The NSX's were never cheap here in Australia, as a side by side 15 years ago you could import a good R34 GTR for the same money and most people did, there was a few rattling around in the 50's and 60k bracket but after that you're still paying supercar prices for basic parts anyway and a fairly limited (compared to say Nissan or Mitsubishi) aftermarket spares. There is some stuff out there for them but its in a whole other bracket compared to say your SR or RB engines and below what you pay for Euro spares from Porsche and Ferrari. But yeah, prices are going mental. I've got a late model, low milage GTO MR I bought 15 years ago which has been babied and mostly stock that I hung onto because its very rare and a bit weird, last I checked its worth twice what it cost to buy, import and comply locally. Don't really want to let it go, but the small part of my brain that tries to make financial sense is thinking that kind money could be used better elsewhere.
You can still get deals if you look in the right places. I got an R33 GTR rolling shell for 9k USD late last year. I had given up and was buying parts to build a tribute. One of the sellers happened to have a shell.
Got mines for 11k at a copart auction 10yrs ago, had a salvage title. Took it apart and cleaned everything before putting it back together. 2nd owner for this car, still inside my garage. The driving experience is just amazing, can't say enough about it. Never imagined it would go for so much now, I will keep mine for as long as I can.
@@NineSeptimsit needs a specialized jig that only Original Honda factory based in Japan (now gone) to align then weld / replace the extruded aluminum frame to make it right again. That special welding technique performed by highly Trained tech the toughest and the most $$$$ part. Good luck with that😂
I bought my NSX for $27,600 back in 2018 and I have no intentions of selling it. It’ll be in my family forever. Thanks for the extensive history lesson! And also thanks for helping the value go up even more! :)
If you aren't going to sell it then why care about the appreciation? If you want my opinion I think you should wait 10 years, keep it in as good condition as you can, and sell that thing for 200k minimum.
@@CockatooDudeI think he’s saying that he’s glad he was able to get an nsx for a cheap price. If he held off for a few years than he would be paying a lot more.
Same here. I remember looking at a nice NA1 for ~$35,000 over 10 years ago and though I can afford to buy it, but the ownership cost (insurance and such) would kill me and I’d be afraid to drive it as it should with the aluminum body. All the should have’s. It’s my halo car along with FD RX-7. Both are unattainable now.
@@hungdy No way insurance and ownership costs would kill you. Its a cheap car to own and drive. I bought my 1991 NSX 4 years ago for $35k. I daily it from march - septemper each year and I have spent a total of $1k on maintanence and insurance is $80 a month. Thats not a lot. Now Im on a classic cars insurance for $120 each year.
@@aoescool I hear ya, theres a 'moderately' damaged base model 03 s2000 going for 34k near me and there aren't even pics of it.. (a few years ago i coulda bought a clean 1st gen with 18k miles for $18k)
It’s worth mentioning that Honda/Acura was developing a V10 for an NSX some time in 2008 but was scrapped later by the bean counters at the time. Who knows how that would’ve turned out in today’s market. It would’ve been Honda’s ‘LFA’.
why? because if you talk like this people dont like it. You have to talk less and and stupid, then you are excepted and normal. Only few people like selective and detailed conversations. Its a shame...........
Someone about to buy an NSX this week, you did a great job of summing up history and describing the situation today. Subbed and can’t wait to see more vids.
Well done video! I was lucky enough to find a GPW 2000 NSX-T in a barn last summer. Needed some maintenance and parts (after sitting for 2 years). Got it for a very good price and is back to 100% now. Beautiful car to own and drive!
Great Video with great content!!! We are blessed to own a 1991 Black on Black. We have owned it for 19 years. It was my late husband's dream car. And i will keep it forever in his honor. I drive it to a lot now and get stares and thumbs up everywhere I go! It really is a headturner.
I'm wth you, Maria! I have my late husband's 1991 Red on Black and we got it in 2001, over twenty years ago. Wherever I drive it, people want to know what it is and when it's parked, I see them taking pictures. It is always fun to drive and I never want to sell it, it'd be like getting rid of all the memories of my life with him.
It's simple: there are less analog cars every year. New cars are getting bigger, heavier, less communicative and more detached from driving experience. And there is no hope for change. On the market, the only way to lower price is to offer competition. There is nothing produced right now that would match "analog sports car experience" known from cars of the past. However, there are more drivers than ever that miss these cars. Due to their preference or just curiosity of unknown. This is heaven for speculation and extravagant rich assholes (this is my only definition for someone keeping nsx not-driven for over 20 years) who just like to own rare stuff.
