Honda's Strangest Vehicle 

Just when you thought the financial crisis wasn't bad enough you find out it robbed the world of a 5 litre honda V10

Not me thinking that HSV stood for Honda Strangest Vehicle 💀

The cut from the Autobacs NSX retiring to Keiichi Tsuchiyas vacant eyes is pure cinema

Man... Mk4 Supras, R34 GTR Nismo's and Honda NSX's all racing on the same grid... A Heavenly sight.

From what I can gather with this strange car in super GT is basically: "is it a road car based GT car or a bespoke prototype?" Honda: "yesn't"

Fun fact: For those who did not know what happened with that RA302 F1 car, well... it was horrific. In 1968 Honda planned on replacing the less-than-successful RA301 with the lighter RA302 made from magnesium. Thing is, magnesium alloys are a bit... sparky. Even the lightest of spark will set magnesium on fire. And dousing water made thing even worse simply because magnesium is in the same bracket as lithium, kalium and natrium. All extremely reactive. John Surtees took a look at the RA302 and said it's a death trap, immediately refusing to race with it. So the memo went to Honda and they told Honda Racing not to race with it... except that they forgot to tell Soichiro about it during French Grand Prix, so Honda's French arm decided to draft Jo Schlesser to drive it at Rouen. On lap 2 he crashed. Jo, the magnesium car, and litres of racing fuel immediately went up in flames. It was so hot that firefighters can't even get close to put down the fire. It is said the driver can smell the burning human flesh as they went lap after lap after lap while the fire still burning, melting the tarmac. After John Surtees once again refused to drive the RA302, Honda pulled out as manufacturer in F1 until 2006. One of Jo Schlesser's friend was a man named Guy Ligier, a former tractor magnate leading a company called Ligier Travaux Publics, and racing with him in WSC under Ford France banner. He also raced in F1, but after Jo was baked Guy retired and instead ran his own racing team and racing car manufacturer, Equipe Ligier. Since then all his cars bear the initial of Jo Schlesser, such as Ligier JS43 that won 1996 Monaco GP with Olivier Panis and Ligier JSP217 LMP2 racer. Nowadays Ligier, as part of Onroak Automotive, build JS2R junior GT racecar, JSP320 LMP3 racers and also building Lamborghini SC63 LMDh racecars.

29:22 Both the ARTA HSV and CR-Z flashing their lights as they're finishing is surprisingly wholesome. It's like finishing a marathon with your little brother.

I don't know what kind of twist of fate it is that just last night, while I was looking up obscure cars (namely the Vector cars), my mind drifted back to Gran Turismo and I thought "man, I wonder if Roflwaffle would be interested in doing videos about some of GT's strangest cars". And here we are.

Narain winning the MR NSX's last race is honestly a 1 of 10000 chance occurrance

Fun fact, VTEC originates from their motorcycle tech! And the precursor, REV, was also something they made for motorcycles.

As a German I am ashamed to this day that DTM pushed for (presumably, not entirely sure though) a common regulation with SuperGT only to dissolve into a GT3 series. They pushed back the introduction of the turbo engines and Mercedes didn't even produced one. It's a huge let down.

i was super confused when this thing first showed up during Super GT testing. kept thinking "what the bloody hell is that?"

21:43 can't be a Roflwaffles vid about Super GT without the JLOC Lamborghini

FINALLY someone acknowledges this thing exists! The NSX that never was

I loved the Prius GT300 Racecar. Looked proper mad

You can tell that there is a lot of passion and effort put into these kinds of videos and it makes it so much better to watch them. I'm honestly loving this and appreciate you doing these videos for people like me that only really know the cars from Gran Turusmo and know almost nothing about them or the motorsport in general.

It kinda blows my mind that the very first JGTC race was held in the same weekend as the 1994 San Marino GP... The darkest weekend in F1...

HSV-010 GT, my beloved But seriously, the day I saw this on YT back on that day in 2010 during it's test days, I fell in love with it, the sound, look, the everything.

I wish it became an actual sports car, such ashame ngl

Honda was working on both the V10-powered "NB" NSX and a rwd v8 platform that was to be utilized by Acura. However the new CEO, Ito Takanobu, canceled both projects. In its place we got the unwanted NC NSX with its ttv6 hybrid that nobody cared about, and the continuation of the underwhelming FWD Acura lineup. I remember how everyone was looking forward to the V10 NSX when it was first spotted on the Nordschleife, only for bitter disappointment to take over after news of the cancelation.

That exhaust note and tone, utterly exquisite, I don't think I've heard a better V8 in years possibly ever!

This should be the Gen 2 NSX all along…

It's pretty cool that you do vids on JGTC/Super GT, since it's not that well known outside of Japan, but many people would likely want to know more thanks to Gran Turismo.

