Big Car's video: When Honda took on Ferrari and WON

When Gordon Murray designed the all-conquering McLaren F1 supercar, he didn’t use a Porsche, Lamborghini or even a Ferrari for inspiration. It was the Honda NSX. Yes, Honda, makers of the humdrum, practical Civic. He liked it so much, he bought one with his own money used it as a daily driver. The NSX was a revolution in supercar design when it launched in 1990. There had been plenty of cool-looking exotic cars, but none had combined this with a truly practical car that could be used, as Gordon Murray found out, day in, day out. The NSX had set a pattern for supercars to come. The bar had been raised. So, just why did Honda make a left turn from practical family cars into making a supercar, and why did it take 26 years between the first generation and second generation car? To get early ad-free access to new videos, or your name at the end of my videos, please consider supporting me using Patreon from just $1 or 80p a month at https://www.patreon.com/bigcar Support me using PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/bigcartv Big Car Merch (t-shirts, mugs): https://teespring.com/stores/bigcartv Twitter: https://twitter.com/bigcartv My second channel - Little Car: https://www.youtube.com/littlecar Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_in_Formula_One https://oldconceptcars.com/1930-2004/honda-hp-x-1984/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Formula_Two_Championship https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari_Dino_engine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_C_engine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayrton_Senna https://www.nsxprime.com/wiki/Production_Numbers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_NSX_(first_generation) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_NSX_(second_generation) https://www.carscoops.com/2021/03/honda-discontinues-sales-of-2020-nsx-in-japan-u-s-2021my-unaffected/ https://www.carscoops.com/2020/10/honda-nsx-leaves-australia-for-good-having-sold-zero-units-this-year/ https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/honda-nsx-cult-favourite-resurrected/C4QN5HVKZCMZBATQMLM7CL22JY/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Integra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986_Formula_One_World_Championship https://www.motortrend.com/news/the-asphalt-jungle-ayrton-senna/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MG_EX-E https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9B%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80%E3%83%BBNSX https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Efs-maBiEFw https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari_348 https://hondanews.com/en-US/releases/acura-debuts-alex-zanardi-edition-nsx https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Formula_One_World_Championship https://www.motortrend.com/news/2016-ferrari-488-gtb-first-drive-review/ https://www.android.com/auto/compatibility/ -vehicles https://owners.acura.com/vehicles/information/2021/NSX/features/Apple-CarPlay-Integration/1/apple-carplay-integration-pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Super_GT_Series https://www.carscoops.com/2021/03/honda-discontinues-sales-of-2020-nsx-in-japan-u-s-2021my-unaffected/