AutoSnipes Journal / September 11, 2026

261 Miles, No Reserve — The Last NSX Type S and the Case for Finality Over Rarity

BaT sold a 261-mile 2022 Acura NSX Type S (#107/350, Indy Yellow, Lightweight Package) for $247,777 at no reserve on Aug 13, 2026 — sticker $185,995. AutoSnipes separates capsule finality from driver comps and keeps the gen-gap to older NSX money honest.

261 Miles, No Reserve — The Last NSX Type S and the Case for Finality Over Rarity

On August 13, 2026, Bring a Trailer sold a 261-mile 2022 Acura NSX Type S — #107 of 350, Indy Yellow Pearl, Lightweight Package — for $247,777 at no reserve. Sticker was $185,995. AutoSnipes reads the hammer as a finality trade, not a rarity lottery.

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The receipt (BaT Lot #257,497)

Bring a Trailer’s listing is the primary source. Soft-phrase nothing that is not on the page:

| Fact | Confirmed on BaT |
| --- | --- |
| Result | Sold for USD $247,777 (winning bid by aessa36) |
| Auction ended | Thursday, August 13, 2026 at 10:41am |
| Bids | 13 |
| Reserve | No reserve |
| Miles | 261 |
| Production | #107 of 350 Type S examples (2022 send-off) |
| Paint | Indy Yellow Pearl |
| Key option | $13k Lightweight Package (carbon roof, fixed decklid spoiler, retuned suspension — as covered on BaT and Modern Car Collector) |
| Powertrain | Twin-turbo 3.5L V6 + three electric motors; combined 600 hp / 492 lb-ft when new; 9-speed DCT; SH-AWD |
| Sticker | Total vehicle price $185,995 (Acura of the Rio Grande Valley, San Juan, Texas) |
| Chassis | 19UNC1B02NY000107 |
| Paper | Window sticker, clean Carfax, Texas title with Actual Mileage notation, owner’s manual, NSX-branded accessories |
| Seller | Dealer (TheMarkMotors, Boerne, TX); $0 document fee on the listing |

Modern Car Collector’s August 9, 2026 essay framed the same car before the hammer — same miles, same #107/350, same sticker, same no-reserve posture — as a thesis piece on finality over raw production scarcity. Three hundred fifty cars is not unicorn math by hypercar standards. What bidders paid for is the last specification of Honda’s second-generation mid-engine argument, preserved like an artifact.

Premium over sticker: $247,777 − $185,995 ≈ $61.8k on a car that barely left the bubble wrap. That is not “mileage zero equals infinite money.” That is a documented end-of-line Type S clearing a clean six-figure premium in public.

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Finality vs rarity (the AutoSnipes frame)

Rarity is a count. Finality is a chapter break.

The NC1 NSX (2017–2022) was Honda/Acura’s second try at a dependable mid-engine exotic — twin-turbo V6, three motors, torque-vectoring front axle, nine-speed DCT, SH-AWD. Type S was the send-off: more power, the options enthusiasts actually ordered, and a hard production cap. BaT’s plaque shot (#107/350) is the literal period at the end of the sentence.

Modern Car Collector’s angle is the one AutoSnipes will keep: 350 is not exotic scarcity; timing is. Collectors who grew up on Honda performance credibility are now liquid enough to buy the poster car — and they are buying documented last chapters, not merely low VINs. Layered rarity still matters inside the run: Lightweight Package + Indy Yellow + sub-300 miles + full sticker/Carfax file is a different car from a high-mile base Type S in a volume color. The hammer reflects the stack, not the badge alone.

No-reserve confidence is the other signal. Offering a nearly new, low-mile, paper-heavy Type S without a floor is not desperation when the file is clean — it is a seller (here, a dealer) betting transparent history will outwork a reserve. BaT’s 13-bid, $247,777 result did not require a rescue narrative. AutoSnipes watches no-reserve modern exotics for exactly this pattern: cars with nothing to hide tend to skip the floor; cars that need a floor often have a story.

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Collectible vs driver: the NC1 Type S split

Same chassis code. Two markets. Do not price them with one ruler — the E39 M5 lesson applies.

Collectible / capsule lane

  • Sub-1,000 miles (this car: 261)
  • Full docs: sticker, Carfax, title remarks, accessories
  • Desirable factory stack (Lightweight Package, color with story)
  • Storage stewardship (BaT notes an oil change in August 2025 despite negligible miles — maintenance as curation)
  • Sale posture that matches the file (no-reserve here was the flex)

Driver lane

  • Honest miles, tracked or road-driven
  • Service history that proves the hybrid system and DCT were used, not only photographed
  • Asks anchored to driven comps, not to this $247,777 hammer

If you are shopping a 10k–30k-mile Type S to actually drive, citing this auction as your ask’s justification is how you sit unsold. If you are selling a capsule, underselling the Lightweight Package and sticker file is how you leave money on the table. AutoSnipes’ job is to keep those lanes labeled.

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Gen-gap caution (older NSX money)

First-generation NSX values and NC1 Type S values are related nameplates, not interchangeable comps. Do not soft-wash a 1990s NA NSX hammer into a 2022 Type S ask, or vice versa, without a sourced bridge. Different eras, different buyer pools, different maintenance and import stories. Modern Car Collector notes Honda’s heritage-parts attention to the first-gen NSX as a long-term ownership positive for the nameplate broadly — institutional respect helps both generations — but that is support narrative, not a price multiple. Until you have trim-matched, miles-matched receipts on both sides, keep the gen-gap in separate columns.

What is fair to say from this sale alone: the market will pay a clear premium over 2022 sticker for a final-spec, Lightweight-packed, museum-mile Type S sold in the open with a clean file. That is a NC1 Type S data point. It is not a blank check for every NSX badge.

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Seller / buyer playbook

Sellers (capsule Type S)

  • Lead with production plaque, Lightweight Package line on the sticker, miles, and Carfax — not with “last NSX” poetry alone
  • Disclose PPF, storage, and any dealer acquisition story upfront (this car was dealer-offered in 2026)
  • Use $247,777 as a comps ceiling context for similarly stacked cars — not as your ask if you are missing the Lightweight Package or sitting on five-figure miles

Buyers

  • Capsule: pay for the stack you can document; walk if the sticker or plaque story is fuzzy
  • Driver: ignore this hammer for valuation; hunt service files and honest odometers
  • Walk-away triggers: “one of 350” without options clarity; accident-branded titles sold as clean; asks that treat every Type S as a $247k car

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AutoSnipes CTA

Finality is a thesis. Rarity is a number. This BaT result is a receipt for the thesis when the file is perfect.

Search AutoSnipes for NSX Type S. Filter by miles band and options language. If you are listing, upload the window sticker, plaque photo, Carfax, and a clear odometer shot — then ask in the lane your car actually occupies.

261 miles and no reserve did not invent NSX collectibility. They priced a documented last chapter in public. Know which chapter you are buying.

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