Originally Posted by
AR
Kaz any reason why the NSX brackets, bolts, and some exhausts bits were not made out of a Stainless Alloy? Just curious as everything seems to be so well planned that I can't think of cost been the reason.
I'll await Kaz' answer, but I suspect cost WOULD have been the reason:-
- Alloy arms, brackets, bolts etc. would have been a lot more expensive than ordinary pressed steel, and for a part that no-one would see or care about (until a decade down the road...and what mfr cares about their cars 10 years on?!?)
- Galvanising all those (steel) parts would also have added substantial cost.
...and I strongly suspect the NSX wasn't a profit-maker for Honda, rather a prestige, loss-making 'halo' car.
"No man with a good car needs to be justified"
Blue '08 FD2 CTR - big, ITR-sized shoes to fill...
Yellow '96 NSX 3.0 - oh was it worth the wait!
Black '99 ITR - well, I had to have another one, the first was so much fun. Miss this one even more than #1...
Blue '03 S2000 - SOLD, flawed but fun
Blue '04 Focus TDCi Sport - SOLD, very good fun for a diesel!
Black '00 ITR - SOLD, still missed
Red '98 Civic VTi - SOLD, probably still bombproof
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