Ford had a 'clause' in the contract when they sold the 28 GTs to UK owners in 2005, relating to don't sell for one year. They invited us up to some swanky bar in London and plied us with Champagne and asked us to stick to the agreement.
Martin Brundle put his up for sale the day he received it.
These things are not enforceable, except maybe to dealers and that is more about threat ('next month, you're going to get 15 lime green Jazz') than the wording of the contract.
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2000 NSX Coupe, Circuit Blue, was W2NSX now V6NSX
Renault Megane RS Trophy R
Other interesting mode of transport: Bell JetRanger
My understanding is Honda UK have in fact 127 confirmed orders. They closed the order book back in 2015 because the people at the back of the list may not see their cars until 2018 now. Honda announced at this years (2016) Geneva auto show that European customers would start receiving their cars from this autumn (2016).
Talking to a well connected (Honda dealer) sales person it looks like only 10 may be 20 at most will see their car in 2016 and the rest in 2017 but even that is not guaranteed.
Sudesh you may have better luck trying Southern Ireland as they might have a different allocation.
You can only spec a new NSX in the US at the moment, apparntley here in the UK you will be able to spec your car from end of March begining of April.
2005 NA2 NSX, Berlina Black with full red leather interior.
2016 NC1 NSX, Casino White Pearl with red semi-aniline leather and alcantara.
Someone is selling their place on the list on eBay for £5000 ! I won't post the link as I'm not promoting this as a good thing.
I understand our allocation is about 100 cars per annum, so you can do the math.
Second biggest market after US, apparently. Presumably, RoI is lumped in with the rest of the EUDM. Which is a smaller market than the UK...
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“I find myself irresistibly attracted to cars that nobody else buys. The NSX is a classic of the genre because nobody buys it and yet it’s a fantastic car. It’s got a wonderful compactness and simplicity and unpretentiousness to it. Honda rudely continues to make them whether we like it or not, even though there can be no commercial logic in doing so — I thoroughly admire that.” Rowan Atkinson
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Says who? Are they expecting the Japanese themselves not to buy many?Originally Posted by Nick Graves
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The way I see that is that they are made in the USA, not in Japan, and they don't have a Japanese engine. Don't see many American cars in Japan.
More news about this.
http://www.leftlanenews.com/dealer-g...nsx-91196.html
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"The NSX's greatest victory was to WIN the 1995 Le Mans 24hr GT2 Class"
..............and guess what, it was a RED one but of course.
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I understand all that, but it would be remarkable if the Honda did not sell more NSXs in Japan than in the UK. The Japanese market is way bigger.
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It will probably push some of the current used NSX price even higher in Japan and possibly some part of the world…
IIRC, one of the hundreds of articles/interviews about the launch.
Though they buy so many small hybrids, I believe the Japanese generally don't buy cars like the NSX.
It was the same with the S2000 in its later years.
Nick
“I find myself irresistibly attracted to cars that nobody else buys. The NSX is a classic of the genre because nobody buys it and yet it’s a fantastic car. It’s got a wonderful compactness and simplicity and unpretentiousness to it. Honda rudely continues to make them whether we like it or not, even though there can be no commercial logic in doing so — I thoroughly admire that.” Rowan Atkinson
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