► Honda’s original NSX gets the restomod treatment
► Resurrected by Pininfarina and JAS Motorsport
► Features similar naturally-aspirated V6 and a manual
Restomods are now stretching into the 90s era, as Pininfarina and JAS Motorsport announce a partnership to bring back the original Honda NSX.
In a press release, the two companies will make ‘a derivative of the 1990-generation Honda NSX’ – and these are our first images.
An NSX donor car is required, with Pininfarina saying it is responsible for the revised and modernised bodywork, which is made entirely from carbonfibre. JAS Motorsport, which is known for its race-spec engineering, will likely be helping out with the ‘refined mechanical elements’ promised in the restomod version.
No fancy turbocharging or electrification is to be had here, with Pininfarina and JAS saying their version of the NSX will still use a naturally-aspirated V6 and a manual transmission. The engine will be ‘engineered and developed to obtain the highest levels of power, torque and responsiveness.’
The work can be done to a left- or right-hand drive NSX model, with the first finished version making its public debut in the summer of 2026. An ‘ultra-limited series production’ run of the new, as-yet-unnamed NSX restomod will follow.
Jake has been an automotive journalist since 2015, joining CAR as Staff Writer in 2017. With a decade of car news and reviews writing under his belt, he became CAR's Deputy News Editor in 2020 and then News Editor in 2025. Jake's day-to-day role includes co-ordinating CAR's news content across its print, digital and social media channels. When he's not out interviewing an executive, driving a new car for review or on a photoshoot for a CAR feature, he's usually found geeking out on the latest video game, buying yet another pair of wildly-coloured trainers or figuring out where he can put another car-shaped Lego set in his already-full house.
By Jake Groves
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