# @threepiece.us on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DYW8mQsmnrc
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/65494674-threepieceus-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-05-15T12:01:07.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** threepieceus (@threepiece.us) — https://gondola.cc/threepiece.us

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Honda let Ayrton Senna drive their prototype around Suzuka and then re-engineered the entire chassis based on his feedback. That alone should tell you everything about how seriously they took the NSX.

This was the car that made Ferrari rethink their entire quality control process. A mid-engine, hand-built Japanese supercar with an aluminum monocoque in 1990 — while everyone else was still welding steel. It wasn't just ahead of its time, it embarrassed cars costing twice as much.

We ranked every generation in this carousel:

→ Why the NA1 rewrote the rulebook for daily-drivable supercars
→ The NA2 refinements that made it the definitive version
→ Where the hybrid second-gen got it right and where it lost the plot
→ Why analog feel still matters more than lap times on a spec sheet
→ Our final rankings — and yes, we're ready to defend them

The second gen NC1 is genuinely fast and criminally undervalued right now, but there's something about revving a naturally aspirated VTEC V6 to 8,000 RPM through a manual gate that no hybrid system will ever replicate. The market is starting to figure that out — clean NA1s and NA2s aren't getting cheaper.

Save this next time someone tries to tell you the NSX was just a 'poor man's Ferrari.' It was never trying to be one.

Which generation would you actually put your money into right now?

#ThreePieceUS #HondaNSX #NSX #NA1 #NA2 #JDM #VTEC #WheelFitment #MidEngine #JapaneseSupercar #CarHistory #SportsCarBuying

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midengine, japanesesupercar, nsx, vtec, sportscarbuying, na2, na1, threepieceus, carhistory, wheelfitment, jdm, hondansx

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