Hearst Autos owns a 1995 Honda NSX-R that is for sale on the Bring a Trailer bidding website for a price similar to the invoice price. There are only a few days left, and the top bid is $395K, which is about the same as a Ferrari. The sale of this car may keep the NSX in the public eye. Everyone who likes Honda has already seen the film. Our hero goes to Suzuka Raceway wearing sunglasses and a light jacket with the McLaren name on it to check out a shiny white sports car. He carefully puts his belt on and shuts the door in front of a group of reporters and engineers. Next, Ayrton Senna, an experienced F1 racer, drives out of the pit lane in loafers and dances on the pedals while destroying an NSX-R. The tachometer needle stays pointed toward the 8000-rpm redline the whole time. It was the kind of crazy stuff that made you wreck your used Civic DX on the way to your first job. When it came out in 1992, the NSX-R was an even crazier version of Honda/Acura’s most popular mid-engined car, which was already the most devoted Honda fan. The standard NSX lost 265 pounds thanks to Honda engineers’ work. After that, the track, engine, and balance were changed. The NSX-R is still the best naturally aspirated Honda racing car, and Bring a Trailer has a low-mileage example that is doing Ferrari-level work right now. That’s an amazing $395,000 for the car, and there’s still less than a day to go. This is more than any other NSX BaT sold so far, but the final price could be much higher. Early this year, the Concorso d’Eleganza Ville d’Este sale sold a 2003 NSX-R (the later NA2 model with fixed headlights) for a little more than $1 million. The price of a Honda is $1 million. No matter how far you go, you can hear Soichiro laughing in Maranello. This particular event happened in the last year of the original run and involved the car that Senna’s shoes hit so hard. There are a few aftermarket changes, and it has about 12,000 miles on the odometer, so it’s not a museum piece that needs special care. Don’t worry—Honda’s collection hall in Motegi keeps its show cars in good condition and lets people see rare and interesting cars. The NSX is expected to stay in the public eye after this NSX-R is sold. You’re a little late to reach your goal of driving a Civic with the best Honda, which is bad news. The change made under the back bench seat doesn’t work with any NSX. It’s good news that Honda has noticed how quickly prices are rising and is now planning to produce spare parts for the original cars. This means that every NSX on the road now has a better chance of making it through the winter. Also, it’s a good idea to fix up any cars that have been a little ignored. The NSX will basically be able to do almost anything because of the car that made Ayrton Senna popular online. The person who gets this NSX-R will have a very heroic car. They should get some brown shoes too.
