A company called JAS Motorsport has revealed it is building a high-performance road car. JAS Motorsport has been Honda’s official racing partner since 1998, winning touring car, GT, and rally titles, so it knows a thing or three about going fast.
And a company called Pininfarina will design it. Pininfarina has knocked out some of the finest-looking cars of the 20th and 21st century, so it knows a thing or 15 about sketching out a high-performance road car. In fact, it designed the HP-X concept for Honda (below) in the ’80s.
PHOTO BY Honda
Anyway, we know nothing of what’ll power this new high-performance road car, nor what it’ll look like, barring the teaser image above. Pininfarina has only said it’ll collaborate with JAS Motorsport on reimagining “one of the most iconic sports cars of the past and offer it to the world of car enthusiasts and collectors.”
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Does that latter bit mean it’ll be another slice of unobtanium? Certainly points to it, considering Pininfarina said it’ll be built in Milan in an “extremely limited edition”.
PHOTO BY TopGear.com
As to the ‘iconic sports cars’ bit, your guess is as good as ours. Apparently, the platform will be “mechanical” (as opposed to… theoretical?) with “the very latest automotive technology,” while the project will ‘respect’ its origins, and feature “modern styling cues that will dress a chassis at the forefront of cutting-edge construction technology.” So, there’s that.
We’ll know more as both JAS and Pininfarina begin ramping up the development of the new sports car, scheduled for a 2026 reveal. More as we get it.
NOTE: This article first appeared on TopGear.com. Minor edits have been made.