It won't be long before it, and many of its millennial fans like myself, will be able to have a mid-life crisis. With age comes the need for a little extra health care, both for those fans and the car. As such, Honda has announced that it will start producing new parts once again for its now old sports car.
Honda's Only Getting Started With The NSX
Honda hasn't gone in-depth with what parts will be available just yet. Its announcement is mostly just to say that it will make some parts in the near future. The compay noted that it's deciding what parts to build in part based on what is no longer available. We're assuming that the company will also be weighing how easily and affordably it can produce certain parts, as well as what parts are in high demand. Honda further noted that it will be relying on new technologies such as 3D-printing to enable its reproduction efforts.
NSX parts are just the beginning, though. Honda also said that it plans on adding parts for additional vintage models. What those models might be are anyone's guess. More niche, enthusiast cars like the mid-engine kei-class Honda Beat would seem likely, but with many fans of classic Civics around, those cars seem like a solid possibility, too. Additionally, Honda intends to expand its factory restoration services for the NSX in Japan, though it didn't say anything about an American branch of the program. More details on Honda's parts and restoration plans will be coming this fall.
Mazda is also paying attention to its classic sports cars and their owners. At a similar time as Nissan's parts announcement, Mazda announced that it would open up a restoration program for the first-generation Miata in Japan, or Roadster as it's known there. That also coincided with additional new OEM parts for the cars hitting the market, and the available parts now numbers more than 1,100. A few years after the start of the Miata program, it started reproducing parts for its rotary-powered RX-7 sports cars.
