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NSX replacement to be Aston rival

Honda is to abandon the supercar sector it once shook up with the mid-engined NSX and will instead build a front-engined, all-wheel-drive high performance GT in the mould of the Aston Martin V8 Vantage, according to sources.

30th March 2006

The Japanese company has been testing two different prototypes, the other with a mid-engined configuration, but at a recent dealer conference, senior Honda personnel apparently let slip that the front-engined car had been given the go-ahead. It's likely to be powered by a 450bhp V10 engine driving all four wheels - but with a significant rear-bias - through a six-speed automatically operated manual.

The four-wheel drive will be a development of the Super Handling All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system recently introduced on the Legend which in extreme circumstances can channel all the power through just a single wheel.