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The problem with the "new" NSX will always be that it was too little, too late.
Japanese automakers are always very hesitant to call a supercar "finished" or to release a finished product. There is a cultural tendency to keep honing a product to the point of irrelevancy.
Look at the amount of change in the R35 GTR over its production lifecycle, as well as the dozens of changes that the LFA went through from concept to final production.
Indecision plagued Honda/Acura with the NSX. The 2nd generation NSX was supposed to be a front engine V-10 car in the late 00s. However, due to the financial crisis and Honda being overly cautious, it was only ever used as a SuperGT car.
This NSX targeted the right cars (991.1 GT3, Ferrari 458), but then Honda kept tweaking, and waiting, and waiting. When it was released in 2017, all of the benchmarks had moved on and the NSX was slower but still at the same price point.
As a used car around $90-100k, I think the 2017 NSXs are great value, as they are significantly faster than other used cars at that price, save for maybe the heinously unreliable 12C. I would take one all day over a new C8 Corvette (the pricing is shockingly similar due to Vette markups). But as a new car, it was never a winning proposition.
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