Italdesign—the coachbuilder behind the second-gen NSX's design—is building a handful of bespoke continuation cars that cherry-pick the best of the 2016-2022 platform. It's officially sanctioned by Acura, but positioning ultra-limited restomod culture as a redesign feels like marketing leverage over substance.

Takahashi Ju and Pandem Rocket Bunny took a Suzuki Twin and wrapped it in a full widebody kit that reads like a shrunken, turbo-hungry R32 GT-R. The setup includes a genuine aero package with functional ducting, not the usual mall-crawler bolt-ons. This is what happens when builders respect scale and proportion instead of just bolting parts on.

Honda rolled out track-focused HRC variants of the Prelude, Type R, and CR-V at Tokyo Auto Salon—proof that someone in Suzuka still remembers what drivers actually want. The Civic hybrid got a simulated manual transmission treatment, a middle finger to the CVT apologists. These are concepts for now, but the fact they exist means Honda's performance division still has a pulse.