Snapshot

  • Chassis #001 was sold at Mecum Auctions during Monterey Car Week
  • Rick Hendrick purchased the first Type S available outside of Japan
  • Final sale over six times higher than list price

The rights to the first car from the final run of Acura NSXs has been sold over the weekend.

With Acura and Honda announcing last week they would be wrapping up NSX production by introducing upgraded Type S, the allocation rights to the first of the 350 examples crossed the block at Mecum Auctions as a part of Monterey Car Week.

Normally on sale to the public at a list price of US$169,500 (AU$231,000), chassis #001 was sold for US$1.1million (AU$1.5m) to Rick Hendrick – owner of NASCAR’s most successful team, Hendrick Motorsports.

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While the sale price is US$930,000 more than the sticker price of an NSX Type S, Acura announced it would be donating all proceeds to charity, with the money going towards the Center of Science and Industry (COSI) to support STEAM education (Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics) in the United States.

Hendrick also owns the first production second-gen NSX, having purchased the MY2017 car at a Barrett-Jackson auction in 2016 – with the proceeds from the sale going towards the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation and Camp Southern Ground.

Limited to 350 units worldwide and with 300 allocated to the United States, the NSX Type S packs an upgraded 3.5-litre V6 twin-turbo engine, now making 447kW and 667Nm – while exterior changes have sharpened up its looks and lowered the overall weight, allowing the Type S to lap Suzuka two seconds faster than the standard car.

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