AWD dans la prochaine NSX

[STONE_COLD]

En plus d'un V10, voilà qu'on viendrait un système AWD. Surement celui similaire sur la RL

TOKYO - Honda Motor Co. is looking at installing its high- performance all- wheel- drive system in the successor to the Acura NSX.

The new car, which will be powered by a V10 engine, is scheduled to arrive about 2008.

"Of course, we're thinking" about combining all-wheel drive with the V10, says Takeo Fukui, Honda's president. "The SH-AWD is Honda's core technology, and using this well is the next step."

The company says SH-AWD - short for Super Handling All-Wheel Drive - is the first awd system to distribute optimum torque between the front and rear wheels and between the left and right rear wheels.

It was first installed on the Acura RL last fall. After its debut, Fukui said Honda would be looking to use it on other high-performance Acuras.

During aggressive driving, as much as 70 percent of the torque is delivered to the rear wheels, the company says.

During a high-speed turn, the differential also sends as much as 100 percent of the rear-wheel torque to either wheel. This improves traction and helps avoid spinouts.

In the United States, Acura sold 10,173 RLs this year through July, up from 3,149 in the same period of last year.

The company has said that the NSX successor won't be front drive, meaning it will be either rear drive or awd. Production of the NSX will stop at year end. The NSX and the S2000 are Honda's only rwd cars.

[Joe 123]

Je ne suis pas étonné parce qu'avec ce système ( SH-AWD) la tenue de route est nettement améliorée sans besoin d'être un as du volant. Bon "move" d'Acura. J'ai hâte qu'il fasse la même chose avec le MDX!

[JFL]

Ça va faire plaisir à Saintor ça

[Banzai of Saigon]

Ça va faire plaisir à Saintor ça

[Saintor]

Bof à date, le SH-AWD n'impressionne pas. Non seulement il ajoute beaucoup de poids (voir celui de la RL...), mais une simple M35 RWD est plus rapide en slalom et circuit. Sans compte que le prix de la RL a été boosté de presque 10-15K$.

Gimmick de marketing.