When the rebirth of the iconic NSX nameplate finally came to fruition, the world was impressed. Honda had done it again. And while the new creation was realistically a world away from the original, it had to, in order to be relevant.
But it seems you can no longer outright buy an NSX in Honda’s home market. We’ve already touched on the NSX’s rather dismal US sales story, where as 2020 Audi managed to sell 583 R8s and Mercedes shifted 2,400 AMG-GTs, while Acura only sold 128 NSXs. Even the i8, which saw production end in mid-2020, outsold the NSX by 64 units.
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The story doesn’t get any better over in Japan, where it’s sold as a Honda and has seen similar gradually declining numbers. Now, on the brand’s Japanese website, the 2020 NSX is listed as “no longer for sale.”
Confirming with Honda Japan’s public relations department, Japanese website Car Watch said that sales of the 2020 NSX have stopped. However, Honda did reassure them that this only related to Japanese sales while production continues.
However, it’s not all bad news. Although Honda’s website lists the 2020 NSX as discontinued, some dealerships continue to offer it on a subscription-based service. Could the Japanese automaker have ceased sales of the 2020 NSX in preparation for the 2021 model? We have no way of knowing, but it could be one possibility.
In any case, it shouldn’t have any impact on US-bound cars. Reaching out to Acura USA, they told us that, although they couldn’t comment on other markets, “the 2021 NSX just recently began shipping to customers in the U.S. with high levels of interest for the new Long Beach Blue Pearl color offering.”
H/T to Iraj De Silva for additional Info