Amazing vid. Enjoyed every second of it. Never thought I'd be getting such high quality JGTC content on YT. PS: loved the J-rock bgm at the end. Nostalgic vibe.

Was coincidentally watching one of your older videos and then this popped up. Keep up the good work!

And here I am wanting roflwaffle to make Super GT season reviews because I love the way they cover the subject

No way! I was waiting for the longest time for someone to make a documentary about this car. It was always so mysterious to me, from the euphoric sound of an engine to the way it looks. And you've certainly delivered. Thank you very much!

Watching that 2018 season and seeing Naoki Yamamoto and Jenson Button make that NSX-GT dance on track was amazing that thing looked so elegant in battle can’t wait to see the Civic Type-R GT carry the mantle

The Civic Type R GT looks pretty cool.

Honda and Stillborn projects, name a more Iconic duo *Looks at the Acura ARX-01A and its cancelled Indycar engine*

Right, now can you also describe the SC430? Or GT500 cars which has road versions that look the furthest from sportscar possible?

The Honda that i always wondered how would it look like if it was a road car.

It says alot about the modern NSX that I didn't even know it was sold in 2020, let alone that it had an updated look

Thank you so much for putting these videos out, getting to see these SUPER GT/JGTC stamps in time are awesome to watch. For those of us in the US, we really only knew of JGTC/SUPER GT either through Gran Turismo or if you lived in California i believe they did one exhibition race there. The quality of the highlights and the scope of the backstory you add is top notch.

You all should see Aussie Sports sedans Racing, its the real Forza Horizon online lobby race series that included a 1000hp R32 Skyline on Mount Panorama.

YT just happen to reccomend this video. The amount of detail present and pace of it made me subscribe. Brilliant! Keep it up man!

17:43 to 17:51 you can make any automobile enthusiast literally bust one at that heavenly sound, when you reminds of how badass it use to sounds that in F1 cars.

Man, I just entered to watch a video about a curious Honda car and I ended up falling in love even more with Honda, epic. PD: you can take my like for putting Yummy Trip at the end of the video.

0:15 F1 2015 ost is so underrated

Ooh I'm here for the deep dives on Gran Turismo vehicles, especially ones not in GT7 yet!

Omfg!!!! This was my favorite car in gt6🔥🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥🗣🔥

Please do a video like for the other GT500 manufacturers: Nissan, Toyota/Lexus plzzzzzzzzzzz🥹 Or other GT300 cars would be great ☝️ Anyways, love the vids keep up the good work mate❤from🇦🇺

Man. Honda really won’t give up if they lose or win. And that’s something I like. Learn from the good and bad and keep going. So let’s see how the Civic GT500 goes this year.

It's a good thing to have a channel with this much info about Super GT, I wasn't aware of many of these facts and events

As a sportscar racing fan its still odd to me how Loic Duval was a Honda ace before driving for Peugeot and Audi.

This is such a good video dude, great work! Was really cool listening to Honda's Super GT story lol - like finding out about the history behind all the cool looking gt500 hondas (honda is my favourite brand lol). Also makes me wanna watch super gt even more lol.

Awesome video. Very lovely stuff. Cannot wait to see how the new Civic GT500 would perform. I know this video is Honda-related but, I have a little side note/update in regards to your previous Super GT video: Team Impul will no longer have the Calsonic Blue and will be replaced by Marelli's darker shade of blue starting this coming Super GT season. Thus, completely ending an era for Team Impul's signature look.

ahh finally, after a long wait, HSV-010

I love these types of videos! They're just incredible to put on in the background and listen to.

Another cracking video, fabulous story telling and editing. Really enjoying these real world racing video essays. Great work mate.

14:08 Damn, that GT-R in G35 shell look sick ngl 🗿

As a diehard NSX fan and owner of 18yrs this was inspirational. Thanks for producing it!

MANNNNNN! Thank you for this amazing video. Fell in love with Mobil 1 NSX after seeing it live in Sepang in 2001, so much memories. How about another video from Honda in the GT300 with the CRZ-GT? :D

Another great video, thank you. The work you put into these really shows.

This was my favorite race car growing up. Glad to know it wasn't forgotten

Hey rofl. Maybe one day you can make a video about the early gran turismo super cars like vector and lister? I feel like i never would have known about them if it werent for those early games. I think it would be a cool subject to shed some light on since we dont really see them around anymore. Just an idea.

30:23 look at those two Fairladies in the background

6:12 MAN!! talking about nostalgia right there. I had 3 out of those 4 on GT2 ♥

This video shows how the HSV Arc was a blessing in diguise and that merging DTM and Super GT Regulations was the worst mistake ever.

