ENGINEERING MARVELS

Honda NSX

When big manufacturers get radical and take an entirely different engineering path to their rivals, the results can become stuff of legend. Honda’s NSX supercar (19902005) packed racing tech into its chassis and one A. Senna helped develop its handling, but its centrepiece was the mid-mounted 3.0-litre (later 3.2) V6 engine. Using Honda’s own VTEC trickery, it unleashedasymphonic,heartsqueezing burst of thrust at high revs and spun all the way