Will You Pay P 203,000 More to Have Your Car Hand-Assembled?

How much of a premium are you willing to pay to say that your Acura (Honda’s premium car division) is built off the same line that exclusively makes the NSX supercar? Well, if you don’t mind paying an extra USD 4,000 (~ P 203,440), there’s the ultra-exclusive TLX PMC Edition.

Based off the TLX, Acura’s mid-sized luxury sedan, the TLX PMC Edition doesn’t get any mechanical enhancements or anything of that sort. However, it does have one singular claim to fame: it’s built alongside the NSX at Honda’s Performance Manufacturing Center (PMC) in Ohio, USA.

Acura says the PMC was built with flexibility in mind, and the TLX PMC Edition is the first model to take advantage of that unique capability (after its run, the brand will also do an MDX PMC Edition as well).

The TLX PMC Edition shares the very same 290-horsepower direct-injected i-VTEC V6 engine and torque-vectoring Acura Super-Handling All-Wheel Drive system as the regular TLX, but will be distinguished by its special Valencia Red Pearl color—a color that used to be exclusive on the NSX.

With “nano pigment” technology, the Valencia Red Pearl produces exceptionally high color saturation and contrast. It’s applied in multiple base coats to enhance color intensity and two clear coats to increase the luster. The paint curing time alone takes 5 days.

More than just a special paint job, the TLX PMC Edition is pulled out of the main assembly line in body-in-white painted, and hand-assembled by master technicians at the PMC. It also gets special 19-inch wheels, a gloss black roof panel, and gloss black door handles. Inside, it has black leather seats with Alcantara inserts, a special steering wheel, and of course, a numbered serial plaque.

Finally, each TLX PMC Edition will undergo the same quality control process as NSX, including dyno check, final paint inspection, rough-road simulation, and water leak test. These PMC Editions will also be wrapped in a specially-designed car cover and shipped to a dealer via an enclosed car carrier.

This Pair of Low-Mileage Honda NSXs Can Set You Back P 37.2 Million

If you find yourself in Japan this June and have around a million dollars to spare, why don’t you consider bringing home this pristine pair of low-mileage Honda NSX Type Rs.

The first is a first-generation NSX Type R with just 860 kilometers on the odometer, while the second is an ultra-rare NSX-R with less than 560 kilometers on the clock. These two “100 percent original cars” will be up for auction through BH Auction this June 8-9, 2019. As a pair, these two are expected to fetch some 78 million yen or about P 37.2 million (30 million yen for the NSX Type R and 48 million yen for the NSX-R).

The first-generation NSX Type R (NA1) is considered by many as the ultimate NSX. Not only was the 3.0-liter V6 balanced and blueprinted, but it’s undergone an extensive weight reduction program that cut 70 kilograms. It deleted the sound deadening, air conditioning, stereo and uses carbon-kevlar Recaro seats. Meanwhile, the NSX-R NA2 cut even more weight by using a carbon hood, deck kid, and spoiler. It also comes with its own balanced and blueprinted 3.2-liter V6 engine and improved aerodynamics.