Honda’s official motorsport partner is building a sportscar designed by Pininfarina

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 fifteen about sketching out a high-performance road car.

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 sportscars of the past and offer it to the world of car enthusiasts and collectors”.

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”.

As to the ‘iconic sportscars’ 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 sportscar, scheduled for a 2026 reveal. More as we get it.