Acura NSX Roadster 3D model

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In December 2007, Honda announced plans to launch a NSX successor by 2010, based on the styling of the front V10-engined Acura ASCC (Advanced Sports Car Concept).[9] Despite prototypes being tested for production, just a year later, Honda announced that plans had been cancelled due to poor economic conditions.[10] Instead, in March 2010, Honda unveiled the HSV-010 GT for participation in the Japanese SuperGT Championship. This car never reached production as a street-legal car. Reports that Honda was again developing a successor to the NSX reemerged in April 2011.[11] By December 2011, Honda officially announced a second generation NSX concept, which was unveiled the following month at the 2012 North American International Auto Show as the Acura NSX Concept. The production model was displayed three years later at the 2015 North American International Auto Show, for sale in 2016. Although the original name was retained, this time it was defined as New Sports eXperience.[12] Unlike the first generation NSX which was manufactured in Japan, the new NSX was designed and engineered in Marysville, Ohio, at Honda's plant, by leadership of chief engineer Ted Klaus. The new NSX is a hybrid sports car powered by 3.5 L twin-turbo V6 engine and three electric motors, two of which form part of the SH-AWD all wheel drive drivetrain, altogether capable of close to 600 hp. The transmission is a 9-speed dual-clutch semi-automatic. Its body utilizes a space frame design, which is made from aluminum, ultra-high strength steel, and other rigid and lightweight materials, some of which are the world's first applications. The first production vehicle with VIN #001 was auctioned off by Barrett Jackson on January 29, 2016.[13] NASCAR team owner Rick Hendrick won the auction with a bid for US$1,200,000. The entire bid was donated to the charities Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation and Camp Southern Ground.[14][15][16][17][18] The first NSX rolled off the line in Ohio on May 27, 2016. Hendrick was there to drive it off.[19][20][21][22][23] The first sales of the new NSX in the US were registered in June 2016.