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Originally Posted by jcosta79
If total HP is going to be 550, I think they goofed. The weight penalty of the hybrid system is going to push curb weight north of 3,600 lbs (maybe as high as 3,800 would be my guess) so it's not going to be the lightweight handler that the original NSX became famous for. In today's world, 550 HP is just not that impressive at that price point. Not with 650 HP Z06's, 700 HP Dodge's, 600 HP Huracan's, 650 HP McLaren's... etc...
To be successful, this car either had to be lighter than the competition, more powerful, or much better looking, and I don't think they achieved any of those things.
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Today's market has so much more to do with the PACKAGE over the HP figure. If you're looking at modern performance cars by only their HP figure, you're doing it wrong. Plain and simple. The McLaren P1 is an example of this. It's heavy. It's faster than Jesus. In all directions. The GT-R Nismo is another example of this. It's short on HP and shorter on torque than the new Z06 Corvette, yet it is faster at Streets of Willow. The package, people. The package.
3800lbs isn't a terrible weight by today's safety standards, either. In the North American market, you gotta make the car fit at least two fat Americans inside (which is why the US-Spec GT-R carries a wider seat base of 2-3 inches), and most of these cars are carrying extra hardware for boosting.
So, to close, yes there will be a penalty in weight for the hybrid system on the car, but we don't know what extra power it will produce. It could produce an additional 200 lb-ft of torque instantly, which will change how the car can perform out of the corners, which could have it trample all over a lot of its competition. We simply don't know enough about the PACKAGE to discredit the car at its pseudo-confirmed price point of $150k.
PS - It looks like a boring ******* Honda even though the designer is hot, so I wouldn't pay for an NSX even if I had the cash unless it included a sleepover with the designer. The end.