Honda's SUPERCAR - Acura NSX by Brian Long

Wow, everything you could possibly want to know about the NSX....

http://books.google.ca/books?id=87k-Xt36RtIC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false

-Befitting the subject, the author is a leading motoring historian, who lives in Japan and who has received full co-operation from Honda
-Full year-by-year coverage of all production models, including limited editions
-Japanese, American and European markets covered in superb detail
-Well over 380 contemporary pictures, including rare prototypes, mainly in colour
-Advertising and sales brochures are also reproduced
-Interviews with key personnel
-Sales and production figures

Description
Honda’s superbly engineered flagship model, the NSX, is the ultimate Japanese supercar. This book charts, in great detail, the complete history of the Honda NSX from inception to the present day, and also incorporates a buyer's guide. Features over 380 colour photos, advertising literature and interviews with key Honda personnel in order to tell the real story of the NSX. An absolute must have for anyone who owns, plans to own, or just plain admires the thinking person's supercar, the NSX.

The Author
Born in Coventry, Brian Long comes from a family with a proud heritage in both automotive and aviation engineering. He trained as a mechanical engineer, and worked at his father’s garage. Since 1990, he has had more than 30 books published. A member of the RJC (Researchers’ & Journalists’ Conference of Japan) and the Guild of Motoring Writers. Brian lives in Japan with his wife, Miho, son, Louis, and daughter, Sophie-Mercedes.

Thanks for the tip Leo!

Genius, success of Honda began with a boy's dream

With the rising threat of global warming, many motor vehicle manufacturers are answering the call to provide more fuel efficient cars. Honda Motor Company has defined itself as the frontrunner of this ever-growing initiative by developing the world's first government-certified hydrogen fuel cell car. The genius and success of the Honda Motor Company all began with a boy's dream, as told for the first time in a new picture book biography for children entitled HONDA: The Boy Who Dreamed of Cars, written by author Mark Weston and illustrated by first-time children's book artist Katie Yamasaki (ISBN: 978-1-60060-249-8, $17.95, 32 pages, pub. date: September 2008).

Honda: The Boy Who Dreamed of Cars explores the determination and innovative thinking which marked Soichiro Honda's journey toward fulfilling his boyhood dream of building cars of his own – an aspiration that was ignited by his first encounter with a leaky, noisy Ford Model T. Mark Weston, whose work for older children has been praised by School Library Journal as "lively, informed, (and) highly readable," is a fresh voice in children's picture books. He has written an engaging text that teaches young readers about the power of dreams, and that with hard work, broad imagination, and reliable teamwork, those dreams can be achieved. Honda's example also encourages an understanding that pursuing studies in science, mathematics, and technology will advance our world to new and far-reaching heights, and that these heights can be achieved while being mindful of the environment.

In her picture book debut, fine artist and muralist Katie Yamasaki's captivating, surreal imagery mirrors the ingenuity of Soichiro Honda as he applied his imagination toward building and continuously improving on the ideal motor vehicle. Kirkus Reviews praised Yamasaki's work as "detailed and whimsical acrylics [that add zest to the proceedings."

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Here's a link to Amazon with more info on the book;
http://www.amazon.com/Honda-Boy-Who-Dreamed-Cars/dp/1600602460