How This Honda Kept Winning for a Decade

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The Honda NSX is a sports car icon both on and off the track. Starting life as Japan’s answer to European mid-engined sportscars at the dawn of the 90s, the NSX would go on to change the way we think about supercars. But to become so beloved Honda would need to prove their new flagship was more than just for show, the new NSX would need pedigree, it would need to win...
Written by: Fred Knight
Edited by: JD Minny ( ‪@jdminny‬ )
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  • @automobilistic
    @automobilistic3 ай бұрын

    Unfortunately posters are temporarily unavailable, hopefully this will be resolved soon! In the meantime you can join the discord server: discord.gg/bbA3kGtRk5 where I will update everyone as and when they will be available again.

  • @fqeagles21

    @fqeagles21

    2 ай бұрын

    That's the second most beatiful car to ever compete in SGT after the McLaren F1

  • @jirihorsky9600
    @jirihorsky96003 ай бұрын

    It is remarkable that when NSX entered the grid, they were racing against R32s and F40s and on their last season they raced and won against R35s.

  • @AdamTheMan1993

    @AdamTheMan1993

    3 ай бұрын

    R33s to be exact when a NSX entered by Team Kunimitsu joined the JGTC in 1996

  • @DiscGolfLeagueMVP

    @DiscGolfLeagueMVP

    2 ай бұрын

    entered the grid being broadcast on those old ass crts and left in HD

  • @mladyavery9138

    @mladyavery9138

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@DiscGolfLeagueMVPaww come on CRTs aren't THAT old.. 👴

  • @suzumr2754

    @suzumr2754

    2 ай бұрын

    @@AdamTheMan1993i think it was ‘95, not ‘96. And they came first in the GT2 class which was a huge milestone at that time since their counterparts (NSX-R GT1 Turbo) failed to finish.

  • @zairomolino4074

    @zairomolino4074

    2 ай бұрын

    Pretty remarkable achievement but it's the result of a good project and tons of resources in development remarkable indeed but not unexpected

  • @blacknailediowa191
    @blacknailediowa1913 ай бұрын

    I know it's a big part nostalgia, by my god something about NSXs, supras and gtrs on a fuzzy screen with 90s/00s graphics is godly

  • @mrctuned2844

    @mrctuned2844

    2 ай бұрын

    I know exactly what you're talking about and I agree, those 90s films just seem to make cars.... more real. I love it

  • @shainemaine1268

    @shainemaine1268

    2 ай бұрын

    Resolution mate... graphics are purely synthetic. Sorry for my knit-pickage!

  • @tiraderodeTori_

    @tiraderodeTori_

    2 ай бұрын

    plus the 4:3 aspect ratio 😩

  • @DocGamerGirl

    @DocGamerGirl

    Ай бұрын

    I actually miss old TV,shitty resolution loaded with commercials for stuff we just had to have,ahhh the memories

  • @zombieguy3000
    @zombieguy30003 ай бұрын

    Before I even got to 22mins into the video I was already thinking "what a nice nsx poster, i want one" lol

  • @M4V3R1CK_13
    @M4V3R1CK_132 ай бұрын

    the NSX status as legendary is well deserved when you have Satoru Nakajima, Ayrton Senna, Gordon Murray, Keiichi Tsuchiya and Kunimitsu Takahashi praising it.

  • @JohnCharb87
    @JohnCharb873 ай бұрын

    Every new episode new items are added to the background. The NSX GT Poster and car model. Also I believe it's the first time seeing the Calsonic Skyline model on the shelf next to the McLaren F1 GTR.

  • @savvathornnmysteriam9867
    @savvathornnmysteriam98673 ай бұрын

    You blew up, dude! I remember when you were below 3k subscribers making the same caliber of content then and now, the caliber being godly. Keep going strong

  • @23GreyFox
    @23GreyFox3 ай бұрын

    You just know it becomes really good when GT2 music starts.

