Looks as if Honda’s taking off the gloves. And Honda never takes off the gloves. Lexus makes a RWD, V8 sedan? We’ll stick with FWD and a V6 thank you very much. Those days, apparently, are gone. The new NSX (to be sold only as an Acura) will sport a 5.5-liter V10 which will be good for at least 600 hp and probably more. Why so much? Because Honda is fully committed to kicking the GT-R’s ass. And probably the ZR-1’s tuchas, too. And having a supercar that makes more than 100 horsepower more than Godzilla is a great first step. As to why they want to best the GT-R, no one knows for sure. But we’re hoping it has something to do with Soichiro Honda and Eiji Toyoda. Back in 1968 Mr. Toyoda (then CEO of Toyota) stood silently in front of the Honda 1300 protoype at the Tokyo Motor Show for a full ten minutes. Then he gathered all his engineers and white collar types around him and proceeded to scream, “Honda’s car produces 100 horsepower with a 1300cc engine. Why can’t we do the same thing?” Though in this case it’s Honda’s CEO saying, “Every energy-drink addicted Gran Turismo junkie in the world has written on their Facebook page that they’d kill their sister for a GT-R. Why can’t they say that about the NSX?” [Source: Motor Authority]