Really appreciate your work that goes into this awesome series! these videos and the Spotlight series from ISSIMI with Jason Camisa are like my bed time stories, keep replaying them Hope to see an RX-7 episode soon :)
I truly appreciate you making this video!! I have owned 2 NSXs back to back since approx 2005. I sold my 91 Automatic with 89k and today own a 93 Manual with 114k. I learned more than I ever thought I knew thanks to your wonderful video. Thank you so much.
your videos are all beautiful produced and edited i love them all. Seriously do not understand how you don’t have atleast half a mil, but keep these videos going and you’re for sure gonna get the recognition you deserve‼️🙏🏽
I remember testing driving an NSX years ago, it was listed for like $40k, not sure of the year ... but it held you in the seat like a glove and drove like it was on rails.
Now im sad the 90s dream cars are becoming unobtainium. Oh well, at least i still live to see these being driven by rich business owners who have no issues putting miles on them, like they should, at least where i live. So yeah, good job Albon.
Thanks for the video! Was an Acura Tech in the mid to late 90's and enjoyed the opportunities to service and drive the NSX. One of the best days (in 1994 or 95) when a client brought in a used NSX that he had just bought and said he didn't think it was "as fast as some of the others". He asked me to take it out and push it....as a 21 year old tech, (who drove a 1985 Accord 4 door) it didn't get much better than that!
I love this video series. I own an r33 GTR. These 90s era Japanese cars were amazing, it’s just sad that the average joe car enthusiasts can’t afford their dream cars anymore.
I worked for Acura from 89 to 2000 and I drove the first one on the ground in 1990 number 61 red with black leather stick and we got a second one Red with ivory Auto they came in a closed trailer and stuff they were insane had the chocks in the springs so it could get off the truck I'm telling you driving that thing is a whole different world and it's not about the straight line acceleration
had the the joy of owning a very low mileage NSX, 'had' I bought and sold before this well documented run, still the best car I have owned from having many. Great and informative video thank you
These are some of the most impressive, informative, and organized videos I've seen on TH-cam. I genuinely think I've learned more about this car than I would have if I did 2 weeks of my own research on the NSX. Can you do a video on some amazing JDM cars that are affordable? or not super expensive yet?...
It won't. 80's and 90's Japanese sports cars are now being treated as collectible assets similar to how some American and Italian sports cars from the 1960's are. These prices are going to keep going up until they reach the millions of dollars as these cars keep getting more rare and collectible, and people with a knack for making money keep treating them as appreciating assets.
i knew this was coming when i first started getting interested in cars around 2010, looking at hondas in canada, shame so many of them are really beat up and molested, clean examples with built motors and all the fixins you can fetch 6-7k for a 95-00 now and theyre garage babies ofcourse, and they get more rare by the minute it seems
Beautiful car. This and the Mid 90's RX7 were my dream cars. I test drove a RX7 back then. It was awesome! Now old with a family I settled for a Flex Twin Turbo lol. It grips and rips for a large wagon. Now to tune it :D
The internet needs to stop making every car that I want a collector's item. I see listings trying to sell non turbo, sub 100k porsche 944s for the same price as 2005 Cayman's with the same miles.
It’s crazy how times have changed in 2009 I thought about buying a 1991 NSX from a place called Silver State Imports in Raleigh NC. I remember being on the fence about it because at the time they were asking 27k which for me was hard to justify at the time. The store owner actually let me take the car for 24 hours to entice me to buy it but for me it wasn’t enough power and I declined it. Had I known then what I know now lol. Also funny the place had a N/A M/T A80 for $9,900. I thought that was overpriced as well because I had just gotten back from Okinawa where 6sp RZ’s were going for that price and N/A cars were $1500.
This is an excellent video, and you guys are providing high-quality, well-researched content about the NSX. The best presentation I've seen about this wonderful car. Thanks!
I just found you channel and I LOVE these videos man, your research is amazing. My automotive vice is the second gen Mazda MX6. I love them dearly and I know I'll end up buying many many more than the 1 I have now. I'm curious if you have any tips or resources for the cataloguing you do, finding numbers for cars delivered down to the paint job. It's really impressive stuff and I'm hoping there are some magic websites you use that have great details on sales figures of old cars and the such. If you're doing everything yourself holy f**k man you're an absolute legend, and regardless keep up the incredible work!!
The reason why the new ones didn't sell is because they didn't make them look anything like the older ones. They should have made a modern looking version of the older ones. Also they should have Kept it Rear wheel drive
The new ones didn't sell for the same reason the old ones didn't sell....for that kind of money you could buy the Italian and German Exotics that have the pedigree.
Modern sports cars just don’t really sell. I have seen two new Supra’s on the road, a single new Z4, two new NSX’s. Hell I’ve seen more pre-2010 Audi R8’s driving around than any sports car built in the last few years. The only ones that really seem to sell in numbers aren’t even really fast sports cars, like the BRZ.
@@centuryhelix8727 I think that's a bit anecdotal, you can't judge a whole industry by what you see around where you live, if you look up official statistics on sports car sales you would see that sports cars do sell, A LOT--- Some sell more, some sell less. The question you have to ask yourself is why does the NSX sells 128 cars in 2020 while the Corvette sold 21,000 cars in 2020.
