About
Background
Our car - 'T2 NSX' was bought in 2003 as a replacement to an
E46 M3. My father had grown tired of the negative image BMW
drivers suffer from, and sought something more individual.
Obviously, a Porsche 911 was out of the picture so the NSX was a
logical choice. After a short search, a 3.2 Quantum Grey with Tan
interior 2000 car was found at a Honda dealer in
Southampton. Initially, there were no plans
to turn this NSX into a race car. Nothing more than an occasional
track day was expected of it. The ownership experience didn't
start off so great, the clutch went on the drive home! Our
suspicion was that it was used as press car at some point.
Despite the early issues, T2 NSX became a reliable track day
car and we developed it to what you can see above. until it was
stripped and mothballed in early 2009. We plan to turn this into a
'Super GT' replica in the future, to fulfil our ultimate dream of
racing the world's fastest privateer NSX. In late 2009, we
purchased another NSX. This time it was a earlier 3.0 5 speed car.
In a matter of months, the rather sorry looking green example was
turned into a full on race car by the team at John Danby Racing.
We are currently campaigning it in the UK and in Europe. UK History
The NSX is a rare car, and in the UK it is even more so. The
amount of cars in the UK is estimated at about 500. There are 2
semi-official NA2 NSX-Rs which Honda brought over to see if it was
feasible to sell some. Despite the positive press - it won EVO
trackday car of the year 2003 - Honda UK sadly chose not to bring
any more over. One of the NSX-Rs is owned by 'Fuzilov,' an active
member on the
NSXCB Forums. It is believed his car is the more UK orientated
car, missing the Potenza RE070 tyres, steering wheel and has
different seat padding. The JDM version's whereabouts is unknown.
There are a few import JDM NSXs in the country too, and at
least one NA1 NSX-R which has been owned by a couple of NSXCB
members. It is in Charlotte Green and features rare Mugen bits. |
