the NSX really is the perfect sportscar - it has usable power, it's easy to see out of, it's really compact, and by older sportscar standards, extremely reliable and (relatively) inexpensive to maintain.

Always preferred the pop up headlight original. Looks cleaner and more aggressive

You can tell the quality of your content is respected because you seem to be getting more and more manufacturers wanting to work with you. Great for you, even better for us subs!

The NSX was the wake up call to exotics to stop making $h*t and pretending it was character. NSX was also the inspiration for the McLaren F1

I love my NSX, a 2005 in Long Beach Blue, had a black 95 before that. Always bought something else instead. Should have bought a NSX a long time ago. She’s a keeper, I will never sell her

The earlier pop up headlight version is so much prettier. That's one of my dream cars of all time.

The car disappears and its just you and the road. Brilliant observation and very true of the best automobiles.

To me the perfect nsx is early pop up headlight version in red with a manual obviously

I bought my first 4k monitor at the weekend and it's really making me appreciate content creators who upload in UHD! The POV driving section at the start makes me think there's no way the NSX is overrated.

Production quality of your videos is ever improving, can't explain how well you almost tell a story from the beginning of the video to the conclusion, epic.

I've been in for a fast ride in an nsx and it was amazing .

14:59 "Now let's give you a little sample of that V6 noise I'm talking about". That is my favorite part. Nice review!

that's a gorgeous car, and I bet you don't worry about it catching fire when you park it !

Love you and the videos Jay. Never quit pursuing your passions. I may be a bit biased - I love taking a break from finance and tuning into this thing we share!

Cracking vid , cracking car I wish I’d bought one many moons ago where they were languishing at £12-£15k Keep the cracking vids coming Perfect for watching with my cuppa in the morning before work

Opening shots of you just driving with pure engine was perfection,should do that for all your videos

One of the best looking cars ever made, IMHO, and one of the first reliable super cars!

Jay, would love to see you in a dc2 type R, having owned one for seven years. The only 90s fwd that can still amaze today. I believe you would not only respect but also love that. Edit to add: Evo mag called it the greatest fwd car ever made. Granted that was maybe ten years ago now. But I have to labour the point: If you haven't tried one, you MUST!

I really like your video content and it is always improving. Somehow you manage to speak throughout the video without ever beeing boring. Most youtubers just waffle about and I lose interest soon. You have a pleasant style and voice. Keep it up and please continue testing odd cars even now when you are getting access to more and more supercars.

There are becoming rare to spot. I'm from Singapore and I just saw a red early model NSX. So beautiful ❤️👍

Another excellent video - keep up the great work Jay.

Excellent review Jay. Learned more about the NSX than a dozen magazines and videos so far.. Love your channel, keep on mate

This car should be driven wearing loafers with white shocks!

Very good research and a breath of fresh air when compared to other reviews of the car. Well done to you sir! It is a special car and Honda built a blinder. They get under your skin big time and you are absolutely right once you start driving you forget what your in and you just gun it

Loved this review, thank you James and Honda Uk... Lovely car and always have respect for the supercar that was a game changer. I can only imagine the conversations in Modena over this car 😃

This is the only supercar I'd want normally expensive supercars aren't my cup of tea but the nsx I can appreciate even in my current 15yr old state

A good representation of the car and probably your best review to date? When they "snap" on the limit, there is no getting them back for mere mortals. Like you, I am glad they exist, but happy for someone else to own one!

When written down, this is miles better than that quirks and features guy, great job!

The one with pop ups looked so much better

Fell in love with the NSX when I saw an all black one from behind in Belfast about 15 yrs ago with that full width rear light and was like wtf is that thing!!?

The full size wheel you remove fits in the trunk! Yes it fits, I've done it.

Respect to you. A great video of an absolute icon of a car. One of if not your best videos. Really enjoyed the content. Thanks for educating me.

Great work as usual. We'll done brother keep it up 👆

Jeremy who? Honestly mate you're really good at what you do. Keep up the good work. I can't get enough of your reviews. Top marks. Thank you.

I've driven a 95 NSX, a 95 F355, a 95 Porsche 911, and the NSX would be my choice. The maintenance cost is high for a Honda, but not for a supercar. The Porsche is excellent in terms of maintenance costs (common), the Ferrari was stratospheric. The NSX is the most excellent automobile as a whole. With a higher budget and unlimited resources, the F355 would be my choice. The Porsche is lovely, amazing in all respects, but, as always, teutonic, surgical, lacking in the passion department (German, as is the case, but shouldn't discourage anyone. A 97 911 would be an amazing ownership experience. The Ferrari isn't a daily driver, meaning, every single day of the year. The NSX can be just that. It can be civil and it can be a beast. NSX feels like it's built of surgical instruments. It's predictable and it delivers. It's the long-term owner. It's sexy in a rocket scientist sort of way.

Another excellent review thanks. I'd love an NSX like this. I don't have the need for 500+bhp, like the sound of 6 cylinder cars, and would like a bit of usability.