  • @alieffauzanrizky7202
    @alieffauzanrizky72023 ай бұрын

    This is probably the only video that tell the nsx story that also goes through their motorsport history deeply. Amazing video as always

  • @alexhndr
    @alexhndr2 ай бұрын

    I will always love how their V6 become so sophisticated they didnt even switch it out until HSV-010 when they *finally* use a V8 The same V6 they used *from the beginning. From JGTC to the dawn of V8 era of Super GT* The V6 that ACTUALLY sounds better than its F1 counterpart

  • @towermoss
    @towermoss2 ай бұрын

    I honestly think the NSX looks better than most Ferraris.

  • @HoodlumMedia

    @HoodlumMedia

    10 күн бұрын

    A lot more people agree than you probably think

  • @DJ_Cub
    @DJ_Cub2 ай бұрын

    These late 90s and early 2000s JGT liveries are sooo iconic! Could watch this old footage all day

  • @7ndrew
    @7ndrew3 ай бұрын

    Damn, this video was amazing The way you talked about the NSX winning its final race ever actually made me emotinal :'D

  • @negil
    @negil2 ай бұрын

    The closest I'll probably come to owning an NSX is owning my Insight, which is also all aluminum and was built in the same factory as the NSX

  • @svv_brunorcs1557
    @svv_brunorcs15573 ай бұрын

    Staying in the super gt theme, you could make a video on Subaru’s involvment in Super GT as well!

  • @tokyosmash
    @tokyosmash2 ай бұрын

    The 2.1 from the JGTC Supra shares more DNA with the IMSA 4 cylinder cars than anything else

  • @1982valeriu
    @1982valeriu3 ай бұрын

    Thanks a lot, man! Great tribute video to the racing NSXs, love the Epson sponsored one, and luckily I have the Tamiya kit to build the model of it. Cheers!

  • @LJW1912
    @LJW19123 ай бұрын

    Thumbnail is an absolute stunner!

  • @SpaceHCowboy
    @SpaceHCowboy2 ай бұрын

    Another brilliant piece of viewing. And a legendary car. Made my tea much more pleasant. Cheers for that, Mr Automobilistic. 👍🏼

  • @LuganAki
    @LuganAki3 ай бұрын

    2:55 Yes it is Variable valve timing. But I think you'll find that its the Variable valve LIFT that is giving that added power. There are two cam profiles in there.

  • @Viridis_k
    @Viridis_k3 ай бұрын

    More posters!!

  • @WilliamHD2
    @WilliamHD229 күн бұрын

    this guy is the best automotive documentary imo. informative, decent background music, great background videos, not unnecessarily long, and straight to the point

  • @GarrisonHundt

    @GarrisonHundt

    4 күн бұрын

    That’s true, but the Squidd is still really good at putting details to his videos

  • @-PLAYER0NE-
    @-PLAYER0NE-2 ай бұрын

    Ahhhh yess I'd recognize that little gran turismo song anywhere haha. That cracked me up, very nice addition because anyone my age has only seen these cars on a ps2.

  • @SoorlandRobi
    @SoorlandRobi2 ай бұрын

    The liveries of the NSX's are legendary. Easily recognizable.

  • @exoriz0r
    @exoriz0r2 ай бұрын

    automobilistic videos still dont dissapoint, its amazing this video made me really proud to be a future owner of my dads civic, i always loved honda but didnt know that side of theirs

  • @AdamTheMan1993
    @AdamTheMan19932 ай бұрын

    Honda could have easily won 5 GT500 titles from 1998 to 2002 had the car would've been more reliable as it was by far the fastest of the 3 major GT500 cars

  • @DannySB991
    @DannySB9912 ай бұрын

    I have most of those JGTC/GT500 NSX liveries burned into my brain due to Gran Turismo. That white Mobil 1 livery was just something else.

  • @andreaschrimper0405
    @andreaschrimper04053 ай бұрын

    Thank you for a great effort about one of my all time favourite. Absolutely loved those mid90s Kunimitsu and Raybrig GTs at Le Mans. Idea for a future video: roll of honour of your growing scale model collection

  • @bungieman2810
    @bungieman28102 ай бұрын

    You left out the fact that in 2008 some NSX entries would switch to using a single exhaust pipe.

