Abandoned Honda NSX in the woods is as strange a sight as you'll ever see
- This abandoned Honda NSX was found in a forest near St. Petersburg
- It’s known as the Acura NSX in the US
- It was the world’s first reliable, daily-drivable supercar
Published on Sep 05, 2024 at 6:55 PM (UTC+4)
by Amelia Jean Hershman-Jones
Last updated on Sep 05, 2024 at 8:46 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Tom Wood
This abandoned Honda NSX was the last thing Russian mushroom pickers expected to find in a forest near St. Petersburg.
They were expecting to mind morels, not a motor.
The Acura NSX, known outside the USA as the Honda NSX, was the world’s first reliable, daily-drivable supercar.
However, sitting there without an engine, it wouldn’t be going far today.
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The abandoned Honda NSX
The Honda NSX first drove onto the emerging supercar market in 1990.
It went on to become a favorite of car enthusiasts and collectors alike, and its value soared.
It’s unclear, then, just what this abandoned model was doing sitting amongst the fungi.
Shared to a Reddit thread in 2017, the owner of the engine-less Honda NSX allegedly attempted to sell the car in 2009.
When he was unable to close the deal, it mysteriously disappeared until locals picking mushrooms stumbled across it.
However, rather than being left in situ as a bizarre landmark in the forest, the car was later taken away, cleaned up, inspected, and received a new engine.
Other cars abandoned in the woods
This isn’t the only car found out in nature.
This man went all out to rescue a Ford abandoned in woods for 30 years.
The man was offered a free car if he could save the 1967 Ford Thunderbird that had become stuck and covered with moss and vegetation.
Meanwhile, on a much larger scale in the US, thousands of cars were discovered in the woods in East Tennessee.
The muscle car collection lay parked up in a junkyard in the woods after apparently spending decades outside.
In Germany, this million-dollar car graveyard in a German forest is full of rare motors.
However, it isn’t what it looks like, the 50 classic cars actually form an art installation with a message behind it.
All Supercar Blondie contributors undergo editorial review and fact-checking to ensure accuracy and authority in automotive journalism. After gaining her BA Hons in French and English at the University of Nottingham, Amelia embarked on a vocational diploma from the National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ). This led to numerous opportunities, from interning at Vogue to being on the small team that launched Women’s Health magazine in the UK, which was named the PPA Consumer magazine of the year for three years running. As Health, Beauty and Fitness editor, Amelia personally received a Johnson & Johnson Award and was shortlisted for both PPA and BSME titles. Since then, Amelia has created content for numerous titles and brands, including the Telegraph, 111 Skin, Waitrose, Red magazine, Stylist, and Elle, as well as being Head of Content at Vitality and Editor in Chief at INLondon magazine. “My superpower is translating technical jargon about the mechanical workings of a supercar into a relatable story you’ll want to share with your friends after you’ve read it.” After joining the SB Media family as a senior journalist in September of 2023, Amelia’s role has evolved to see her heading up the SEO output of the editorial team. From researching the most ‘Google-able’ key terms to producing evergreen content - it’s been a time of hard work, growth, and success for the editorial team and the Supercar Blondie website. “I like to think of myself as a ‘method journalist’. In other words: I live and breathe whatever I am writing about. When writing about fitness, I trained as a personal trainer, and as a beauty editor, I completed an ‘expert’ in scent diploma with the Fragrance Foundation. “During my tenure at Supercar Blondie, however, I did something I never thought possible: I passed my driving test at the age of 36. One day I’d love to train as a mechanic to better understand what happens under the hood, too. “My sweet spot is providing readers with a ‘takeaway’ (read: something new they didn’t know before) after reading every one of my stories. While I don’t claim to be an expert in the automotive world, I know the experts and bodies in the field to rely on to provide our readers with an informative and thought-provoking story every time they visit the site.”
