jelly company sponsors a honda moment
![Weider HSV-010 Super GT500 2010 Champion Car [Ebbro 44426] | CHRNCLS Secret Stash](https://cdn.ccdiscussion.com/original/4X/6/8/d/68dec42e483d918d40867ad464a4dbe6e2d1d16e.jpeg)
so yeah, this was Honda’s vision of the future for the NSX in the early 2010s that never made it out of the concept stage
for those who don’t want to hear the yapping on the Kunimitsu Racing 2011 HSV-010 GT I’ll summarize the story
So since Honda had its NSX-GT nuked from Super GT as it was MR (now illegal in 2010) they used the HSV-010 GT as a front-engined replacement (and used the excuse to officials that they had a road car ready for it, although that pissed Nissan and Toyota off)
They detuned a Formula Nippon V8 (the HR10EG) and deemed that to be the perfect engine for the HSV (giving it its high pitched F1-like scream in videos of the HSV)
The HSV was entered with 5 teams - ARTA, the hapless Nakajima Racing, Keihin Real Racing, Kunimitsu Racing, and last but not least the Honda factory Team Weider Dome
This particular example was driven to the Driver’s and Team’s championships that year by Dome veteran Takashi Kogure and recently gone AWOL from Nakajima Racing Loic Duval, and is now on display in Honda’s Collection Hall
IRL Specifications
Engine: naturally aspirated aluminum block 3.4L Honda HR10EG V8 from Formula Nippon
Power Output: 500 PS (370 kW, 490 bhp)
Torque: 392 Nm (289 lb-ft) of torque
Transmission: Ricardo 6-speed sequential manual
0-60 mph (97 kmh): 2.7 seconds
Weight: 1,100 kg (2,400 lb)
Tires: Bridgestone (Front 330/40R18, Rear 330/45R17)
Length: 4,675 mm (184.1 in)
Width: 2,000 mm (79 in)
Height: 2,700 mm (110 in)
Performance
Top Speed: 186 mph (300 kmh) stock, 230 mph (370 kmh) max
Acceleration: 15.1 (18.6 max, 17.5 max gear ratios)
Handling: 19.8 (max stock)
Braking: 16.5 (17.8 max)
Weight: 1.1 Tonnes (1.03 w/ weight distribution)
Race Class: A 89 stock, S 96 max, S 98 max gear ratios
Derby
Attack Score: 89 (106 max, 96 max gear ratios)
Defense Score: 93 (106 max, +13 plow)
Derby Tier: 1
Other
Price: 20B+ (priced somewhere around the Scytech)
Availability: Group
Max Scraps: 4,000
Fictional Name: Honado HRS-101 GR V1