  • @tosehoed123

    @tosehoed123

    2 ай бұрын

    How could he forget the most important part, unsubscribed

  • @F1Kamel_1992
    @F1Kamel_19923 ай бұрын

    This car was featured in the Gran Turismo series of video games and I was a having a lot of fun around tracks like the Nürburgring Nordschleife and Suzuka, both as a production based supercar and a GT racer.

  • @Chr.Monika6469
    @Chr.Monika64693 ай бұрын

    I have a suggestion: Group B biggest failure, Citroën with their BX 4TC

  • @josesupra
    @josesupra2 ай бұрын

    Love these detailed videos on racing cars from the golden era. Keep them coming!

  • @car8070
    @car80703 ай бұрын

    every video on this channel is made with simply amazing production quality. i hope this channel keeps to grow as fast as it has been. keep up the great work! also finally a channel doing relevant and interesting merchandise, props, man !!

  • @SamMassingham
    @SamMassingham3 ай бұрын

    Another cracking video for one of my all time favourites 👌 once again superb 😊

  • @emf6621
    @emf66212 ай бұрын

    The NSX is one of the coolest racing cars ever. Loved driving it on Gran Turismo in various versions!

  • @cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245
    @cranklabexplosion-labcentr82452 ай бұрын

    Takata the Castrol are the best NSX colors ngl

  • @bk_nreynolds3278
    @bk_nreynolds32783 ай бұрын

    Love this channel. Keep up the excellent work

  • @alaricbragg7843
    @alaricbragg78433 ай бұрын

    Thank you for this video! Very interesting history!

  • @luisrodrigues1630
    @luisrodrigues16302 ай бұрын

    This was some of the best content I've seen about these gorgeous racing machines. They were always my favourite cars in the series.

  • @kellarj8674
    @kellarj86742 ай бұрын

    Gordon : Can i have your v12 engine 🥺 Honda : No

  • @kadenmarshall9524
    @kadenmarshall95242 ай бұрын

    Yes! I knew you’d make a great video about this! Thank you!

  • @theleftyboater
    @theleftyboater2 ай бұрын

    Great vid!! Thanks ❤️❤️

  • @TMind109
    @TMind1093 ай бұрын

    I am really enjoying these car history documentaries you been making i wonder what you got planned in the future

  • @danestormfeltz7815
    @danestormfeltz78153 ай бұрын

    Excellent video! Keep it up!

  • @lordfarquaad7054
    @lordfarquaad70542 ай бұрын

    Mate I've been following you for maybe months thinking that you are prob around hundreds of thousands of subs (I never really took the time to check your sub count I was that certain) but now that I've checked, you are underrated as hell mate I love your content

  • @yannamengual2777
    @yannamengual27773 ай бұрын

    Great video, thank you !

  • @vil7310
    @vil73102 ай бұрын

    Excellent content,keep it up!

  • @TheTruthseeker707
    @TheTruthseeker7072 ай бұрын

    Great documentary. Love these car racing stories.

  • @adamjohnson672
    @adamjohnson6722 ай бұрын

    If you can do any Nurburgring, or Le Mans posters, and any Group C posters I'll be buying. Know you have to watch license issues. Love your channel, always great information shared!

  • @havenwisner6776
    @havenwisner67763 ай бұрын

    This guys videos are so good. Would definitely buy merch

  • @BilobateDrip
    @BilobateDripАй бұрын

    Love that the thumbnail is also a poster on the wall 😊 i want one, looks good

  • @WallabeeBe4tles
    @WallabeeBe4tles19 күн бұрын

    I love NSX gt2

  • @TheRealGirlWeeb
    @TheRealGirlWeeb2 ай бұрын

    10:46 rare footage of Tom Coronel WITH hair

  • @nsx_montana
    @nsx_montana3 ай бұрын

    My inner Gran Tursimo is tingling😍

  • @ih8temoney

    @ih8temoney

    3 ай бұрын

    Gran Tursimo 2 Castrol NSX, Car Porn.

