Usman Anwar

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May 8, 2003, on Acura NSX Review:
A lot of intersesting comments here. A lot of people talk of 'heritage'. Yes Ferrari have a heritage but so do Honda. They entered their 1st F1 Grand Prix in 1964, with their 1st win coming in 1965. They won 6 constructers championships in a row with Mclaren in the late 80's and early 90's!! And wot about Lambo? They have no racing heritage wot so ever, but i don't see anyone dissing them. They were in F1 for a couple of years, in the early 90's and acheived nothing. Did you know they actually started off building tractors? Yes the NSX, only has 296 bhp, but its a lot lighter, thus it has an excellent power-to-weight ratio (approx. 91 bhp/litre which is v.good for a NA engine). No other big car manufacturer has the expertise or guts to "hand build" an all Aluminium car like the NSX, and certainly not back in 1990. In Dec 2002 a UK car magazine, "EVO", voted the Honda NSX Type-R as the "Performance & Driver's car of the Year 2002" beating the likes of the 911 and Ferra...