458 458 Owners Real World Experience on NSX

I’ve had both (currently still have NSX). I think the NSX is better looking and it’s certainly quicker to 100 mph. The 458 was a dream car of mine, I love it still. Price being equal 458 all day. But I bought my NSX for $128k brand new while my 458 cost me $240k and I sold it for $190k. At that price difference the NSX is a no brainer.

 

Sorry friend, I don’t believe I could ever give a second thought to an NSX compared to any Ferrari. Given that you are seriously comparing the two you should go with the NSX. Not a dig, just for me there is a lot more to Ferrari than it just being a car. Nissan lacks that provenance in opinion.


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Could not agree more. 2 different worlds. If you think sound is only difference, buy the Nissan

 

Wow, real car guys that don't know Acura makes the NSX, not Nissan

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Oops, that’s like a Honda right? Too much wine and it’s only Monday.


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Bought my 458 in March of last year, I looked hard at the nsx, both cars were similar money but the 458 look just spoke to me more. The nsx is fantastic and far more rare and sensible car than the 458 but: a).I’ve never been a Honda guy or dreamt about one and, b). As beautiful as it is it just shares to many styling lines of other Acura/Honda cars

 

Well you scored the F higher. If money not an issue then go with your gut


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Aren’t they the same??

 

Buy the NSX

 

You should buy the car that satisfies you. Other opinions are irrelevant. You will be the one spending your money and then owning it.

 

There’s a reason that brand new NSX’s can be had for $128,000.

They only sold 238 in 2019 That tells you all you need to know.

458 all day, everyday and twice on Sunday.

 

Agree. Buy what suits you. I am just 100% Ferrari. I will never own another brand although Lambo has tempted me. For me, it it history, brand, looks, smell of the leather, sound, braking, gearbox ....I drove my friends 458 on a track in 2013 and bought one the next day. Never looked back. I have not driven a NSX but can’t imagine there is any comparison. (Not taking HP - too many cars out there now with HP more than 458. I have owned 2 -458’s and every single time I drive it I have a smile (including my drive today). Not because of what anyone else thinks - just because I frickin love to drive this car!

 

It’s one of the best cars ever made for sure!

 

@$100k if you can get one, the NSX as a track weapon (reliability).
As an exotic, the only one you have at a time, the 458 all the way.

 

Nissan makes Skyline GTR
Honda makes NSX.
Just so you know.

 

100k...buy a used Porsche gt4 or a Lotus Evora 400. You get a real sports car.

I have test driven the new NSX. Even the steering and brake feel are simulated, let alone the sound. It was not the same old NSX that put Ferrari on alert.

 

Don't own either, but have had lots of seat time in both.

As others have said, both are great cars, but different.

The NSX is like an Apple Watch. Lots of tech, very little mechanical or visceral feel to it.

The 458 is like an Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch. Low tech (by today's standards, just don't tell NASA), but oozes old-school charm that only a hand-wound mechanical watch can have.

Both tell time just fine, one better than the other, just as both the NSX and the 458 can get you from Point A to B, one better than other. Which one? Depends on your world view.

Have fun shopping.

 

How about an original '90 NSX? They have bounced off the bottom and look a pretty safe bet.You also get to keep quite a nice bundle of cash.

Gordon Murray knows a thing or two about cars,as did Ayrton.

 

If there is one thing I have found over the years, it is that everyone has a different criteria when judging a car. It almost always seems to involve some sort of an emotional feeling that one car gives you over the other. Because of that it is impossible for me (and you) to judge how a car might effect someone. I almost bought a NSX (for 75K off sticker), and I spent sometime behind the wheel of one. It is a technical masterpiece but for me it was just not that exciting (almost as boring as a R8) a car to drive. But I use far different criteria than most (than anyone I've ever come across), and I look for things others do not. I do have a 458 spider, and yesterday brought home another BMW i8 (my first one was a 2014 this one is newer and a lot better car), which I never thought I'd buy another one of. Though I also thought I'd be done with Ferrari after they stopped making manuals. Who knows maybe I will find a purpose for the NSX somewhere down the road. Buy the car you like, not a car strangers behind keyboards like.