JAS has released the first images of its finished NSX update, the Tensei. Pininfarina reworked its original NSX design with carbon fiber bodywork. The $985,000 price tag does not include a donor car. We’ve waited 36 years for Honda to come up with another sports car like the original NSX. JAS Motorsport obviously got sick of waiting and decided to take on the job itself. Not by making a brand-new NSX, but by making the old NSX better than new. This is the JAS Tensei, a sympathetic update of the original 1990s Honda, that’s kind of like a Singer Porsche, but with the aesthetic inspiration coming from the future instead of the past. JAS teamed up with Pininfarina, the company responsible for the NSX first time around, to revisit the design, and, damn, did it do a fine job. Related: The Most Famous NSX In The World Goes Under The Hammer On October 31 The Tensei is still recognizably an NSX, and retains everything we love about the original design, including the pop-up lights, and integrated rear spoiler hoop. But the remake has a wider track that better fills its arches, giving the Tensei a muscular look the NSX never had, even in its hot Type R incarnations. And LED lighting both in the pop-ups and at the rear gives a truly modern feel. You might have read our previous coverage of the Tensei, but those stories were all illustrated with renderings. These images are our first chance to see the finished car, and we are not disappointed. The new bodywork is all carbon, in case you were in any doubt, and helps keep the curb weight to 2,755 lbs (1,250 kg) dry. Gains 138 HP And 500 RPM Even at that weight, a stock NSX powertrain would have lacked the fireworks expected from today’s sports cars and supercars. So JAS commissioned Judd to work its motorsport magic on the Honda’s 3.0-liter V6. The result was a capacity increase to 3.4 liters, 414 hp (420 PS) instead of the donor engine’s 276 hp (280 PS), and an 8,500 rpm limiter versus 8,000 rpm. JAS claims it emits “the scream of 1990s Grand Prix engines,” and comes exclusively with a six-speed manual transmission and titanium shifter. You’ve probably seen the famous footage of Aytron Senna flinging an original NSX-R around Suzuka, a camera in the footwell capturing a blur of white socks and loafers as his feet dance across all three pedals. Just imagine what the great man could have done with this if he was still with us. And imagine what he would have made of an interior that retains the basic architecture of the original car’s, but is brought forward 46 years with the addition of a digital gauge cluster. Hmm, yeah, I’m not sure about that mod either, but here’s something more disappointing. JAS plans to make only 35 cars at a cost of €880,000 (or $985,000 USD), which does not even include a donor vehicle. With a price tag over $1 million, these cars are in a different league than the original NSX, which cost the same as a Porsche 911 when new. JAS