Quick look
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Honda to provide support for classic sports models, starting with the first-generation NSX.
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Discontinued parts will be re-manufactured and sold globally, offering both exact reproductions and updated compatible versions.
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Restoration service for complete cars will be available only in Japan.
Honda has announced plans to launch a new heritage service business for classic Honda (and Acura) sports models in 2026. To be known as Honda Heritage Works, the service will offer reproduction parts on a global basis to replace discontinued parts. In Japan, there will also be a restoration service.
Two services
To begin on April 1, Honda Heritage Works will consist of two services: Honda Heritage Parts, which reproduces and supplies certain discontinued genuine parts no longer in mass production, and Honda Restoration Service, a new service to be offered in Japan to restore customer vehicles utilizing the reproduced parts.
Both will start with the first-generation NSX, with plans to expand to other classic sports models in the future. The new service is expected to be welcome by owners who cherish and wish to continue driving their classic Honda model for many years to come.
Compatible and Reproduction parts
To date, Honda has continued to supply genuine service parts for a certain period after the discontinuation of the production of each of its models. However, it has become increasingly difficult to supply many of the parts to support classic models. To address this challenge, Honda will offer both ‘Genuine Honda Heritage Compatible Parts’ and ‘Genuine Honda Heritage Reproduction Parts’ under the line-up of Honda Heritage Parts.
‘Genuine Honda Heritage Compatible Parts’ are newly redeveloped and reproduced to replace original parts no longer available for sale by Honda. This has been made possible by the establishment of a new collaborative framework with parts suppliers, technological advancements, and adoption of new materials and manufacturing methods.
‘Genuine Honda Heritage Reproduction Parts’ will be reproduced using the same materials and production methods that were used for the original parts, thus maintaining the same original levels of quality.
Both types of parts will be available globally in the Honda Heritage Parts line-up. A list of available Honda Heritage Parts will be posted on the official Honda Heritage Works website and updated as new parts are added. The parts will be also available globally for purchase through the same distribution channels as other standard Honda genuine parts in each country.
Honda Restoration Service
Based on the concept of ‘thorough pursuit of original driving feel created by Honda at the time’, Honda has been offering restoration services for the first-generation NSX under the name of the ‘NSX Refresh Plan’ since 1993.
This service will be renamed as Honda Restoration Service in 2026. It will use Honda Heritage Parts to restore the car’s original performance, look and feel as faithfully as possible.
In conjunction with the launch of this service, a Honda facility in Takanezawa, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan — the birthplace of the first-generation NSX and the facility where the NSX Refresh Plan has been operating — will be renamed from Refresh Centre to Honda Heritage Works Takanezawa. The facility will offer authentic and comprehensive restoration works that Honda says only it can achieve.
Owners can choose either Basic Restoration packages (frequently requested works on performance-related items such as the engine and suspension), or Total Restoration which also includes exterior and interior work as well as more detailed, comprehensive works tailored to the condition of each car.
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