The Acura NSX has long been a desirable supercar with the unusual benefit of sporting Honda mechanicals that also make it one of the most budget-friendly models you can buy. That being said, this reliable reputation almost worked against it in some regards as if not costing an absolute fortune to maintain was some weird upper-class flex associated with the likes of Lamborghini and Ferrari. Regardless, word has gotten around that the NSX is also just a darn fine driver’s car, and prices are going up and up. Find this 25-year-owned 1991 NSX listed here on craigslist for $125,000. Thanks to Barn Finds reader Mitchell G. for the find.
The NSX obviously isn’t a car you can just park and forget about, although some barn find examples have been shockingly easy to revive. The timing belt is basically the biggest job these cars have, and the work often incorporates other “while you’re in there” projects that make for an annual servicing that is laughably cheap compared to the likes of a mid-engined Ferrari where the engine engines comes out and the final bill will be north of $10,000. The NSX has always eschewed that sort of nonsense, and the best part is you can bring it your local Acura dealer and pay the same shop rate as someone servicing their MDX cross-over. The seller of this NSX has chosen to add the polished wheels from a later model which I personally think is a miss; I’d rather see the original 5-spokes installed on an early car like this.
The interiors of the NSX have always been fairly hard-wearing like the Mercedes-Benz W123 cars, as the materials are resilient even when owned by someone who doesn’t trust leather cleaner. The materials are not exciting, which is a nice way of saying Acura didn’t take many chances with the cabin of these cars. You’re not going to sit inside here and have the same sort of visceral experience as someone with a Ferrari F355 when the grasp that iconic gated shifter; this is just a big boy Integra. But again, if you value your dollars more than your ego, you’ll soon forget the fact that you don’t feel the ghosts of Maranello wafting through the vents (which, in a 90s Ferrari, are probably broken and NLA.)
The 3.0L, mid-engined V6 in the Acura is good for 290 b.h.p. and 210 lb.-ft. of torque. It’s not a lot of power by today’s standards, and likely won’t set your hair on fire if you’re accustomed to daily-driving a car making over 400. The good news is anything modern is likely a soulless appliance that you won’t even remember owning 20 years from now, and the NSX can always be upgraded with a Comptech supercharger if you want to make the experience more memorable. And just remember: Ayrton Senna didn’t drive a 368 horsepower Kia Stinger at Suzuka; he drove an NSX.
always liked this car. It was a step beyond the other rice rockets at the time.
Drivers car. 🏁 High winding Sixpot that makes some great noise. 👍
There is nothing about this car that would suggest it is worth $125,000.00.
Until you see one in person. These car are beautiful. My neighbor has one. It’s so pretty
These are great cars. Very nice accurate (Acura) write-up too. Completely under valued when new. Once people realized the potential, many fell prey to tuner mods which made sense at the time. Now few pristine examples are left. Therefore the very high prices.
I have had one of these for several years and have to say the one in the listing being a one owner, manual trans and low miles car should easily be worth the $125,000 asking price.
This price is closer to that of the S model.
Love the NSX. My brother has one. You can’t beat the Honda/Acura marriage.
Always loved these cars, especially the NSX-T with the removable roof panel. Just can’t believe they fetch these $$$$. One flipped just recently on BAT for north of 212k if I remember correctly.
OK we know what it is but the NSX came in three different variants.You have a base model which I assuming this is then there’s the T type there’s a GT type R NSX . So as a base model I’d say this NSX might be a little over priced but not by much. It’s extremely clean with all the options offered for this model. 90 to 100k is more in line for this one in my opinion.
It’s nice this comes with the original wheels and tires, but I do like the chrome ones the seller added. I always thought the original ones were quite boring stylistically – not up to the caliber of the rest of the car.
These are not rare and pop up quite frequently on BaT in similar condition and miles. It’s not worth more than $80,000. Seller is insane. And Craigslist is the last place to sell this type of car.
While I agree with the spirit of your comments. He listed it on Craigslist but got it featured here for no charge. Also the selling price on BAT is trending to around $90k with one selling recently for $155k (I did not compare option levels). So, I wouldn’t call it insane to ask $125k and maybe take as little as $90k without having to pay broker fees?
I agree. Selling a car without a middleman requires a little more work, but you put more $$ in your pocket. These cars do have a following, and this looks like a nice example.
OK $90k is the trend with this type of miles you are correct. Would he even know he got featured on BF?
His odds of getting it featured on BF is pretty good if he submitted the tip right after listing it on CL. I am sure that has happened more than once.
Still for sale, dropped $5k so far. Only $30k to go!