One of my favorites! Shown here is an absolutely beautiful 2004 Acura NSX-T boasting a lovely ‘Long Beach Blue Pearl’ exterior over Camel leather interior and offering a number of unique features that definitely don’t come from the factory such as a back-up camera installed by Sound Innovations, new wheels, and an aftermarket exhaust. The history of the NSX model all starts in 1984 when Honda produced a prototype known as the HP-X with help from the famous Italian design studio, Pininfarina. The design team was lead by Honda Chief Designer, Masahito Nakano, and executive chief engineer, Shigeru Uehara, and the car made it’s first ever official appearance as the Honda NSX at the 1989 Chicago Auto Show. In November of 1990, Honda sold and marketed the NSX under Honda’s luxury car brand, Acura, which is an example of what we have shown here. As for this particular example however, this is an NSX-T, which first became available for the first-generation NSX in 1995. This model offers a removable targa top, and largely replaced the standard coupe version in North America. Production of the first-gen NSX ended in 2005, only to be brought back to life in 2016 with an all-new second generation designed by lead designer, Michelle Christensen. Notably, the first-generation NSX model in general is quite a rare machine, with just over 18,000 examples being produced from 1990 until 2005. This car however, is just a bit more special than most, being that this car is painted ‘Long Beach Blue Pearl’ (LBBP), and it’s one of just 88 total NSX models that were finished in this color worldwide. This unique blue color was only available from 2002 until 2005, and all LBBP cars are NSX-T body types.
How many made? Approximately 198 cars produced for 2004, with only 19 of those examples being painted in this unique blue color shown here. Of those 19 cars, only 17 were manual transmission, and only 6 featured a tan leather interior such as this car
Engine: 3.2L (C32B) V6 engine - 290hp
Debut: 1989 Chicago Auto Show
Top Speed: around 175mph
0-60mph: around 5.9 seconds
Photo Credit: @am_media_ny
Research: @rarecarsonly