Monday, August 5, 2013

Daily Drive: 2015 Acura NSX hits the track at Mid-Ohio

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Monday, August 05, 2013                 
Two years before production begins, the Acura NSX took two laps of Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course....
It didn't have the production engine, nor the production exhaust (it was gloriously loud) and because there were safety vehicles on the track it wasn't able to go flat-out, but by golly there it was, a bright blue 2015 Acura NSX lapping Mid-Ohio just before the start of the Honda Indy 200. Being a production mule with any ...

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