Enjoyed that review. Will always be my favourite super car pin up. Baby 190e 1.8 manual please 😉

The owner of the Honda motorbike dealer in Midland Western Australia (10mins from my house) has one its always parked outside yellow colour. So if i drive past I see it. I owned a 2000 Prelude for many years so i have a soft spot for the brand. Lovely looking car. Nice to know the NSX lives up to the hype. Great Content. Im newish to the channel. Loving your stuff. Keep up the good work

Regarding the NSX's spare wheel and tyre, there will always be a situation when a puncture is inconvenient, but at least Honda designed the NSX boot shape specifically to allow any of the wheels to fit so it could be carried somewhere to be repaired, which is more than other manufacturers did with their similar cars. Ferrari just gave you a can of Finilec. Something that Jay failed to mention in his criticism of the spare wheel and tyre is that the NSX was in fact supplied with its own inflation pump, so once the collapsed tyre was on the car, you could inflate it at the side of the road. I think they may have been the first manufacturer to supply a spare like this. And he also missed the fact that although the car has different wheel sizes front and rear, the spare could be used in either location. Just by inflating it to different pressures (as stated in the instructions), it would assume the correct diameter to match the wheel on the other side, front or rear. I'm very sure they were the first (and may still be the only) manufacturer to supply a spare with that capability. Honda worked hard with I think it was Yokohama to achieve this. Senna may not have been involved right from the beginning of the design stage, but he was during the actual drive testing and evaluation stages of the development process, somewhat more than was intimated in the video. During development, Honda of course wanted to test the NSX against the perceived current competition and tried to run the NSX against (among others) a Ferrari (348 I seem to recall, or was it a 328) and a Porsche 911. The comparison test was largely unsuccessful as the Ferrari blew its clutch out the side of the car before the test really began and the 911's front end was so unstable at the speeds they wanted to test, no-one wanted to drive it. I now recall the test also included the Nissan Skyline (GTR/GTO?) with which the Honda engineers were very impressed. Before anyone asks, yes I've had an NSX and I used to work for Honda (not at the same time though).

I love that behind the shoulder camera angle.

Amazing and well thought review!

Finally found another car KZfaqr that speaks sense and able to see both sides of a car and a company. These views and opinions are hard to find, especially with the nsx, everyone literally just hopped onto the hype train when the new one came out which blinded their opinions of their review, whilst your review of the nsx is brilliant.

Another fun review. Thank you!

Great video keep it up emm

21:44 Can’t get enough of your insights Jay. As an economist you would absolutely kill it

What? A back then aluminium futuristic looking sports car that you could actually drive everyday and maintain/repair virtually at the same rate as a regular car and having a legendary Japanese reliability is overrated?

Jay you are basically the English scotty Kilmer. Without fail you always manage to swing in a reference to any type of lotus, but pretty much always the lotus Elise. Anyways brilliant car. Brilliant video.

The NSX (the original model) is one of the only cars I've ever seen where looking into the cabin provides an optical illusion effect wherein the floor of the footwell appears to be through the ground and the seats appear to be sat level with the ground. It is a truly bizarre experience. I still want one, 23 years on from my first introduction to them. First gen, of course.

Wondered what nick frost was doing after Sean of the dead😂

The full size wheel does just fit in the rear luggage space. Assuming you have no luggage!

Maybe Japanese model has two cup holder.. Also different shift knob.

Great review, you should do a review on the 3000gt VR4, very underated car!

I like your reviews, I don't like bullshit, and your honest opinion goes a long way. Sometimes you wonder if old school cars live up to the hope especially the NSX Maybe you should do a series on 80's 90's legends. I own a Williams clio and would love to see an honest review on that. I love the way it drives and handles. In fact you can drive it to its limits and still feel utterly under your control. Carry on the good work and look forward to more reviews!!

I bought my first Honda product in 1981 and haven't looked back. I have a '95 NSX(5-speed) with 162,000 miles. Only normal wear items replaced. Mobil 1 oil changes. 21-24 mpg. Just the most amazing exoticar ever made.

Great review!!!

4:22 You really like that 3000GT. Nice double take and still stay on topic.

Great video such a nice sounding motor

I had a 91 manual and your review was spot on. I had straight pipes on mine and it sounded like a dirty v8 on load.

🔥🔥Lovely rear end my ears pricked up🔥🔥

Love your reviews man.

My first job i was a trainee mechanic at a motorbike shop. The owner had a red NSX which he purchased at quite a discount through his Honda connections. It was my job to wash the car every now and then. Was simply lovely., i remember when you could pick up an NSX for between 15 and 25k Hope you get to check out a new NSX. The japanese cars i would love to drive would be the Toyota 2000gt, NSX and the LFA.

Good, honest review. Can't agree with the gearbox comment; it and the s2000's are in another league compared to the Evora, particularly before they upgraded the cables.

Great comment!!! When you get to your destination even if you don't have one lol. Been a while since I've just drove without even think where I'm going. My 40th anniversary GT EDITION 370z gt edition gets delivered Monday so think I'll disappear for the day. Best car channel on here 👍

I've always loved the NSX, and consider my Evora (and particularly the n/a models) to be akin to the closest modern version of it - transverse non-turbo V6, similar weight, similar dimensions, similar focus on driver involvement and (a bit of) practicality. Shame the Evora never got the targa panel option.