I just found this channel and watched like 4 videos now and subscribed. I was HUGE into Gran Turismo and now sim racing and all the time playing these games I think how I'll never get to drive these cars for real, and then your channel comes in my suggested feed to tell me "Yep, and this is why." XD
A few years ago, Senna's "Portuguese" NSX (the one of the NSXs that he drove in Portugal - the black one - there was also a red one) went for sale for about €100.000.
I remember driving a Zanardi years ago. It was so raw and viceregal that I was shocked the person would sell it. Alas they needed that all mighty dollar and it sold to a fellow enthusiast. At least I got to see it once or twice a week for almost two years. 😮 I wonder where that car is now?
Impressive and rare video. A comprehensive, detailed, precise and intelligent analysis. A real and rich piece of automotive history. Thanks for the class!
I like these cars but after discovering so many under appreciate and underrated JDM I wanna thank JDM fans for overlooking them because without you guys I might not have been able to afford them.
Do not worry guys, early NSXs with an automatic, modified, salvage title and shady history are still obtainable. Let the suckers buy the 1 owner, clean title, all stock, low millage, Type R NSXs.
Bro there is literally a NSX for sale in my small town in PA, with a price tag of 25,000, and many other JDM cars with reasonable price tags, don’t lose hope guys, you still have reasonable honest salesmen out here, you just have to travel to small rich towns, and stop going to hot spots like Miami, Jersey, and New York, focus on small unknown suburban towns, they always have sweet deals, I see them all the time.
That's false. I've been finding some for below 50k. The '96-'05 ones are the expensive ones Edit: I found a jdm nsx for 35K! THATS INSANE AND I WANT IT
@@Hector55Munoz Nice, that sounds amazing, I have a 996 right now, bought it about 7 months ago, but my dream bikes is the Ducati Diavel 1260 and the Suzuki Katana 1100
Why old NSX? Porsche GT3RS is “only” $250k and that thing will hold value and increase in price later on, plus you get a great car that can smoke anything on the road. It looks great. Carbon fiber and all. Nostalgic? I guess that’s the only answer for NSX.
Yesterday I’m down town Los Gatos California, I saw an original 92 NSX-R under 10k miles with the interior absolutely mint, the aura it gave off... just sheesh, only now do I realize how lucky I was to see it in person
I love this kind of car. And hoping one of this day even not owning a car like this but just to drive in just a day will make my entire life passionate☝️. Thanks bro
NSX, a supercar that beat Ferrarri doubled its price tag with less the horsepower and anything from that era, a supercar that was designed to be driven and put miles and miles on them and bring drivers joy on daily basis and succeeded, sometimes got stored in a temperature controlled garage and probly seen less than 1000 hours of sunlight, and then got sold to some rich people that will store it for the rest 99.99% of its life time and sold for higher profit. If that's not a tragedy, I don't know what is.
Since many NSX people may see this, I want to warn you all about one I used to drive. In 2001 I met a Japanese dentist in Dallas who I was very good friends with. She always had me drive her NSX. It was a high-mileage car with EXTENSIVE body damage. If I remember correctly, she bought the ‘92 or ‘93 car new and drove the dog out of it. I think it had around 80,000 when I first drove it, and about 120,000 the last time I saw her. She is a brilliant woman who is very interesting, but her car was beat to hell. I’m talking THRASHED. If you see a black on black high mileage car from Dallas, buyer beware. I think the most anyone would give for it was $12k when she had me shop it around 2003ish. I drive 911 Turbos mainly, but also have new Ferraris and McLarens, so I know the market. Good luck shopping! I just don’t want any of you to see this car for sale and think you can make it ok. This car was beat to shit. Every body panel had dents and it was so rough that I was actually nervous driving it, because I just knew that Johnny Law was going to pull me over...
I was talking to my brother about the NSX, "get some of that retirement money out and enjoy it". Bought a pristine '91 with 48K miles back in 2013 for 32K. The original owner paid 83K (20 K over list). Glad I listened to my brother. A couple years ago I was getting on the expressway and I was into 3rd pretty deep , 85/90 mph. Looked behind me, yep the police. He followed me a couple miles then pulled beside me and gave a thumbs up. Car guy
These are the videos that get me through dental school. Am I gonna have hella debt? Of course. But one day, I'm gonna own one of these legends. mark my words
@@spoolinhonda, nope, just some dumb rich guy who had backed his trucks hitch into the emblem and thought bc of that the car was ruined. Right place at the right time with enough cash, BOOM, NSX title and keys in hand while i’m in the driver seat taking it back to my shop :D
Do a video on the Toyota MR2! Prices have been going up like crazy for clean examples, but they're still affordable; lots of high dollar auctions on BaT. I loved the layout and flow of this video so much I instantly subbed. I hope you continue this series with other JDM cars and thanks for the content! -JDM 93 Turbo MR2
I didn't know they're so rare! Cool When I went to high school in the nineties I worked at a Honda dealership over the summer. One day a sales guy came up to me and asked "Would you like to take the NSX for a spin?" I had just got my license. One of the best days of my life...
