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2010 Acura NSX Lives... But Only in Super GT

Former Honda President and CEO Takeo Fukui introduced the successor for the Acura NSX way back at the 2007 Detroit Auto Show as the Acura Advanced Sports Car Concept. When he announced its cancellation a year ago just as it was ready to start production, everyone assumed the NSX was dead.

Now the car might make it to the road after all, only in the form of a racing car. The Super GT Series is the most popular racing series in Japan, featuring highly modified GT cars at races held throughout Asia. Most Japanese manufacturers are involved, notably Honda, Mazda, Nissan, Toyota and lately Subaru. This year, the midengine #8 Autobacs Acura, driven by Ralph Firman and Takuya Izawa, won the GT500 class championship at the final race when the favored Nissan GT-R got a flat tire.

For next season, the new-generation, front-engine NSX will be entered for the Super GT Series. It will be equipped with a 3.4-liter V8, not the 5.0-liter V10 that had been rumored for the production car.

Honda has managed to side-step the Super GT rules that require the use of a car based on a production vehicle by presenting the drawings and specs of the car to JAF (Japan Automobile Federation), which sanctions the GT Series. The rules permit cars that are production ready, though not necessarily in production, which is why the NSX and Toyota Supra are still a part of the championship.

JAF has given the okay, so the NSX will take its place on the starting grid in Japan next year. Not that this is any consolation for NSX fans in the U.S., but you could always book a trip to Japan to go watch a race. -- Mak Tokuyama, reporting from Japan