Oracle Founder Larry Ellison Gave Away This Japanese Supercar As A Gift
Ellison has long been a fan of Japanese culture. He owns an $86 million villa in Kyoto, Japan along with as many as 500 pieces of Japanese art. So it should come as no surprise that the Oracle founder's favorite four-wheeled vehicle is one that many believe to be the quintessential Japanese supercar, the Acura/Honda NSX.
In fact, Ellison would reportedly buy a few of these $80,000 rides every year of the model's 15-year production run to give to friends and top employees as gifts and bonuses, reported Complex Magazine and USA Today.
So what makes the NSX so worthy of Ellison's adulation? Well, for one thing, it's got a pedigree. In the late 1980s, Honda (Acura's parent company) was all but unbeatable in the racing world. The company's Formula One engines powered drivers to six consecutive constructor's world champions and five straight driver's world championships.To commemorate its success, the company decided to build what it considered to be the perfect supercar. It would be fast, high-tech, light-weight, and precise-handling. It would also bring a level of reliability and user-friendliness unseen in the European supercars of the day.
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With handling of paramount importance to Honda, the company asked its stable of Formula One talent for help. The NSX's chassis was set up by none other than the great Aryton Senna, who is sadly no longer with us (he died in a racing accident in 1994).
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Knowing Ellison's brash and aggressive style of business, that sounds like something he would understand.
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