My ultimate dream car is still $50k Dodge Viper RT10 LMAO I am getting one VERY soon too. I have always loved the NSX but not too the point where I would pay anything. I can pretty much afford any car I want at this time, I do not see the sense in paying that much for a Honda. Just my point of view. It is great but not that great. I would pay $100k maybe but still idk man. I cannot see that costing that much in my mind.
Can you do a video on the S2000? The first 100k one just sold on BringATrailer recently. A 985 mile 2009 Club racer. They seem to have gone up by ~5k in just the last year for a clean stock
What would you spend your $445,000 on? An NSX-R or something else?
Well to be honest, I could make a business an make more from it and then YES
@@dog4579 big brain moment right here
A GT3 and leftover cash for another house or condo
A house lol
Stocks. Then I can get 2
It really sucks that most of us will never be able to get the JDM icons of the 90’s.
It's crazy how prices are moving! I'm happy I got into Supras when I did
little supply,high demand.
U wait too long
The NSX's were never cheap here in Australia, as a side by side 15 years ago you could import a good R34 GTR for the same money and most people did, there was a few rattling around in the 50's and 60k bracket but after that you're still paying supercar prices for basic parts anyway and a fairly limited (compared to say Nissan or Mitsubishi) aftermarket spares. There is some stuff out there for them but its in a whole other bracket compared to say your SR or RB engines and below what you pay for Euro spares from Porsche and Ferrari.
But yeah, prices are going mental.
I've got a late model, low milage GTO MR I bought 15 years ago which has been babied and mostly stock that I hung onto because its very rare and a bit weird, last I checked its worth twice what it cost to buy, import and comply locally. Don't really want to let it go, but the small part of my brain that tries to make financial sense is thinking that kind money could be used better elsewhere.
@@albonfilms wait? you now have a supra? if so, tell me more about it :)
This "Here's why you can't afford" series is killing my and everyone else's dreams.
Hey man, blame the rich guys buying the cars! I'm just as sad as the rest of y'all 😭
@@albonfilms You're right! They're taking all our cars!
Also inflation
You can still get deals if you look in the right places. I got an R33 GTR rolling shell for 9k USD late last year. I had given up and was buying parts to build a tribute. One of the sellers happened to have a shell.
You can still get a normal 1991 NSX for $40-50k
Are you trying to crush dreams? Lol
The more I research these topics, the sadder I get lolll
@@albonfilms You should do the Mazda RX-7 next! :D
Sad boi hours
@@MrGrape-fd4mz I'm working on that one!
Awesome! ;P
Honda : The power of dreams
This video : The crushing of dreams
Glad I bought my dream when I did.
Id like this comment but it's on 69 likes
@@dexondenz spoke too soon bruh.
Got mines for 11k at a copart auction 10yrs ago, had a salvage title. Took it apart and cleaned everything before putting it back together. 2nd owner for this car, still inside my garage. The driving experience is just amazing, can't say enough about it. Never imagined it would go for so much now, I will keep mine for as long as I can.
where do you live bro
@@rebelmotivation1293 man is planning something
wow 11k. what issues did it have after you got it? what did you fix? How many miles?
@@superduperboyx probably had fucked up structural damage that no mechanic wanted to sweat over.
@@NineSeptimsit needs a specialized jig that only Original Honda factory based in Japan (now gone) to align then weld / replace the extruded aluminum frame to make it right again. That special welding technique performed by highly Trained tech the toughest and the most $$$$ part. Good luck with that😂
I bought my NSX for $27,600 back in 2018 and I have no intentions of selling it. It’ll be in my family forever. Thanks for the extensive history lesson! And also thanks for helping the value go up even more! :)
If you aren't going to sell it then why care about the appreciation? If you want my opinion I think you should wait 10 years, keep it in as good condition as you can, and sell that thing for 200k minimum.
@@CockatooDude Or he could enjoy the car he loves till the day he dies...
@@kurok1tenshi That was my point. If he doesn't want to sell it then why mention the values going up in the original comment.
@@CockatooDudeI think he’s saying that he’s glad he was able to get an nsx for a cheap price. If he held off for a few years than he would be paying a lot more.
1 year later: Here’s Why You Can’t Afford an S2000
just get a Honda Beat :P
Wont be long, they get wrecked a bunch as is
OH GOD NO! PLEASE NO! ;)
3 years later: Here's why you can't afford a delSol
2 years later: Heres why you cant afford any 90 jdm
Love my 2004 NSX and glad I picked it up when prices were still reasonable
lucky you
We should become friends
You mean on forza?
I hate you...
When I sold my old Gruppe M supercharged NA1 for $40K CAD in 2011, I thought I made out like a bandit!
The man has done it again! Highly descriptive and informative. Here before 1 million+!!!
