Bespoke Italian supercar celebrates blue-collar hero Acura NSX but with $1 million price tag

The Honda NSX – marketed as Acura NSX in America – is one of the most beloved supercars of all time, largely because people see it as the working-class hero.

When it first came out, the NSX was very inexpensive.

Now there’s a new one, and ‘inexpensive’ is definitely not a word you can use to describe it.

But that price tag makes a lot of sense when you take a closer look.

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The first blue-collar supercar

The Honda/Acura NSX is generally regarded as the world’s first ‘blue-collar’ supercar.

Earlier machines like the Ford GT40 also deserved that title, with hindsight, but the original Acura NSX was actually marketed as a Ferrari rival for the road, not the track.

It provided the same level of performance as an equivalent Ferrari or Lamborghini from the era, but for a fraction of the cost.

Unfortunately, one of the main problems with blue-collar supercars is that they’re no longer ‘blue-collar’ at all.

The modern-day NSX was unveiled in 2022 with a price tag of $170,000, which is not exactly an affordable sum.

The same can be said about the Ford GT – it cost around half a million dollars when it was new, and now you need well over $800,000 to buy one.

The new NSX is actually designed in Italy

The vehicle you see here is a restomod inspired by the original Acura/Honda NSX.

It looks vintage, but it was actually built – in Italy – yesterday.

The company behind this project is called JAS, an Italian manufacturer that’s been working with Honda since the late 1990s.

They call it ‘Tensei’, which is Japanese for ‘rebirth’ or ‘reincarnation.’

Tensei is faithful to the original Honda NSX: it’s made from carbon fiber, but it still features pop-up headlights, like the original from 30-plus years ago, and the engine is in the middle.

And speaking of that, the powertrain is also a tribute to the original.

It’s a naturally aspirated 3.0-liter V6, capable of up to 420hp and paired with a six-speed manual.

And bear in mind this beautiful JDM hero only weighs 1,260kg, which is pretty good for a car built in 2025, and more importantly, it means the power-to-weight ratio is pretty good.

The bad news is that, in order to buy one, you need an amount of money that’s definitely not ‘blue-collar’ at all.

Only 35 units will be built, and pricing starts at around €880,000 ($1 million, give or take), making it one of the most expensive supercars you can buy today.

And that’s excluding taxes and, more importantly, the donor car.

So it’s a case of BYOB – Bring Your Own Base – as in an NSX that JAS can use as a base.