Love these jgtc/super gt videos! Both generations of this series for some reason sparked in me, possibly because of the class one regs and also the plentiful quirky gt300 cars, hopefully in the absence in the class 1 regs we get regs that maintain that awesome visual of gt500 cars, thanks for the high quality production man

We deserved a production version

0:31 Glad to see the Chapparal 2J getting some recognition.

My favorite part about Honda, they do it because of passion!

Super GT vs DTM really is my perfect dream, combining my two favourite 90’s racing series’.

Man, after seeing this, and having researched a little bit into it some years ago, I kinda want to know more about team Dome, being them a classic team in Super Gt and having produce some concepts of their own, like the Zero, or the S102 Lmp. As always, great video!

The HSV has to be my all time favorite, it’s almost a crime that it’s wasn’t made, guess at least we can drive it in past GT…

Cool video, I think one of the side note in their Super GT runs in recent years was Jenson Button, a F1 WDC, won a Super GT title also as teammate to Naoki Yamamoto in the NSX in 2018....

Wake up honey, new Roflwaffle content has been launched

Remember Honda HSV being featured in GT5. Because of the shape of the car I knew that the Acura NSX Gen 2 was based off of that car. Thankfully nothing was wasted from the prototype when they made the new NSX

Seriously well made documentary, with well versed historical details that ties the whole story together

What a great video. Didn't even notice its almost an hour long. First video seen from this channel. Subbed.

I bought this car in gt6 JUST because of how good it sounded.

Gotta love how those Honda NSXs at the start were almost all in various Gran Turismos ❤ in fact, most of those GT cars were in GT. A shocking revelation!

I love that you make GT videos and Super GT videos now! Kinda feels like how there's Mario games and Super Mario games, but completely different.

hsv must have used a 8 in 1 collector and equal length headers to get that sound. angels choir i call it

hsv just looked so alien and first time i seen it in super gt i had no idea what it was

Clicked this video 4am, now it's almost 5... Did not feel like an almost an-hour-long video at all! I enjoyed every single minute of it!

Narain's case is very similar to Danica Patric's. She was great Indy driver but she couldn't achieve anything in NASCAR. So I assume F1 wasn't for Narain. Different vechicle, different driving so GT cars seem better for him.

Love this video, Roflwaffle! I’m a Honda guy through and through. On civic #4 and absolutely love it. Thank you for this video and info!

It really shows SuperGT's draw that I could notice some familiar names who were and are well known in endurance racing, such as Loic Duval and Benoit Trèluyer (Le Mans winners with Audi) and Frederic Makowiecki (Porsche factory driver in GTE/now LMDh)!

This car on GT5 was unfair. I fell in love with the Weider HSV-010.

Been a fellow Honda supporter ever since I saw that Castrol Mugen NSX and the Takata Dome NSX in GT4. Especially the latter with its roof air intake looked so unique compared to the other cars in its class (in GT4). The first gen NSX is actually still my absolute dream car.

Honda is wild. They made great cars like the 3rd Gen Prelude and the original NSX Type R, and the world's most daring motorcycles imo.

We need you to start making videos about the GRID franchise because honestly this soundtrack in the back is sooo good

Ridge Racer Type 4 soundtrack is on point 👌

This was an epic video. Thank you, thoroughly enjoyed it as a Honda fan.

amazing documentary, truly a labour of love

That satin black HSV looks so much better than the 2019 Acura NSX does. It's a shame it never went into production.

Who would have thought that Gran Turismo could be responsible for the evolution of a GT RU-vid channel this much.

This was a very well made video! Enjoyed every second of it!

Bro I love your song choices. Bangers

I fricking love your videos! God bless! Also did I just see a Mosler in one of those short clips?

Love the fact that the testing cars with the OF license plate mean they were fully road legal in Germany, which is also a requirement for driving on the Nürburgring outside of race competition

idk why, but the end of this video makes me sad. It gives me that sinking feeling of existential crisis. Seeing gt500 racing with class 1 spec from 2014 and was ditched almost 5 years ago, really gives me a real feeling of time moving on and that gt500 is a glimpse of a not too distant past. It hasn't really changed since I was in high-school and now doing 9-5. There's a sense of purity, nostalgia, comfort when I see gt500, but also sadness.

This was a fantastic video! As a CR-Z owner it was cool seeing the HSV next to one lol, I'll definitely be watching the other Super GT videos!

Good day Rofl, good to see you again. The HSV was a serious car in the GT series. Wish they would bring some of these back to GT7. Hope you had a good Easter.

36:49 no waaaaaay, a technology from GAZ-3102

i LOVE the use of the best track from Tekken 7 38:06

I remember this, wanted this to be a production car so badly

The HSV looking like a cobra was sexy, hopefully it becomes a production car