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It’s not often we use the phrase ‘Is this the coolest race car ever? It just might be…’. But in this instance, we think it’s justified.
This is the Honda HSV-010, a V8-powered monster that’s set to take on Nissan’s terrifying GT-R in Japan’s GT500 series this year.
It looks astonishing. Based on the chassis of Honda’s stillborn NSX revival, the HSV-010 (HSV, by the way, stands for Honda Sports Velocity, not Holden Special Vehicles) weighs in at 1100kg and packs a 3.4-litre V8 hoofing out around 500bhp. As per GT500 regulations, a sequential manual gearbox channels all that power to the rear wheels.
The HSV-010 will race for the first time at the GT500 season opener at Suzuka on 20-21 March. We’d expect it to gain a whole bunch of decals and sponsors and stuff by that time, but Honda, please, we beseech you: leave the HSV-010 exactly as it is: naked and matte and carbon-fibrous and generally amazing.
Once more: is this the coolest race car ever? It just might be.
But if you’re not yet convinced, have a listen to this...
Coolest race car ever?
Honda’s HSV-010 GT500 racer is… well, we don’t even possess the words to describe its awesomeness
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BlueSwift commented on this article
at 12:46 pm on 18 January 2010
It was out on Christmas day though. 3 cars were tested if im not wrong. And its definitely one of the nicest sounding (production ready) cars ever!!! Its like a formula 1 car. Even the gearbox also sounds the same.
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JulioT.y commented on this article
at 12:59 pm on 18 January 2010
Bye bye SC430 !!GT-R & HSV is going to rule in 2010
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Nefer commented on this article
at 01:19 pm on 18 January 2010
Sweet Jesus... what a beast of a machine!! Surely that wont be a production job... each owner would also need to purchase a pit crew with an engine sounding like that!
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m77t commented on this article
at 01:19 pm on 18 January 2010
:o whiff of TVR sagaris at the front there let's hope this wakes up development for the next NSX
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MrWashu commented on this article
at 01:21 pm on 18 January 2010
Honda makes race cars? That's news to me.
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