I really don't understand why you are flipping out over what Honda is doing. EVERYBODY does it.
And here is where the problem lies. If you take a look at the concept cars over the past two or three years from each of the "major" powers in the automotive industry, you get a very different picture...
- The Japanese prefer whimsical, futuristic, and overtly Utopian designs and powerplants to create a future car by which technofiles and gearheads can unite and have a car for which to share. Designs seem completely irrational and far-off on the idea curve... Certainly it is what a concept is supposed to dream up, however it is the execution of these models that leaves us scratching our heads. Instead of coming up with something 10-15 years off, why not come up with something that can be here in 3 years or less?
- The Europeans prefer a similar idea of a future-oriented concept car, however much of their designs propose a fairly true down-to-earth feature set based on mechanicals that already exist, albeit in a highly modified, and generally highly efficient state. The Europeans dream of cars a few years into the future, and thus they set goals to meet these standards, and generally have done a good job matching them. Good ideas come from the notion of practicality, and that is where the Europeans have it in spades.
- The American concept car is one that projects the future in the sense that it is only around the corner. It has been that way for what seems like three decades in this country, and as of late, the overwhelming majority of American concept cars are either so quickly green-light for production that it is scary, or they come ever so close to production that we often end up disappointed. If anything, it is European practicality at the highest degree... Build with what you have, improve it just a bit, and call it a day. But much of this comes from the fact that GM, Ford, and DCX are in "survival mode," and thus they cannot afford to come up with whimsical concept cars and other "ideas on wheels." We want our concept cars, NOW! ...And that is why we see cars like the Camaro, Challenger, Interceptor, etc so likely for production by the time of their debut.
What it comes down to is that Honda has plenty of room to dream of the future while still spending plenty of time on the present. Sure, GM can give us concept cars like the Volt, and Ford can give us something like the Airstream, but even they show direct lines to the near future. This new NSX thing? It is an uncertainty if Honda will ever go along with the styling, much less the layout of the thing. Sure, technology lies abound, and it certainly points down a road that is filled with "filtered F1 content." Trust me, thats a good thing, but when you have managed to alienate the people by which your sporting credentials were either created or further established, you are cutting off your feet before jumping in the lake. No true NSX fan will settle for an FM-R sports coupe, and I think Honda knows that.
...The question is, is Honda willing to go back to the HSC concept to make the NSX-replacement a reality?
It's not like it's a maglev car. Honda makes cars for today, and their cars are very competitive, not in the future, but right now. I don't see anything wrong with Honda's philosophy.
). I thought that the U.S. is also starting to show the trend? But they do have the Mexican immigrants helping out with the numbers. In South Korea, it's supposed to be even worse than Japan. 
