- Acura revealed its Electrical Imaginative and prescient idea throughout Monterey Automotive Week.
- The present automotive was designed in-house at Acura’s California design studio.
- The idea seems to preview an EV supercar—might or not it’s an early take a look at a future NSX?
After unveiling its first manufacturing EV, the 2024 ZDX, throughout Monterey Automotive Week, Acura pulled the sheet off a second electrical automobile, this Electrical Imaginative and prescient Idea.
Whereas the ZDX is a reasonably standard-style SUV, which can see deliveries early subsequent yr, the Electrical Imaginative and prescient design research takes the form of a supercar. The proportions are ultra-low, and the design language is curvaceous relatively than angular. Exterior lighting is used as a design factor and is color-changing. Whereas the ZDX rides on a Basic Motors platform (the identical one which underpins the Cadillac Lyriq), the idea just isn’t believed to have been designed round a selected production-ready platform.
As a substitute,Acura design chief Dave Marek describes it as a high-performance mannequin that “is inspiring everybody in our studio to push the boundaries.” He did not describe it as a primary step towards a next-generation NSX, however we’re free to invest. In spite of everything, Acura head honcho Jon Ikeda has been quoted as saying, “There’s gonna be one other one.”
And with Acura transitioning to an EV model, nicely, a third-gen NSX essentially could be electrical. So, this very nicely could possibly be the place to begin on that journey. Do you want the place Acura is headed?
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Joe Lorio has been obsessive about automobiles since his Matchbox days, and he bought his first subscription to Automotive and Driver at age 11. Joe began his profession at Vehicle Journal underneath David E. Davis Jr., and his work has additionally appeared on web sites together with Amazon Autos, Autoblog, AutoTrader, Hagerty, Hemmings, KBB, and TrueCar.
