Unlike typical Super GT cars, the vehicle is not based on any production vehicle that is made available to purchase by the general public. They were allowed to use it on the basis that it was based on a production ready car, even though said car had been cancelled.[2] Then, on December 22, 2009, Honda announced the HSV-010 GT as the successor to the NSX Super GT in the Super GT series. Honda's decision to campaign a non production vehicle required it to obtain special permission from Super GT organizer to be exempt from the production homologation requirements for the series. Honda revealed that the car it would be based on the cancelled 'New NSX' production vehicle. On November 15, 2009, Honda announced that, despite withdrawing the NSX from Super GT competition, it would campaign a car for the 2010 season. On October 23, 2009, Honda officially announced the end of the mid-engine NSX Super GT's participation in Super GT racing due to new Super GT regulations that allowed the use of only front engine,rear drive cars.