The Japanese company has decided to bring a «restored» version of the show car to the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance event, which will be held in the second half of this month.
The Honda brand has decided to bring a concept supercar to the Concours d'Elegance in the United States, which debuted 40 years ago, its name is the HP-X. This car has undergone a «massive restoration» and is now declared as an exhibit in the «class of concept cars and wedge-shaped prototypes.»
The Honda HP-X is a mid-engine sports car concept that was shown at the 1984 Turin Motor Show in Italy. The show car was designed by Pininfarina, and the name HP-X stands for Honda Pininfarina eXperimental. Its overall length is 4,160 mm, width is 1,780 mm, and height is 1,110 mm (the company did not specify the wheelbase).
Pictured: Honda HP-X concept 1/3 
In the photo: Honda HP-X 3/3 concept < p>Let us recall that the distinctive features of the concept are not only the wedge-shaped profile, but also the cabin, reminiscent of a fighter jet. Thus, it has no doors, instead, the futuristic show car is equipped with a removable visor made of plexiglass, and its rear part turns into a fairing. To reduce the weight of the car, the manufacturer used parts made of Kevlar and carbon fiber.
The body of the «restored» concept received the same two-tone paint: the upper part is painted white, the lower part is dark blue, between them there is a narrow red stripe (a similar solution was used in 1984). The interior is finished with red and white suede, another feature of the Honda HP-X is a massive central console with a large number of physical buttons.
The concept was equipped with a 2.0-liter, 24-valve DOHC V6 engine, which was created on the basis of the Honda F2 racing engine. The company already used real-time telemetry, GPS and a road condition warning function using a “special sonar” — now many of these systems (in a more advanced form) have become widespread.
The company noted that the Honda HP-X preceded the development of the first-generation NSX supercar, although the show car itself never made it to production. However, the concept served as a testing ground for new ideas, technologies and engineering principles that the company's developers later applied in later Honda and Acura models, in particular, in the very same two-seat mid-engine NSX supercar that debuted just a few years later.
Meanwhile, the company continues to develop modern sports cars. Thus, early last month, Honda announced the Prelude hybrid for the European market. The production version is based on the concept presented at the Japan Mobility exhibition last fall.