I remember looking at NSX prices over 10 years ago and this video only reminds me of how much of a fool I was for not acting sooner... 😭
Same here. I remember looking at a nice NA1 for ~$35,000 over 10 years ago and though I can afford to buy it, but the ownership cost (insurance and such) would kill me and I’d be afraid to drive it as it should with the aluminum body. All the should have’s. It’s my halo car along with FD RX-7. Both are unattainable now.
yeah that and s2000 prices
My little brother bought a Plymouth Prowler instead of a NSX 15 yrs ago! I bought a 1993 NSX! HA!
@@hungdy No way insurance and ownership costs would kill you. Its a cheap car to own and drive. I bought my 1991 NSX 4 years ago for $35k. I daily it from march - septemper each year and I have spent a total of $1k on maintanence and insurance is $80 a month. Thats not a lot. Now Im on a classic cars insurance for $120 each year.
@@aoescool I hear ya, theres a 'moderately' damaged base model 03 s2000 going for 34k near me and there aren't even pics of it.. (a few years ago i coulda bought a clean 1st gen with 18k miles for $18k)
It’s worth mentioning that Honda/Acura was developing a V10 for an NSX some time in 2008 but was scrapped later by the bean counters at the time. Who knows how that would’ve turned out in today’s market. It would’ve been Honda’s ‘LFA’.
Absolutely. And like the LFA, that thing sounded INSANE.
My father has a 98' twin turbo NSX sitting in his garage collecting dust for over two decades, he needs to see this video
G i v e
Why didn't he use it?
Bro ..get it.
bro restore it then show it off in front of your friends😂
Next month: Here's Why You Can't Afford To Eat
The best comment here.
TL;DW: You bought an NSX and the car payments are too expensive.
Why is this guy so underrated he explains so well and his way of talking is on another level
Keep rocking bro love your videos
why? because if you talk like this people dont like it. You have to talk less and and stupid, then you are excepted and normal. Only few people like selective and detailed conversations. Its a shame...........
AYRTON SENNA that's why! people finally REALIZE the greatness of the first generation Acura NSX!
Someone about to buy an NSX this week, you did a great job of summing up history and describing the situation today. Subbed and can’t wait to see more vids.
Well done video! I was lucky enough to find a GPW 2000 NSX-T in a barn last summer. Needed some maintenance and parts (after sitting for 2 years). Got it for a very good price and is back to 100% now. Beautiful car to own and drive!
Great Video with great content!!! We are blessed to own a 1991 Black on Black. We have owned it for 19 years. It was my late husband's dream car. And i will keep it forever in his honor. I drive it to a lot now and get stares and thumbs up everywhere I go! It really is a headturner.
I'm wth you, Maria! I have my late husband's 1991 Red on Black and we got it in 2001, over twenty years ago. Wherever I drive it, people want to know what it is and when it's parked, I see them taking pictures. It is always fun to drive and I never want to sell it, it'd be like getting rid of all the memories of my life with him.
@@barbaraguy3491 yes, i completely agree. Where do you live? Im in the LA area. I hope to meet you at an NSX event one day
@@mariacardenas8539 I'm on the Eastern Shore of Virginia right now, so we're coast to coast! Maybe someday, that would be nice. I'm a NSXCA member.
@@barbaraguy3491 Yes, I am a member too. so maybe one day.
Great vid man! Def did your homework on this one! NSX has always been my attainable dream car. Happy to say that dream became a reality last year 🙌🏽
Living da dream
Still one of the most beautiful cars to date ❤️
'67 Chevelle is.
It's simple: there are less analog cars every year. New cars are getting bigger, heavier, less communicative and more detached from driving experience. And there is no hope for change. On the market, the only way to lower price is to offer competition. There is nothing produced right now that would match "analog sports car experience" known from cars of the past. However, there are more drivers than ever that miss these cars. Due to their preference or just curiosity of unknown. This is heaven for speculation and extravagant rich assholes (this is my only definition for someone keeping nsx not-driven for over 20 years) who just like to own rare stuff.
This is not the Honda-powered content I crave!
The Mini will come soon!!!
Em1!
Really appreciate your work that goes into this awesome series! these videos and the Spotlight series from ISSIMI with Jason Camisa are like my bed time stories, keep replaying them
Hope to see an RX-7 episode soon :)
Just watched the GTR and Supra video and now I'm here
Appreciate you! Thanks for watching!
@@albonfilms FD RX7's are now advertised for RRP or higher in Australia, and the older RX7s are getting pricey too.
I truly appreciate you making this video!! I have owned 2 NSXs back to back since approx 2005. I sold my 91 Automatic with 89k and today own a 93 Manual with 114k. I learned more than I ever thought I knew thanks to your wonderful video. Thank you so much.
your videos are all beautiful produced and edited i love them all. Seriously do not understand how you don’t have atleast half a mil, but keep these videos going and you’re for sure gonna get the recognition you deserve‼️🙏🏽
Thank you so much!
