Good lord! The Honda NSX is now officially a $1m car
Championship White 2003 NSX-R sells for over one million dollars. World officially labels itself 'mad'
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Here's the plan. We get ourselves a Honda NSX-R and hold the world ransom for… [dramatic pause and pinky finger to corner of mouth] one million dollars.
Yep, Dr. Evil would certainly approve, because the NA2 Honda NSX is now officially a one-million-dollar car.
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That's because this 2003 NSX-R just sold at Broad Arrow's Villa d'Este auction for €934,375. For our American readers, that's $1,064,257. For Brits it's a much more reasonable sounding £784,517. Still a heck of a lot of money for a 3.2-litre V6 though. We hope the owner has some cash left over for a pair of leather loafers.
This particular NSX-R – one of fewer than 140 NA2s ever built – has just under 10,000 miles on its clock and is finished in the perfect combo of Championship White paint with a red Alcantara interior. Matching white BBS wheels too.
Broad Arrow said the classic Japanese supercar attracted bidders from the UK, Australia, Argentina, South Africa and the US, with a head-to-head duel to win the thing meaning it eventually set a world record for an original NSX at auction.
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So, has the world officially gone mad, or is the price justified for one of Honda's greatest ever creations?
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