JAS Motorsport’s Pininfarina-Styled NSX Could Be the Singer of Japanese Icons

• Pininfarina designs a carbon-bodied NSX revival for JAS Motorsport.

• JAS leads engineering and production, echoing Singer’s restomod spirit.

• Naturally aspirated V6 and manual gearbox keep it true to its roots.

A Japanese Legend Gets an Italian Passport

The original Honda NSX was a turning point in sports car history — lightweight, balanced, and beautifully mechanical. Now, 35 years later, that same idea is being revived in Italy. JAS Motorsport, Honda’s long-time racing partner, has confirmed its first road-going car: a reimagined NSX styled by Pininfarina.

Each example will begin life as a genuine first-generation NSX, completely stripped and rebuilt at JAS’s facility in Arluno near Milan. The new body, crafted entirely from carbon fiber, will give the car a sharper, more modern presence while keeping the unmistakable NSX proportions intact. It’s a project that aims to respect its origin while pushing the engineering far beyond what was possible in the early ’90s.

From the Circuit to the Street

JAS Motorsport isn’t just another boutique restorer. The Italian company builds and runs Honda’s official race cars, including the NSX GT3 and Civic Type R TCR. That experience gives this reborn NSX a foundation few restomod projects can match.

Under the skin, a naturally aspirated V6 developed in-house will drive the rear wheels through a six-speed manual. JAS promises improvements in power, torque, and throttle response without compromising the balance and precision that made the original so revered. The aim is not outrageous performance, but perfect feel — a car that rewards skill, not software.

Inside, Pininfarina has redesigned the cockpit around the same philosophy. The layout mirrors the first NSX, simple and driver-focused, but now wrapped in refined materials and updated ergonomics. Every surface serves a purpose, every control feels deliberate. It’s the kind of design that invites you to drive, not just admire.

Turning the Singer Formula Inside Out

It’s impossible to talk about this car without mentioning Singer’s celebrated Porsche 911s. But while Singer leads with design and relies on engineering partners like Williams, the JAS-Pininfarina partnership flips that model. Here, JAS is the constructor and manufacturer, and Pininfarina is the design studio.

That distinction gives the project a different character. This is not a California-style collectible, but an Italian-engineered road machine built by the same people who race for Honda. Pininfarina adds the emotional layer, but the DNA is pure motorsport.

Building the Future of Analog

JAS describes the car as a modern interpretation of the Grand Touring spirit — fast, safe, and balanced, yet equally at home on the track or an open road. Production will be extremely limited, with the first public unveiling planned for the first half of 2026.

In an era of silent EVs and digital driving modes, this NSX revival stands for something simple and rare: mechanical honesty. If Singer elevated the 911 into art, JAS and Pininfarina might just do the same for Japan’s most beloved supercar.

Interestingly, this collaboration also brings the story of the NSX full circle. Long before Honda’s in-house team created the production model, Pininfarina had already shaped its spiritual foundation through the 1984 Honda HP-X concept — a mid-engine prototype that introduced the lightweight, driver-focused formula later perfected in the NSX. Four decades on, Pininfarina is returning to that lineage, this time giving physical form to the very philosophy it once helped inspire.

Italy’s Growing League of Reimagined Legends

Italy has quietly become the global capital for reimagined classics, and the JAS-Pininfarina NSX now joins an elite circle that includes Manifattura Automobili Torino’s New Stratos (also designed by Pininfarina) and Kimera Automobili’s EVO37. Both projects take iconic Lancia rally cars and rebuild them from the ground up with modern materials and engineering. The New Stratos revives the wedge-shaped legend with a carbon body and Ferrari-sourced V8, while Kimera’s EVO37 blends 1980s attitude with 21st-century precision. Together, they show how Italian artisans are preserving automotive heritage not by looking back, but by re-engineering it for a new era of purists.