Hey Jay, love your channel. I own an AP1 S2K. Do you prefer to drive the NSX or your S2K?

Nsx over evora anyday Honda quality and reliability ftw

NSXPrime Wiki actually has decent production numbers for at least the US market and about 8.5% of total production were Autos in this market, with Auto production skewed measurably toward the NA1 (91-96) cars. Also with respect to your steering comment...you may be safe: the car Ayrton would have driven wouldn't have had the power steering rack that the 05s do. (I agree though, his involvement is often overstated. Bobby Rahal and "Gan San" had far more seat time and input in addition to development engineer drivers of course).

that wind noise intro was brutal on the old ears.

Jay you should make a trip out to Southern California to go into the corporate museums of these Japanese car manufacturers. These manufacturers also have design studios out here too.

Kinda looks average sitting next to that 240z, now that's a proper classic jappa ,I know I've owned two, awesome cars ,maybe a video on that one??? as always an Excellent review James....cheers mate...

I would love to see your take on an early model NSX. SENNA had a lot to do with its original set up.... pushing for stiffer and stiffer. But after there relaese Honda started bowing to consumer pressure saying it had a hard ride.... by the time of the 2000s I would imagine that all the SENNA tune was taking out of it.

Having owned a 1991, 1992 and a 2000 NSX, I much prefer the early years due to the fixed roof. The handling just seemed better. The 6 speed offered starting in 1997 was a major improvement however.

You said Ferrari would have storage up front, but thats just wrong. Both the 328 and the 348 which were the main targets for the NSX had spare tires up front just like the NSX, and if you use the factory size of 215 or 225 tires (like you should), they will fitt in the back storage if you have to use the spare. (thats why the left side is bigger and a round shape).

At 8:05, about where you put the full-size tire: the left side of the trunk well is significantly carved out to hold it.

I think it would be interesting to drive an older model, I've heard that the NSX changed more than one would expect over its very long production lifetime. Things like the electronic steering which are a bit of let down weren't present in the original car, and apparently it got a bit porkier as well. I assume it was a combination of Honda wanting to keep innovating and maintaining the relevance of the car combined with developments in safety regulations that saw the end of so many a pop up headlight.

Oh boy, this was my dream car, can't wait to hear your opinion!

I love the looks of this version of NSX and I completely understand why they are so highly sought after and the prices are so buoyant. They were a genuine poke in the eye and thorn in the side of Ferrari and Porsche which I also love!

Clocks are blue-er colour in the f/l Centre console had button for electric aerial and setting to halfway

What a beautiful lady... good show JM, really enjoyed this one. Would love it if the Type R owner shows up to comment.

Spoiler: Hell No

How about making a video on the new Lotus Hyper car? You are a proclaimed Lotus guy and the new car is the BEST looking car I’ve ever seen!

Well done here! just one thing if you have a flat tire that one will actually fit in the trunk! that's the reason it has an circular form on the left.

Yay you finally drove one!

your rambling is better suited to podcast than YT

I went to the japfest at santapod about 10 yrs ago with my wrx sti ,, great fun ,, cheers Shane uk 🇬🇧

GetawayinStockholm (3rd video) seemed to like the NSX too! 😁

I had an NSX (original 1991) and it was absolutely telepathic in both ways - the way it reacts and the way it gives back road info. However, at current price I'll have to pass.

Never overrated.Great vid.

I was surprised to hear you say that there is not a big difference between the early NSX and the late model. Other reviews I have watched emphasized the lower weight and stiffer suspension of the early model making it the unicorn in the production series even though it is down on power. I haven't checked the specs but am curious whether you came across this difference during your research.

I remember seeing a 91' NSX in red for sale in Brisbane Australia six years ago for $75K, the car has doubled since then.

One of my top favourite sports cars! Hopefully one day buy one in blue! 😀🏎

I used to love the layout interior looks comfortable pratical and easy to drive. The horsepower isn't as high as most exotics but yet it sure keeps up with them and yet gas miles isnt ridiculous like the rest.

Thanks made me miss my old 2004.

i was sat next to you the other day in traffic near newport, you was in a old s class

When I saw the Mitsubishi 3000GT I wanted you to drive that instead, the twin turbo 4WD would be a bucket list drive for me, the NSX is a beautiful car but not one I've ever dreamt of owning.

I have a little 2004 Civic Type R Ep3. Honda make incredible cars. I can only imagine how an NSX feels to drive.

thanks for another good supercar vid.

Nothing to write home about, but at 2:50 you show and mention a white Toyota Sprinter Trueno GT Apex. The car name Trueno (the Spanish word for thunder) is (in)correctly pronounced Toreno by the Japanese due to their inability to combine the consonants and vowels.

If you want one of the more interesting and visceral V6 noises available, check out the 1st generation Hyundai Genesis Coupe in the 3.8L variant. The 3.8L v6 isn't a performance king, but it grumbles and burbles and growls more than even some American V8 engines that I've heard, which is very unusual for a V6. Usually they have a much more harmonious sound in my experience, so it's a delightful surprise.

Another one for Betteridge's Law of Headlines