Ayrton Senna's Most Famous Honda NSX may sell for $1 million

The most iconic sports car in the history of the Honda NSX model, which was released in the early nineties and belonged to three-time Formula 1 world champion Ayrton Senna, will be put up for sale. The auction will be held on October 31, and the estimated cost of the car is estimated in the range of $ 700 thousand to $ 1.1 million, which significantly exceeds the prices for models of this period. This was announced by Carscoops on August 26.

The Brazilian racer was directly involved in the refinement of the original NSX, collaborating with Honda during his time playing for the McLaren-Honda F1 team. Senna had three NSX cars at her disposal for personal use. The red-colored model with the chassis number T000233, released in 1991, was stored in Lisbon and delivered to Senna every time he came to Portugal.

The most famous shots involving Senna and this car are those in which the racer in his casual clothes washes the NSX with a garden hose. The sports car gained additional fame after Senna drove it to the Portuguese Grand Prix in 1991 and was photographed. The car also appeared in the documentary Ayrton Senna: Racing Is In My Blood.

After Senna's death in 1994, the car was registered to a private company in Portugal, then in 1997 the sports car was stored at a Honda Nipomotor dealer, after which it changed several owners, including from the UK and Japan. Now the car is back in the UK and is preparing for auction, which will be held by the auction house RM Sotheby's.

Technically, this NSX model does not differ from the standard version of the early 1990s model, it is equipped with a 3.0 liter naturally aspirated V6 engine with 280 hp, paired with a five-speed manual transmission. Rear-wheel drive.

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