Honda Will Build New Parts for the NSX and Other Classics

If you’re a fan of the NSX, you’re in luck.

Honda will begin supplying genuine replacement parts for its first-generation NSX sports car, which began production in 1990.

Announced on Tuesday, the news was likely met with loud roars of approval from shade-tree NSX mechanics everywhere, in addition to professional restorers who want to rehab old NSXs in the most accurate fashion possible to increase resale value, please their customers, and satisfy perfectionist instincts.

Honda said its new effort came about, in part, because manufacturing processes are more advanced than they have been in years past, making it easier and likely cheaper to make new “old” parts. Those pieces are, nonetheless, good enough for the carmaker to certify them as genuine.

“With the advancement of technologies such as remanufacturing and 3-D printing, the range of possibilities for new manufacturing and procurement methods for the continued supply of parts is expanding,” Honda said in a statement, as translated by Google. “In light of these efforts and background, Honda has decided to adopt parts that meet quality standards in terms of function and performance as ‘genuine compatible parts’ and supply them globally.”

The parts will be available beginning in 2026, though Honda said further details about availability would be forthcoming this fall. The carmaker did not say what models the new genuine parts service would cover in the future beyond the first-generation NSX, except to mention that it would cover “other sports-type models.” That sounds like those hoping for new genuine parts for second- and third-generation Integras, Honda Civic Type Rs, and S2000s might be in for a pleasant surprise. Honda may even do the same for old Preludes, if they’re feeling generous.

Aside from Honda, Toyota has a similar service called GR Heritage Parts to get parts for old Supras and other classic Toyotas, while Nissan has Nismo Heritage Parts for classic Nissans. The issue of keeping old classics running—or at least finding parts for them—has taken on somewhat more urgency in an era when cars are transitioning to all-electric power, which requires different parts than the internal combustion engine vehicles they are replacing.

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Honda, too, is said to be working on an all-electric NSX, and if and when that car debuts, the automaker will likely parade some classic NSXs alongside it, perhaps restored with help from this new parts service. The NSX was undeniable when it debuted more than three decades ago, and it still is—and, hopefully, now will be for at least three decades more.