Debut of Honda NSX prototype at Goodwood Festival of Speed

The ground-breaking NSX supercar, powered by an innovative three-motor Sport Hybrid Super Handling All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) system, and set for launch in 2015, will take centre stage at this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed when it takes on the world's most famous hillclimb in front of a capacity crowd.

The NSX has a long-standing relationship with the Festival of Speed. In 1993, at the time of the first Festival, a fleet of 10 NSX were showcased at Goodwood.

Launched in 1990, the original NSX was already known as a ground-breaking exotic car, delivering super performance and handling, without compromise in usability and ergonomics. More than two decades have passed and the new NSX is making its return to Goodwood.

The new prototype will be joined on the famous hillclimb by a 1989 3.0-litre NSX, once driven by Ayrton Senna himself, and a 2005 3.2-litre, illustrating the original model's rich history and development.

The all new NSX will be powered by a mid-mounted, direct-injected next generation longitudinally placed twin turbo V6 engine mated to Honda's Sport Hybrid SH-AWD (Super Handling All-Wheel Drive) system.

Sport Hybrid SH-AWD is an all new, three-motor high-performance hybrid system that combines torque vectoring all-wheel drive with advanced hybrid efficiency through the use of three electric motors - one motor integrated with the V6 engine and its all new dual-clutch transmission (DCT) driving the rear wheels, and two motors driving the front wheels.

The system enables instant delivery of negative or positive torque to the front wheels during cornering to achieve a new level of driving performance unparalleled by current AWD systems.