10 Hottest New Japanese Sports Cars for 2026 (Restomod Edition)

Restored classic cars and retro-inspired automotive designs are the best way to preserve history and bring more class to modern city streets. Some may say that Japanese sports car game is not very long and varied, compared to American and European brands. Still, the Japanese managed to reach tremendous heights in a very short time. Today, we are looking at classic sports cars from Japan that were restored to perfection and improved with new components.

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00:00 Introduction

00:17 Prodrive P25
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A modern reimagining of the Subaru Impreza 22B was limited to just 25 copies. It's a road-going, two-door version of the championship-winning rally car. The 2.5-liter four-cylinder boxer was boosted to 443 horsepower, enabling a 0-to-60 time of 2.8 seconds.

01:33 Honda HP-X Concept
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02:38 Mazda RX-7 Spirit R Type A by RE Amemiya
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Originally developed by RE Amemiya, the internationally renowned tuning house with a 50-year history, gets an extensive exterior overhaul with a saturated red paint, a sporty interior with a roll-cage and carbon-kevlar seats by Recaro, and a series of performance modifications, including a better ECU, a turbos setup by HKS, an ARC intercooler, and bridge porting.

03:48 Built by Legends GT-R
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Over the short course of its existence, the Japanese 'Built by Legends' has gained critical acclaim for making meticulous restorations of Nissan Skyline GT-Rs. The company's engineers are working on R32, R33, and R34 generations, boosting their power outputs, cleaning up the exteriors, and modernizing interiors with the latest-gen infotainments, air-conditioning, and leather or suede trims.

04:48 Mazda RX3 and Mazda Cosmo
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At the 50th Anniversary celebration of the Mazda RX-3 moniker, the Japanese giant displayed a collection of meticulously preserved icons, including RX3, Cosmo, all generations of MX-5, and RX-7.

06:02 MZR Datsun 240Z
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The model keeps the original naturally-aspirated straight six with 2.9 or 3.4-liter displacement producing from 240 to 380 horsepower, though, the drivetrain was enhanced with electronic fuel injection, all-new wiring, and 5 or 6-speed sports transmission.

07:08 Rocky Auto 3000GT
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08:38 Mitsuoka Himiko
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09:37 Nissan R32EV Skyline GT-R
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Nissan has recently started openly toying with electrification of performance cars and showed a unique one-off build at the Tokyo Auto Salon. Utilizing a duo of 214-horsepower motors and a 62-kilowatt battery, the team was able to match the power-to-weight ratio of the original car, boosting the power to 428 horsepower and 500 pound-feet of torque.

10:47 Toyota AE86 H2 Concept and AE86 BEV Concept
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These two models from the 1980s are re-imagined with the help of the new powertrain tech and promoting the models' previous achievements.