I remember testing driving an NSX years ago, it was listed for like $40k, not sure of the year ... but it held you in the seat like a glove and drove like it was on rails.
Now im sad the 90s dream cars are becoming unobtainium. Oh well, at least i still live to see these being driven by rich business owners who have no issues putting miles on them, like they should, at least where i live. So yeah, good job Albon.
At least somebody's driving them!
Thanks for the video! Was an Acura Tech in the mid to late 90's and enjoyed the opportunities to service and drive the NSX. One of the best days (in 1994 or 95) when a client brought in a used NSX that he had just bought and said he didn't think it was "as fast as some of the others". He asked me to take it out and push it....as a 21 year old tech, (who drove a 1985 Accord 4 door) it didn't get much better than that!
That's awesome!! Must have been so cool to drive one in it's heyday!
I love this video series. I own an r33 GTR. These 90s era Japanese cars were amazing, it’s just sad that the average joe car enthusiasts can’t afford their dream cars anymore.
That's why they're called dream cars.
@@laius6047 no that’s not why. Dream car doesn’t automatically equal overpriced
My favourite version is the Type S Zero.
The NSX-R NA2 is my ultimate dream car!
Such a beautiful car!
me too
I worked for Acura from 89 to 2000 and I drove the first one on the ground in 1990 number 61 red with black leather stick and we got a second one Red with ivory Auto they came in a closed trailer and stuff they were insane had the chocks in the springs so it could get off the truck I'm telling you driving that thing is a whole different world and it's not about the straight line acceleration
had the the joy of owning a very low mileage NSX, 'had' I bought and sold before this well documented run, still the best car I have owned from having many. Great and informative video thank you
Thank you for watching!
These are some of the most impressive, informative, and organized videos I've seen on TH-cam. I genuinely think I've learned more about this car than I would have if I did 2 weeks of my own research on the NSX. Can you do a video on some amazing JDM cars that are affordable? or not super expensive yet?...
Great idea! I definitely will!
Bought my NSX in 1992, great vehicle. Will probably never sell it. Super video. Thanks
Bruh I never seen this coming man
I hope it stops😩
😣😣😣 it hurts!
It won't. 80's and 90's Japanese sports cars are now being treated as collectible assets similar to how some American and Italian sports cars from the 1960's are. These prices are going to keep going up until they reach the millions of dollars as these cars keep getting more rare and collectible, and people with a knack for making money keep treating them as appreciating assets.
i knew this was coming when i first started getting interested in cars around 2010, looking at hondas in canada, shame so many of them are really beat up and molested, clean examples with built motors and all the fixins you can fetch 6-7k for a 95-00 now and theyre garage babies ofcourse, and they get more rare by the minute it seems
Beautiful car.
This and the Mid 90's RX7 were my dream cars.
I test drove a RX7 back then. It was awesome!
Now old with a family I settled for a Flex Twin Turbo lol.
It grips and rips for a large wagon. Now to tune it :D
Why is this man at 44.4K subs, he needs wayy more
The internet needs to stop making every car that I want a collector's item. I see listings trying to sell non turbo, sub 100k porsche 944s for the same price as 2005 Cayman's with the same miles.
Thanks for the credit! 😉
Feel free to let us know in advance, I can share you some more footage of it👍🏻
-J
Thank you for your kindness J! I will be sure to give you advance notice if I do!
the design process for cars is so unbelievably freakin cool i’m in awe
It’s crazy how times have changed in 2009 I thought about buying a 1991 NSX from a place called Silver State Imports in Raleigh NC. I remember being on the fence about it because at the time they were asking 27k which for me was hard to justify at the time. The store owner actually let me take the car for 24 hours to entice me to buy it but for me it wasn’t enough power and I declined it. Had I known then what I know now lol. Also funny the place had a N/A M/T A80 for $9,900. I thought that was overpriced as well because I had just gotten back from Okinawa where 6sp RZ’s were going for that price and N/A cars were $1500.
Crazy!!! Hindsight is 20/20 though!
This is an excellent video, and you guys are providing high-quality, well-researched content about the NSX. The best presentation I've seen about this wonderful car. Thanks!
Amazing video. Spot on info on the NSX. We all keep hope alive to buy an NSX.
I just found you channel and I LOVE these videos man, your research is amazing. My automotive vice is the second gen Mazda MX6. I love them dearly and I know I'll end up buying many many more than the 1 I have now. I'm curious if you have any tips or resources for the cataloguing you do, finding numbers for cars delivered down to the paint job. It's really impressive stuff and I'm hoping there are some magic websites you use that have great details on sales figures of old cars and the such. If you're doing everything yourself holy f**k man you're an absolute legend, and regardless keep up the incredible work!!
The reason why the new ones didn't sell is because they didn't make them look anything like the older ones. They should have made a modern looking version of the older ones. Also they should have Kept it Rear wheel drive
The new ones didn't sell for the same reason the old ones didn't sell....for that kind of money you could buy the Italian and German Exotics that have the pedigree.
