- Pininfarina and JAS Motorsport are reimagining Honda’s NA1 NSX sports car.
- It gets a new carbon body but retains pop-up lights and a tuned Honda V6.
- The six-speed manual car will be unveiled in full in the first half of 2026.
In 1984 Honda and Pininfarina teamed up to create the HP-X, a mid-engined sports car that would evolve into the ground-breaking NSX. Now, more than 40 years later, Pininfarina is reimagining the Honda / Acura NSX with Italy’s JAS Motorsport, and we’ve got our hands on the first images.
The two teaser pictures show a design that thankfully doesn’t stray too far from the original NSX, but fixes some of the more dated aspects and adds some attitude.
So the black canopy remains, as do the pop-up lights, hoop rear spoiler and basic rear light signature.
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But the more you look, the more changes your spot. The bodywork, all new and fashioned from carbon fiber, is more muscular and features vents behind the swollen front fenders.
The rear-quarter panel intakes are bigger, and there’s a vent in the front hood, like the one on the mighty first-generation (NA2) NSX-R.
But what really transforms this update is the massively improved stance. The original NSX had a narrow rear track and weirdly long rear overhang, and though it’s hard to get a full idea of the shape and proportions from two teaser images, this new interpretation seems to work much better.
It also proudly wears JAS badges, rather than Honda ones, which should keep Honda’s lawyers happy.
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Pinininfarina hasn’t let us see inside the still-unnamed car, but says it’s very much a road car rather than a bare-bones track special – maybe it’s planning one of those for later.
The original 1991 Acura NSX that was sold worldwide as a Honda.
We know it will have a tuned version of Honda’s V6, and you can be sure it’ll make more than the 270 hp (274 PS) Honda and Acura claimed for the 3.0-liter original in 1990.
It will also come with a six-speed manual transmission and be available in both left- and right hand drive, though how many cars will be built or how much they’ll cost is unknown.
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We’ll find out more in the coming months, no doubt, and Pininfarina says to expect a full global reveal during the first half of 2026.
Which means next year is going to be a doozy for NSX lovers because Pinfarina rival Italdesign earlier this month started teasing its own reimagined NSX, this one featuring an NSX-R GT-style roof snorkel.
JAS/Pininfarina
