Honda To Announce New Manufacturing Site for Next Gen NSX

by Dan Edwards of www.wdtn.com

MARYSVILLE, Ohio (WDTN) - Tuesday, Honda will unveil a new manufacturing site for the Acura N-S-X.

2 News has learned the new site will be located 8 miles west of Marysville near existing Honda plants.
Honda was the first Japanese automobile manufacturer to release a dedicated luxury brand, Acura, in 1986 and Ohio continues to benefit from their growth.

Honda already operates its largest North American engine plant in Anna with more than 24 hundred people working there.

In November it announced the expansion of that plant and the transmission plant in Russells Point with the planned addition of 200 jobs to the one thousand already employed there.

In January, Honda officials announced the 2014 Hybrid Accord would be built in Marysville adding another 50 jobs at that location.

Earlier this month, Midwest Express Group, a trucking and logistics company announced it would add 50 jobs in anticipation of the new deal with Honda's East Liberty plant in Logan County.

Honda tells us it has invested 800 million dollars in its four Ohio plants in the past three years.

Source;
http://www.wdtn.com/dpp/news/ohio/honda-to-announce-expansion#.UZI87Eo7YUM

Honda NSX Production Version Leaks - Interior Revealed

Two images of what is reportedly the production version of the Honda/Acura NSX have surfaced online, via vwvortex.com. One shows the exterior of the car, and bears a Honda badge, while the other shows what looks to be a plausible interior for the NSX, wearing an Acura badge.

It is definitely not the interior of exactly the car in the other photo, as the badges don`t correspond, and the interior shot shows a left-hand drive car, while the exterior shows a right-hand drive example. If this is the production version, we are honestly hard-pressed to tell it from it is identical to the concept - it looks just as good and as modern as it does.

The shot of the leather-clad interior shows that the car will not be offered with a manual gearbox at all, as there would be no place for the gear selector, as it just looks like it would sit too high and would not be ergonomic and comfortable to use, especially in a supercar costing in excess of $100,000.

It is set to hit the market in 2014, as a 2015 model-year offering, and it both the Acura and Honda versions will be built in the US, at the Marysville, Ohio plant. The car is expected to have all-wheel drive and the integration of a hybrid system is also likely.

Source;
http://www.autoevolution.com/news/honda-nsx-production-version-leaks-53950.html