  • @darrickkoko2987

    @darrickkoko2987

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@ih8temoney what?

  • @piuthemagicman

    @piuthemagicman

    3 ай бұрын

    This tickles my Tursimo too

  • @ih8temoney

    @ih8temoney

    2 ай бұрын

    @@darrickkoko2987 Have never heard the term, "Car Porn." A car so beautiful you would stick a poster on your bedroom wall. Your dream car? What about an R30 Super Silhouette Nissan Skyline? Or a Mazda 787B, even the Mclaren F1 GTR Longtail all car Porn, my car porn list is endless..lol

  • @yudhistira9453
    @yudhistira94532 ай бұрын

    I got to say, your voice effort on this video convinced me that someday you'll succeeded those guys who do narration in nat geo or bbc documentaries. But i selfishly hope you'd still be doing this kind of youtube automotive and motorsport docs!

  • @raymondkoledoye9941
    @raymondkoledoye99412 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much you make video of story of the Honda NSX racing history and i know the NSX because of F1 legend Aytron Senna test drive this car on track on japan in 90s.

  • @nexas2316
    @nexas23163 ай бұрын

    Gordon Murray actually approached Honda first to build the engine for the F1, but Honda refused

  • @diandanebutay2924
    @diandanebutay29242 ай бұрын

    Nice thumbnail and video!!!

  • @andypetrow4228
    @andypetrow4228Ай бұрын

    I'm an NSX fan Boi and this is by far the greatest NSX apologist video of all time ❤

  • @millennialchicken
    @millennialchicken2 ай бұрын

    *one little caveat to this is that Mugen's 2007 championship win being decided before the end of the season was not the first in the series history, just first in GT500. The first before seasons end championship was Team Taisan with Tsuchiya Engineering's 1998 GT300 title with Shingo Tachi (RIP) & Keiichi Suzuki.

  • @AdamTheMan1993

    @AdamTheMan1993

    2 ай бұрын

    ARTA not Mugen

  • @Danmam-rf7mu
    @Danmam-rf7mu2 ай бұрын

    The art is so good

  • @lonestranger
    @lonestrangerАй бұрын

    The 1998 photo @9:51 actually shows the Mugen X Dome logos on the noses of all four cars (the white/black Mugen logo & the orange/black Dome logo just below the Honda emblems) just as you're saying Mugen and Dome split. I suspect that Mugen-Dome Project was not only the name of the on again/off again entrant (team), but that the Mugen-Dome Project was the name of the developer/constructor of the JGTC NSX GT as you explained @7:00. While the 1997 car has only the Dome logo on its nose, it appears that all JGTC NSX GTs regardless of team have Mugen X Dome logos on their noses from 1998 through 2002. From 2003-2009 they instead have the logo/wordmark of Honda Racing.

  • @iannplifier
    @iannplifier2 ай бұрын

    Heya, nice video! Always wondered about the story of this beautiful race car. I have an idea, can you do a video about the BMW M3 GTR race car? Never seen one about them! It would be a cool topic!

  • @mrsquirrel8079
    @mrsquirrel80792 ай бұрын

    Thank you very much for "NOT" calling the toyota 4 cylinder a 3sgte!! I get so sick of hearing people saying that being that the 503e is not the same as the 3sgte... Once again THANK YOU!!

  • @PimpinBassie2
    @PimpinBassie23 ай бұрын

    Beat Nissan? Just hire Carlos Ghosn

  • @JerGol
    @JerGol2 ай бұрын

    Other cars may have a stronger race winning pedigree but I would take an NSX every single time, over pretty much anything else offered. It's a choice I'll never make, mind, but still!