It's illegal to make them with low hoodlines and thin pillars now
@@zxb995511 I remember them not selling back in the 90's... There was one at the local dealers that sat for years...
Modern sports cars just don’t really sell. I have seen two new Supra’s on the road, a single new Z4, two new NSX’s. Hell I’ve seen more pre-2010 Audi R8’s driving around than any sports car built in the last few years. The only ones that really seem to sell in numbers aren’t even really fast sports cars, like the BRZ.
@@centuryhelix8727 I think that's a bit anecdotal, you can't judge a whole industry by what you see around where you live, if you look up official statistics on sports car sales you would see that sports cars do sell, A LOT--- Some sell more, some sell less. The question you have to ask yourself is why does the NSX sells 128 cars in 2020 while the Corvette sold 21,000 cars in 2020.
I just found this channel and watched like 4 videos now and subscribed. I was HUGE into Gran Turismo and now sim racing and all the time playing these games I think how I'll never get to drive these cars for real, and then your channel comes in my suggested feed to tell me "Yep, and this is why." XD
I enjoy these type of videos man👍🏽🔥🚘
A few years ago, Senna's "Portuguese" NSX (the one of the NSXs that he drove in Portugal - the black one - there was also a red one) went for sale for about €100.000.
Add this on the list of dream cars I’ll never own
I remember driving a Zanardi years ago.
It was so raw and viceregal that I was shocked the person would sell it. Alas they needed that all mighty dollar and it sold to a fellow enthusiast. At least I got to see it once or twice a week for almost two years. 😮
I wonder where that car is now?
I don't need this type of negativity in my life 🤣
Impressive and rare video. A comprehensive, detailed, precise and intelligent analysis. A real and rich piece of automotive history. Thanks for the class!
0:20 Well....that escalated quickly for an intro.
Awesome refresh to all the usual NSX videos here on TH-cam. Great job!
"Here's why you're having a hard time finding someone to tow away your 300zx for free."
Hahahaha
I like these cars but after discovering so many under appreciate and underrated JDM I wanna thank JDM fans for overlooking them because without you guys I might not have been able to afford them.
Like what?
dude keep those episodes coming......
Do not worry guys, early NSXs with an automatic, modified, salvage title and shady history are still obtainable. Let the suckers buy the 1 owner, clean title, all stock, low millage, Type R NSXs.
Why would I want to know how I can't afford it? You're killing me Smalls.
this is the best NSX video on youtube. by far. well done.
another episode of where my dreams get crushed
Bro there is literally a NSX for sale in my small town in PA, with a price tag of 25,000, and many other JDM cars with reasonable price tags, don’t lose hope guys, you still have reasonable honest salesmen out here, you just have to travel to small rich towns, and stop going to hot spots like Miami, Jersey, and New York, focus on small unknown suburban towns, they always have sweet deals, I see them all the time.
That's false. I've been finding some for below 50k. The '96-'05 ones are the expensive ones
Edit: I found a jdm nsx for 35K! THATS INSANE AND I WANT IT
Based on condition and miles of course
Well my 91 is not going out my door for less than????
I bought my bone stock 1991 with 62k miles for 29500 in 2007. I am the second owner. too. Brings a smile to my face every time I drive it.
Some sweet music when you hit higher RPMs
It's because car enthusiasts know that Ayrton Senna created that car and it's stood the test of time, especially in the reliability sector.
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That is the most important reason I would buy one if I ever could.
My dad had one. Black with black interior. I'll never forget the day it was delivered and he took me for the first ride. Unreal.
Good for me ... Two wheels never become that expensive
I join the club, but my dream bikes are still far from cheap.
Hope you get them one day
@@aneudysc I got my dream 98' 748 Ducati 7k miles when I turned 20 :) even had to ship it in lol you'll get it one day
@@Hector55Munoz Nice, that sounds amazing, I have a 996 right now, bought it about 7 months ago, but my dream bikes is the Ducati Diavel 1260 and the Suzuki Katana 1100
Why old NSX? Porsche GT3RS is “only” $250k and that thing will hold value and increase in price later on, plus you get a great car that can smoke anything on the road. It looks great. Carbon fiber and all. Nostalgic? I guess that’s the only answer for NSX.
if i knew the jdm explosion 6 years ago, i would've gotten some nice cars then instead of being stuck with my trashbox
Same! I would have had a driveway full of NSXs and RX7s!
Yesterday I’m down town Los Gatos California, I saw an original 92 NSX-R under 10k miles with the interior absolutely mint, the aura it gave off... just sheesh, only now do I realize how lucky I was to see it in person
That last NSX needs to be turned into a fireplace
Hahahaha
I love this kind of car. And hoping one of this day even not owning a car like this but just to drive in just a day will make my entire life passionate☝️. Thanks bro
You can literally find them in the 30s and 40s. Thats affordable af. Not for a kid of course, but an established adult.
