Sheesh: Someone Paid $1 Million for an NSX-R
If there was any lingering doubt that the original Honda NSX was a classic (sold in the States as an Acura), this should dispel that notion. At Broad Arrow's Concorso d'Eleganza Villa D'Este auction, someone paid €934,375 for this 2003 NSX-R. At today's exchange rate, that's $1,061,866. Sheesh . A little history should help put this crazy number into context. The NSX-R was the lightest, most focused, most special version of the original NSX—and one of the rarest. Honda made the NSX-R in two batches, first from 1992 to 1995, then again from 2002 to 2005 following a facelift. The second was by far the rarer version, with Honda building fewer than 140 examples, all for the Japanese market, according to the Broad Arrow listing. This example is finished in the classic Championship White livery with color-matched BBS wheels and red interior trim. It has just 16,000 kilometers (9,942 miles) on the odometer, and naturally, it looks immaculate. ...