Supercars, Robots Push Honda Toward the Autonomous Future

Supercars, Robots Push Honda Toward the Autonomous Future
Courtesy of American Honda Motor Co., Inc. via AP

As seamlessly as the NSX supports and elevates your driving skills, it's hard to pin down how involved the car is. This is a common measuring stick for six-figure cars: Does it let you engage in and own your aggressions and mistakes, or is an interventionist, taking control or overriding at the first sign of trouble?

The NSX doesn't fit easily onto this scale. Going into a tight corner too hot on a rural back road, it allows the driver to venture onto the knife-edge of trouble. And when it finally steps in to course correct, it somehow makes you feel like you nailed the turn yourself. Not scolding. Magic. The kind of magic that makes Honda more ready for the connected, shared, autonomous driving future than its doubters might assume.

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