--- title: "Listen to Honda’s HSV-010 Super GT Race Car Scream" description: "We look to the past to satisfy an innate need for narratives, ones that create a direct line from where we were yesterday to where we are today. But reality is full of detours, one of which [Honda]() is now…" date: "2026-04-25" modified: "2026-04-25" authors: - name: "Stephen Edelstein" job_title: "Weekend Editor" link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/stephen-edelstein" url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/listen-to-hondas-hsv-010-super-gt-race-car-scream" categories: - "Honda News" - "News" - "News by Brand" - "Racing" tags: - "race car" --- # Listen to Honda’s HSV-010 Super GT Race Car Scream ![Honda HSV-010 GT]() *\Honda via YouTube\* We look to the past to satisfy an innate need for narratives, ones that create a direct line from where we were yesterday to where we are today. But reality is full of detours, one of which [Honda]() is now revisiting. The automaker recommissioned an HSV-010 GT, the race car it campaigned in the Japanese Super GT series from 2010 to 2013 while trying to decided what direction to go with the second-generation NSX. This is likely the first time one of these cars has run since they were withdrawn from competition, and Honda Racing posted high-quality audio of the reawakened 3.4-liter V8 engine revving on its [YouTube channel](). It's part of a series of videos that also includes an [RA272 Formula 1 car]() and the HSV's NSX GT predecessor. The driver may just be blipping the throttle while parked, but it's probably better than what you'll get from old Super GT clips. ![Honda HSV-010 GT]() *Honda via YouTube* Super GT cars are normally based (albeit loosely) on production models, but the HSV-010 GT was an exception. It originated with Honda's initial plan to replace the [first-generation NSX](), production of which ended in 2005. That plan called for a front-engine car powered by a V10. If that sounds like a big leap from the mid-engine V6 NSX, keep in mind that V10 engines were still being used in F1 at the time these decisions were being made, so a V10 road car would have been more relevant. [Toyota]() was thinking along similar lines with the project that eventually yielded the [Lexus LFA](). The Acura Advanced Sports Car Concept (ASCC) debuted at the 2007 Detroit Auto Show with a front-mounted V10 and rear-biased all-wheel drive system. Meanwhile, Honda continued to race the NSX in Super GT under a waiver that would expire in 2009. The V10 NSX was already looking unlikely by that time, but in need of a new car to race, Honda received permission from organizers to create a purpose-built racer allegedly inspired by that front-engine car. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBQVAiC2pU4 The HSV-010 GT does appear to have borrowed some styling elements from the ASCC, but instead of a V10 Honda went with a V8 based on one from the Formula Nippon (now Super Formula) single-seater series. It made about 500 horsepower and 290 pound-feet of torque in its baseline spec. Weider Honda Racing scored a drivers' and teams' championship double with the car in its debut season, and the HSV-010 GT would win 10 races during its four seasons in competition. For 2014, Honda replaced the HSV-010 GT with the not-quite-production-ready [second-generation NSX](). It may have jumped the gun a bit, but the mid-engine V6 hybrid NSX road car did eventually go on sale. But Honda still hasn't produced a V8 supercar (it's only V8 road car is a rebadged [Land Rover]() Discovery from the 1990s), making the HSV-010 GT truly special. *Got a tip about something sounding awesome? Send us a note at tips@thdrive.com* ## Author Stephen has always been passionate about cars, and managed to turn that passion into a career as a freelance automotive journalist. When he's not handling weekend coverage for The Drive, you can find him looking for a new book to read. ### Author social links [Twitter]()