Between Honda and Acura, quite a few performance and sports cars have come from the two brands over the years that have made their mark on automotive history. The most noteworthy of them is the NSX. A supercar meant to tackle contemporary Ferraris, the Honda/Acura NSX was one of the first cars to feature VTEC, which was just one part of the painstaking engineering and design behind the car, which included the development input of late racing legend Ayrton Senna.
Introduced in 1990, the NSX’s first generation and facelift would go on to be produced for a long 15 years until it was discontinued in 2005. The legendary supercar was revered and celebrated for that entire duration as a flagship that represented the pinnacle of performance for Honda and Acura, and many of its innovations became inspirations, not only for a second hybrid generation of the NSX, but also for future Honda and Acura performance models.
That’s what makes the NSX the perfect subject for the new Honda Heritage Parts program, which is launching in the United States. Its inaugural offering is the reproduction and redevelopment of parts for the first-generation NSX, and those parts will be integral in preserving the incredible history and legacy of one of the most cherished models to come from the manufacturer.
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Honda Heritage Parts is one part of the greater Honda Heritage Works. Launching in Japan on April 1, the other arm of the program is Honda Restoration Service. Honda Heritage Parts will also provide two categories of parts: Honda Compatible Parts, which are newly redeveloped, and Genuine Honda Reproduction Parts, which are reproduced using the same methods and materials as the originals. Owners of the first-generation Acura NSX will be able to order Honda Heritage Parts for their car at US Acura dealerships starting this summer, and future Honda and Acura performance models are being considered to be part of the service.
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