Revised Acura NSX showcased at NAIAS

Acura unleashed its new NSX on America's most significant auto show in Detroit on Monday with improvements that make it faster, bigger and even more in-your-face.

The NSX is the sports car that stunned the automotive world 25 years ago by showing that a Japanese maker could compete with the Ferraris of the world in creating an exotic, sexy and uncompromising car.

It has got a new engine, a twin-turbocharged six-cylinder powerplant, coupled with three electric motors. The new engine was larger and gulped more air, requiring significant changes to the original concept. NSX will come with a nine-speed dual clutch transmission.

NSX that goes into production in Ohio will be 3 inches longer and an inch wider. It has larger air ducts, especially behind the doors, to suck more air into the intercoolers for those two turbos.

2016 Toyota Mirai FCV

The race for the hydrogen fuel cell vehicle is really heating up.

Within the past few days, Honda has unveiled its FCV Concept in Japan, BMW is reportedly planning a hydrogen-powered i5, and now, Toyota has officially announced its hydrogen fuel cell vehicle for the 2016 model year.

Called as 'Mirai', which means 'Future' in Japanese, is a midsize sedan which will go on sale in Japan by the end of the year.

The Mirai will go on sale in the U.S as early as next year as Toyota has announced a joint venture with industrial gas supplier Air Liquide to build 12 hydrogen fueling stations in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. There are currently 10 stations in California, but the state has committed to 20 by 2015 and 40 by 2016.

Some features you would definitely like about the 'Mirai' :

• The hydrogen powertrain takes just five minutes to fill.

• Emits no exhaust besides water vapor. 

• Can even siphon energy into an owner’s home with the Optional Power Take-Off device.

• Maximum power output of 153 horsepower.
  
  
• Maximum torque of 247 lb-ft.

• It can accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in around 9 seconds.

•  Maximum of 5.0 kilograms of compressed hydrogen in two 10,000-psi carbon-fiber-reinforced high-pressure tanks.
• Despite being an FCV, it will have a top speed of 111 mph.
• It will have a nickel-metal-hydride battery similar to that in the Prius and will be fed by a fuel-cell stack tucked under the front seats.
• The solid-polymer electrolyte fuel cell was completely developed in-house by Toyota and consists of 370 cells.
  
  

Power Take-off:

On a full charge, the car provides up to 60 kWh of power to one’s home (or perhaps even one’s depleted Tesla battery) in case of an emergency or a power outage. Toyota claims that’s enough to power an average household for about six days.