouette Nissan Skyline? Or a Mazda 787B, even the Mclaren F1 GTR Longtail all car Porn, my car porn list is endless..lol

  • @northiann
    @northiann Před měsícem +2

    Heya, nice video! Always wondered about the story of this beautiful race car. I have an idea, can you do a video about the BMW M3 GTR race car? Never seen one about them! It would be a cool topic!

  • @diandanebutay2924
    @diandanebutay2924 Před měsícem

    Nice thumbnail and video!!!

  • @raymondkoledoye9941
    @raymondkoledoye9941 Před měsícem

    Thank you so much you make video of story of the Honda NSX racing history and i know the NSX because of F1 legend Aytron Senna test drive this car on track on japan in 90s.

  • @Danmam-rf7mu
    @Danmam-rf7mu Před měsícem

    The art is so good

  • @PimpinBassie2
    @PimpinBassie2 Před měsícem +5

    Beat Nissan? Just hire Carlos Ghosn

  • @matthewlok3020
    @matthewlok3020 Před měsícem

    Looking forward to a video of the NSX’s successor the HSV-010

  • @Silverturky
    @Silverturky Před měsícem

    where did you get your model cars in the background? I'm thinking about starting a small collection :)

  • @mrsquirrel8079
    @mrsquirrel8079 Před měsícem

    Thank you very much for "NOT" calling the toyota 4 cylinder a 3sgte!! I get so sick of hearing people saying that being that the 503e is not the same as the 3sgte...
    Once again THANK YOU!!

  • @andypetrow4228
    @andypetrow4228 Před 3 dny

    I'm an NSX fan Boi and this is by far the greatest NSX apologist video of all time ❤

  • @matiaskeranen6617
    @matiaskeranen6617 Před měsícem

    Where did you get that framed circuit de la sarthe from? I'd love to get one myself!

  • @rafdhiyahaf
    @rafdhiyahaf Před měsícem +1

    Can you make the video about the R92CP

  • @Ryzard
    @Ryzard Před měsícem

    Where can you watch these races, new and old? And are there any places with english subtitles?

  • @sarimsalman2698
    @sarimsalman2698 Před měsícem

    That switch to Gran Turismo music was a pleasant surprise

  • @_ShadowDevil_
    @_ShadowDevil_ Před měsícem

    Underrated

  • @JerGol
    @JerGol Před měsícem +1

    Other cars may have a stronger race winning pedigree but I would take an NSX every single time, over pretty much anything else offered. It's a choice I'll never make, mind, but still!

  • @SamTheMan666
    @SamTheMan666 Před měsícem

    When watching videos from this channel, I forget you're a small youtuber.

  • @pxwv8196
    @pxwv8196 Před 24 dny

    What is the red model car behind you on your left, viewer's right, in front of the huge jeep SUV thing? It looks like 70-80 % Ferrari with a touch of Japanese and a touch of a modernized version of a DeTomaso Pantera. It looks so sweet, I need to know what it is, lol.

  • @tortilla7221
    @tortilla7221 Před měsícem +3

    the toyota supra race car Legendary rival! in Gt4

  • @RZM_Valkyrie
    @RZM_Valkyrie Před měsícem

    New video! Let's goooo

  • @obriantucker2256
    @obriantucker2256 Před měsícem

    I couldn't stop thinking about Grand Turismo 2 and 3 while watching this video.

  • @Shadowboost
    @Shadowboost Před měsícem +1

    My favorite gt500 car ever

  • @carlosnumbertwo
    @carlosnumbertwo Před měsícem

    It’s astounding how amazing those 80’s and 90’s cars were compared to the boring shit we have now.

  • @funnyperson4027
    @funnyperson4027 Před měsícem +1

    what a great story

  • @nordimejia5790
    @nordimejia5790 Před 10 dny

    The Garaiya... we need it back in GT7

  • @MF_UNDERTOW
    @MF_UNDERTOW Před měsícem

    Fun fact: an acronym is when the initials of something form a word, for example, DARE, NASA, PETA etc
    When the initials don’t form a word, they’re called initialisms.

    • @l228spn
      @l228spn Před měsícem

      My favourite acronym is the Coventry University Netball Team.

  • @mikeyerke3920
    @mikeyerke3920 Před měsícem

    I would love to have watched one of those race NSX engines being built. 🔧

  • @TheLuisg92
    @TheLuisg92 Před měsícem

    I can only imagine the hours upon hours that researching the 15-year-old racing career of the NSX took. I didn’t know this car kept on racing for so long, which makes me wonder -Is there any other car that has competed this long?

  • @StuntpilootStef
    @StuntpilootStef Před měsícem +1

    Comments not mentioning Gran Turismo for one single video. Challenge impossible.

