[Gaz]

Originally Posted by Paul RS

Honda have never made a properly fast car, all the other manufactures you mentioned have. All of them seem to have masterd the art of turbo charging, unlike honda.

I would agree that the bread and butter Hondas like Vti's, DC2's and S2ks are not 'fast' cars in bigger scheme of things, but look at any stats for the NSX Type R and you'll see it was a quick and impressive car by any standard.

Honda have deliberately shied away from turbocharging as they always felt turbo lag and lack of response sullied the driving feel of a car, they have gone on record about this many times. If anything, they were trying to approach the design of their engines with driver involvement in mind - which is surely something they should be applauded for as many manufacturers simply only have profit as their motivation. However, turbocharger technology has moved on a great deal and I would agree that modern day Honda needs to go down this route to stay relevant.