Honda “flagship” electric sports car
Announcing Honda’s electrification strategy on April 12, 2022, CEO Toshihiro Mibe said that the company may launch two electric sports cars in the middle of the decade. One of them is a “flagship” model, possibly the successor to the NSX, and its teaser indicates similar proportions.
The NSX is “an innovation” platform and thus launched only when it’s time “to talk about our future,” Jon Ikeda, vice president and Acura brand officer, American Honda Motor Co., said during an interview with TheDetroitBureau.com in August 2022. The next time the NSX nameplate is revived, “it’s going to be electric,” Ikeda added, informally confirming that there will be a third-generation NSX and that it will be a pure electric sports car.
Ikeda said that if a third-gen NSX does see the light of the day, and he’s betting it will, though not confirming, “it’s going to be (pure) electric,” Nikkei Asia reported on September 21, 2022. The next-gen NSX electric sports car “won’t be just about straight lines,” Ikeda added.
Honda “specialty” electric sports car
The second Honda electric sports car’s teaser suggests that it could have the proportions of an FR sports car and target the masses the way Honda did with the Honda S2000. The company intends to launch this model in the middle of the decade.
According to a report Best Car Web published on November 2, 2022, the Honda “specialty” sports car will be a successor to the Honda Prelude. The classic sports coupe was sold in the U.S. for five generations between 1978 and 2001. Honda may ensure that the electric sports coupe is not only fun but also fairly practical for daily driving, giving it two rear seats and a decent level of luggage space.