Show me one in the 30s and ill buy it now to park next to mjne
NSX, a supercar that beat Ferrarri doubled its price tag with less the horsepower and anything from that era, a supercar that was designed to be driven and put miles and miles on them and bring drivers joy on daily basis and succeeded, sometimes got stored in a temperature controlled garage and probly seen less than 1000 hours of sunlight, and then got sold to some rich people that will store it for the rest 99.99% of its life time and sold for higher profit. If that's not a tragedy, I don't know what is.
at this point i don't bother buying 90's car anymore
Such an amazing beautiful car, 90s JDM cars is the golden era.🥲
Since many NSX people may see this, I want to warn you all about one I used to drive. In 2001 I met a Japanese dentist in Dallas who I was very good friends with. She always had me drive her NSX. It was a high-mileage car with EXTENSIVE body damage. If I remember correctly, she bought the ‘92 or ‘93 car new and drove the dog out of it. I think it had around 80,000 when I first drove it, and about 120,000 the last time I saw her. She is a brilliant woman who is very interesting, but her car was beat to hell. I’m talking THRASHED. If you see a black on black high mileage car from Dallas, buyer beware. I think the most anyone would give for it was $12k when she had me shop it around 2003ish. I drive 911 Turbos mainly, but also have new Ferraris and McLarens, so I know the market. Good luck shopping! I just don’t want any of you to see this car for sale and think you can make it ok. This car was beat to shit. Every body panel had dents and it was so rough that I was actually nervous driving it, because I just knew that Johnny Law was going to pull me over...
I was talking to my brother about the NSX, "get some of that retirement money out and enjoy it". Bought a pristine '91 with 48K miles back in 2013 for 32K. The original owner paid 83K (20 K over list). Glad I listened to my brother. A couple years ago I was getting on the expressway and I was into 3rd pretty deep , 85/90 mph. Looked behind me, yep the police. He followed me a couple miles then pulled beside me and gave a thumbs up. Car guy
Soon it’ll be “here’s why you can’t afford an Integra Type R”
One a few months ago sold for 80k, you already CANT afford it sadly :(
Ef honda
@@Mwhbmnabjms thank you for commenting that on a honda video
These are the videos that get me through dental school. Am I gonna have hella debt? Of course. But one day, I'm gonna own one of these legends. mark my words
Good luck in dental school! I floss every day, I promise!
@@albonfilms hahaha thanks mate! you better, i’m watchin you 👀
I bought mine for $14,000 and literally wouldn’t let it go for less than 80k now lol
14k jeez was it a roller?
@@spoolinhonda, nope, just some dumb rich guy who had backed his trucks hitch into the emblem and thought bc of that the car was ruined. Right place at the right time with enough cash, BOOM, NSX title and keys in hand while i’m in the driver seat taking it back to my shop :D
Do a video on the Toyota MR2! Prices have been going up like crazy for clean examples, but they're still affordable; lots of high dollar auctions on BaT.
I loved the layout and flow of this video so much I instantly subbed. I hope you continue this series with other JDM cars and thanks for the content!
-JDM 93 Turbo MR2
I’m smelling an integra video in the next couple months
Type r
Dude your channel is about to blow up. Well deserved and I gotta say I really enjoyed your content since the beginning.
Thank you I am officially depressed.
You and Vinwiki are the only channels i watch for car related stories and news! Best
That convertible was Ice Cube's car, he's the one that had it chopped.
I lucked out and bought mine when the prices bottomed out. Now I have to keep worrying if I can afford to insure her. But I love her.
How to make JDM value decrease : Time travel and banned Fast n Furious
My dad has a 2005 Acura NSX. It’s such a great car and I’m so happy he has it. Such a machine
When I was around 3 years old my dad had an old 97’ nsx murdered out. I remember him driving me around the block. Better days man.
I didn't know they're so rare! Cool
When I went to high school in the nineties I worked at a Honda dealership over the summer. One day a sales guy came up to me and asked "Would you like to take the NSX for a spin?"
I had just got my license. One of the best days of my life...
If you keep making content like this your channel is going to explode. I love the video
My ultimate dream car is still $50k Dodge Viper RT10 LMAO I am getting one VERY soon too. I have always loved the NSX but not too the point where I would pay anything. I can pretty much afford any car I want at this time, I do not see the sense in paying that much for a Honda. Just my point of view. It is great but not that great. I would pay $100k maybe but still idk man. I cannot see that costing that much in my mind.
Can you do a video on the S2000? The first 100k one just sold on BringATrailer recently. A 985 mile 2009 Club racer. They seem to have gone up by ~5k in just the last year for a clean stock
Love this car. Love the Supra too. Nice summary of the Life of the NSX - lots good information.
Pretty spot on. Keep in mind there was also a 97-01 coupe (non Zanardi) which is the most rare in US.