  • @tortilla7221
    @tortilla72213 ай бұрын

    the toyota supra race car Legendary rival! in Gt4

  • @andrewbrilliant
    @andrewbrilliantАй бұрын

    Hi Mate, I'm an American expat living in Japan and have worked in Super GT. If you ever need help with pronounciation "Kunimitsu" or "Dome". It's pronounced just as it's spelled in English with a little u at the end "Doumu". It translates as childhood dream. So not like domo (Japanese thank you) At the very least, I want to say: keep up the great work documenting these events. I loved my years in GT-it was my favorite series of all those I've worked in. To the point I never left the country. Cheers!

  • @Shadowboost
    @Shadowboost2 ай бұрын

    My favorite gt500 car ever

  • @sarimsalman2698
    @sarimsalman26983 ай бұрын

    That switch to Gran Turismo music was a pleasant surprise

  • @RZM_Valkyrie
    @RZM_Valkyrie3 ай бұрын

    New video! Let's goooo

  • @obriantucker2256
    @obriantucker22562 ай бұрын

    I couldn't stop thinking about Grand Turismo 2 and 3 while watching this video.

  • @_ShadowDevil_
    @_ShadowDevil_2 ай бұрын

    Underrated

  • @matthewlok3020
    @matthewlok30202 ай бұрын

    Looking forward to a video of the NSX’s successor the HSV-010

  • @SamTheMan666
    @SamTheMan6662 ай бұрын

    When watching videos from this channel, I forget you're a small youtuber.

  • @facetiousmonkey5322
    @facetiousmonkey53222 ай бұрын

    I always imagine “what if” Honda had stuck to the original NSX formula but updated it with 21st century technology and materials. Carbon fiber, titanium and magnesium replacing steel and aluminum. A “mated” double K20/24 4-4.8L V8, putting out 450-550hp NA. Since I am dreaming, a 6spd manual, cuz automatics, even double clutch ones suck. The crazy light materials allow Honda to keep the weight to under 3500lbs. And let’s be honest, the original NSX at 270hp was considered underpowered vs what was available back then as well. People still said it was the purest sports car they ever drove back in 1990.

  • @carlosnumbertwo
    @carlosnumbertwo2 ай бұрын

    It’s astounding how amazing those 80’s and 90’s cars were compared to the boring shit we have now.

  • @metaliczic96
    @metaliczic96Ай бұрын

    0:01I come here because the Gran Turismo 7 newest update that this 2000 Honda NSX Castrol Mugen JGTC is added into the game.

  • @GarrisonHundt

    @GarrisonHundt

    4 күн бұрын

    Got it a day after it came out

  • @mikeyerke3920
    @mikeyerke39202 ай бұрын

    I would love to have watched one of those race NSX engines being built. 🔧

  • @horsepower288
    @horsepower2882 ай бұрын

    "By 2009, the pedigree was missing the NSX". I laughed out loud.

  • @funnyperson4027
    @funnyperson40273 ай бұрын

    what a great story

  • @matiaskeranen6617
    @matiaskeranen66172 ай бұрын

    Where did you get that framed circuit de la sarthe from? I'd love to get one myself!

  • @TheLuisg92
    @TheLuisg922 ай бұрын

    I can only imagine the hours upon hours that researching the 15-year-old racing career of the NSX took. I didn’t know this car kept on racing for so long, which makes me wonder -Is there any other car that has competed this long?

  • @StuntpilootStef
    @StuntpilootStef2 ай бұрын

    Comments not mentioning Gran Turismo for one single video. Challenge impossible.

  • @Chris.Davies
    @Chris.Davies2 ай бұрын

    Subaru's 1992 project name WRX stands for World Rally eXperimental. So, I think we can allow New Sportscar eXperimental from Honda.

  • @MrLolx2u
    @MrLolx2u2 ай бұрын

    Senna didn't help in designing the chassis, he just helped them find the perfect balance of the suspension geometry and driving feel that the car needs. By the time Senna was a household name, they were just done with the prototype in 1988 and by 1989, they got Senna into the whole prototype package and got him to do vigorous testing during F1's off-season which he gave extreme feedback on how the car should feel, how much the diff needs to lock or unlock and how stiff the springs needs to be and how much flex of the chassis can the driver feel. Senna did not have a say in how the chassis was gonna be made but he did give vital feedback on how to set the car up for general use which, he did real well in that manner.

