Gallery: Review: 2017 Acura NSX

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    The $156,000 2017 Acura NSX follows the hybrid, brainy example of recent specimens from Ferrari, McLaren, and Porsche.
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    Three motors join the mid-mounted, twin-turbocharged V6 engine, with power distributed between all four wheels.
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    When you climb into the NSX’s two-seat cabin, an overwhelming sense of Honda-ness greets you.
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    A sense of restrained tautness governs the cabin, like a Navy Seal in a loose-fitting flannel suit.
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    The combination of internal combustion and electric motivation delivers a smooth whoosh of energy leading up to peak torque, between 6,500 and 7,500 rpm.
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    Away from the track, the NSX is commanding and confident on public roads, devouring s-curves and straights as though the frunk were piled with get out of jail free cards.
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