The long version

Honda discounted these hard in the back half of the run just to move them, which put a run of NSXs into the hands of buyers who would never have paid sticker — and those are often the ones still driving theirs, having gotten in cheap enough not to sweat the miles. Appreciation since has pulled a later wave of buyers who arrived already thinking about resale, and their cars tend to stay cleaner and shorter-legged. Both camps agree the hybrid twin-turbo V6 undersells itself on paper and overdelivers on a back road.