  • @automobilistic

    @automobilistic

    2 ай бұрын

    That is correct, which is why I said "...and they lent on all of Honda’s best motorsport connections, including Ayrton Senna, to help craft a chassis and suspension setup that would...". Nowhere did I say Senna had input on chassis design, only "chassis and suspension setup".

  • @SpaceHCowboy

    @SpaceHCowboy

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@automobilisticSo diplomatic... A fine example, sir. 🙏🏼

  • @Mega-G-Star

    @Mega-G-Star

    2 ай бұрын

    Ayrton Senna was a well known household name worldwide before 1985 when he drove for Lotus, he played a major part in the redesign and development of the NSX as a world champion. In the Ten years I seen him drive F1 he also drove a NSX on track and talked many people in buying the cars from 1988 to 1992 because he actually worked for Honda.

  • @KrombobulousMitchell
    @KrombobulousMitchellАй бұрын

    What a car 🐐

  • @pxwv8196
    @pxwv8196Ай бұрын

    What is the red model car behind you on your left, viewer's right, in front of the huge jeep SUV thing? It looks like 70-80 % Ferrari with a touch of Japanese and a touch of a modernized version of a DeTomaso Pantera. It looks so sweet, I need to know what it is, lol.

  • @Silverturky
    @Silverturky2 ай бұрын

    where did you get your model cars in the background? I'm thinking about starting a small collection :)

  • @Ryzard
    @Ryzard2 ай бұрын

    Where can you watch these races, new and old? And are there any places with english subtitles?

  • @rafdhiyahaf
    @rafdhiyahaf2 ай бұрын

    Can you make the video about the R92CP

  • @nordimejia5790
    @nordimejia5790Ай бұрын

    The Garaiya... we need it back in GT7

  • @metaliczic96

    @metaliczic96

    21 күн бұрын

    At least we got 2000 Castrol Mugen NSX GT (JGTC GT500 that makes its debut since Gran Turismo 3 A-Spec).

  • @tturi2
    @tturi22 ай бұрын

    those nsx gts could have just had their own racing series, they looked great

  • @steveirwinismydaddy4216
    @steveirwinismydaddy4216Сағат бұрын

    It wasn't the first all aluminum body car, Porsche had done this already with the 928

  • @sigmamale4147
    @sigmamale41472 ай бұрын

    If only the MR2 was used more in competitions

  • @beetlegend
    @beetlegend3 ай бұрын

    Comenting through the app break

  • @BBoy_PopTart
    @BBoy_PopTartАй бұрын

    13 years, 100 races, to finally win 2nd place… then the NSX was no longer built for sale.

  • @scholesysscaleschematics2445
    @scholesysscaleschematics24452 ай бұрын

    Nice AA Stealth 787B

  • @WillArtie
    @WillArtie2 ай бұрын

    Right!! Thats it!! Can someone tell me why we say an engine is mounted in the "middle" of the car when it is so obviously mounted behind the driver, in the back? I'm 53 and I still haven't worked that one out!

  • @automobilistic

    @automobilistic

    2 ай бұрын

    To the best of my understanding "mid engine" simply means the engine is mounted between the axels, as opposed to over the axels (as in "front" or "rear" engine cars). Mid mounted engines can either be in front or behind the cockpit, but behind is more common. In front is sometimes called "front-mid" and behind is sometimes called "rear-mid" but because most "mid engine" cars are rear-mid most people just say "mid engine", only specifying when its the more unusual front-mid layout. Don't take that as gospel but that has always been my understanding.

  • @chillikoala
    @chillikoala2 ай бұрын

    The NA1 NSX was definitely more powerful (270HP) than its European rivals of the time - the 308 (252HP) and the 964 911 (247HP).

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