  • @Chris.Davies
    @Chris.Davies Před měsícem

    Subaru's 1992 project name WRX stands for World Rally eXperimental.
    So, I think we can allow New Sportscar eXperimental from Honda.

  • @KarimElHayawan
    @KarimElHayawan Před měsícem

    Whats that Lego moc infront of the Land Rover?

  • @facetiousmonkey5322
    @facetiousmonkey5322 Před měsícem

    I always imagine “what if” Honda had stuck to the original NSX formula but updated it with 21st century technology and materials. Carbon fiber, titanium and magnesium replacing steel and aluminum. A “mated” double K20/24 4-4.8L V8, putting out 450-550hp NA. Since I am dreaming, a 6spd manual, cuz automatics, even double clutch ones suck. The crazy light materials allow Honda to keep the weight to under 3500lbs. And let’s be honest, the original NSX at 270hp was considered underpowered vs what was available back then as well. People still said it was the purest sports car they ever drove back in 1990.

  • @KrombobulousMitchell
    @KrombobulousMitchell Před 17 dny

    What a car 🐐

  • @beetlegend
    @beetlegend Před měsícem

    Comenting through the app break

  • @horsepower288
    @horsepower288 Před měsícem

    "By 2009, the pedigree was missing the NSX". I laughed out loud.

  • @tturi2
    @tturi2 Před měsícem

    those nsx gts could have just had their own racing series, they looked great

  • @WillArtie
    @WillArtie Před měsícem

    Right!! Thats it!! Can someone tell me why we say an engine is mounted in the "middle" of the car when it is so obviously mounted behind the driver, in the back? I'm 53 and I still haven't worked that one out!

    • @automobilistic
      @automobilistic  Před měsícem

      To the best of my understanding "mid engine" simply means the engine is mounted between the axels, as opposed to over the axels (as in "front" or "rear" engine cars). Mid mounted engines can either be in front or behind the cockpit, but behind is more common. In front is sometimes called "front-mid" and behind is sometimes called "rear-mid" but because most "mid engine" cars are rear-mid most people just say "mid engine", only specifying when its the more unusual front-mid layout.
      Don't take that as gospel but that has always been my understanding.

  • @abdallahkellou8146
    @abdallahkellou8146 Před měsícem

    What did they race in 2010 I'm curious

  • @BBoy_PopTart
    @BBoy_PopTart Před 4 dny

    13 years, 100 races, to finally win 2nd place… then the NSX was no longer built for sale.

  • @sigmamale4147
    @sigmamale4147 Před měsícem +1

    If only the MR2 was used more in competitions

  • @scholesysscaleschematics2445

    Nice AA Stealth 787B

  • @chillikoala
    @chillikoala Před měsícem

    The NA1 NSX was definitely more powerful (270HP) than its European rivals of the time - the 308 (252HP) and the 964 911 (247HP).

  • @MrLolx2u
    @MrLolx2u Před měsícem +3

    Senna didn't help in designing the chassis, he just helped them find the perfect balance of the suspension geometry and driving feel that the car needs.
    By the time Senna was a household name, they were just done with the prototype in 1988 and by 1989, they got Senna into the whole prototype package and got him to do vigorous testing during F1's off-season which he gave extreme feedback on how the car should feel, how much the diff needs to lock or unlock and how stiff the springs needs to be and how much flex of the chassis can the driver feel.
    Senna did not have a say in how the chassis was gonna be made but he did give vital feedback on how to set the car up for general use which, he did real well in that manner.

    • @automobilistic
      @automobilistic  Před měsícem +5

      That is correct, which is why I said "...and they lent on all of Honda’s best motorsport connections, including Ayrton Senna, to help craft a chassis and suspension setup that would...". Nowhere did I say Senna had input on chassis design, only "chassis and suspension setup".

    • @SpaceHCowboy
      @SpaceHCowboy Před měsícem +3

      ​@@automobilisticSo diplomatic...
      A fine example, sir. 🙏🏼

    • @Mega-G-Star
      @Mega-G-Star Před měsícem

      Ayrton Senna was a well known household name worldwide before 1985 when he drove for Lotus, he played a major part in the redesign and development of the NSX as a world champion. In the Ten years I seen him drive F1 he also drove a NSX on track and talked many people in buying the cars from 1988 to 1992 because he actually worked for Honda.

  • @PuncakeLena
    @PuncakeLena Před 14 dny

    Hey look, Tom Coronel won something that isn't the following on Twitter award

  • @Boni_Bmx
    @Boni_Bmx Před měsícem

    Car was super fast in Grandturismo❤