Honda Still Planning NSX Successor

President of Honda, Takanobu Ito, told reporters at the Shanghai Auto Show last week that the company was developing a hybrid version of the NSX but that it would be different from the previous NSX model. The car would be a higher-end counterpart to the CR-Z hybrid sport coupe/hatch.

Development of the next NSX was scrapped in 2008 due to the financial crisis which hit the global auto industry particularly hard. Reportedly, the first NSX uses V6 engine and rear drive system. In the U.S., the car called the Acura NSX.

The next generation NSX can use the electric motor combined with 3.5-liter V6 gasoline engine, capacity of 400 horsepower.