Honda NSX from 1990: opening prices in Japan

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Auction sheet — 2018 Honda NSX 4WD Base Grade

Grade: 4.5

Oct 23, 2026Time to auction

Honda NSX

4WD Base Grade

2018 9,000 km 3,500 cc FA

Starting price (approx.)

437,720 zł

Grade: 4.5

Oct 23, 2026Time to auction

Honda NSX

1992 86,000 km 3,000 cc FA

Starting price (approx.)

240,992 zł

Grade: 4

Oct 23, 2026Time to auction

Honda NSX

1991 118,000 km 3,000 cc AT

Starting price (approx.)

172,137 zł

Grade: 3.5

Oct 22, 2026Time to auction

Honda NSX

Base Grade

1991 41,000 km 3,000 cc FA

Starting price (approx.)

171,645 zł

Grade: 3

Oct 23, 2026Time to auction

Honda NSX

Type S

1997 68,000 km 3,200 cc F6

Starting price (approx.)

435,261 zł

Auction sheet — 1991 Honda NSX Base Grade

Grade: R

Oct 22, 2026Time to auction

Honda NSX

Base Grade

1991 103,000 km 3,000 cc FA

Starting price (approx.)

119,266 zł

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1991 106,000 km 3,000 cc FA

Starting price (approx.)

186,400 zł

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1991 75,000 km 3,000 cc FA

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1991 109,000 km 3,000 cc FA

Starting price (approx.)

1991 39,000 km 3,000 cc F6

Starting price (approx.)

1991 78,000 km 3,000 cc AT

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1990 49,000 km 3,000 cc AT

Starting price (approx.)

1991 118,000 km 3,000 cc AT

Starting price (approx.)

1992 86,000 km 3,000 cc FA

Starting price (approx.)

1991 100,000 km 3,000 cc FA

Starting price (approx.)

1991 69,000 km 3,000 cc F6

Starting price (approx.)

1991 199,000 km 3,000 cc MT

Starting price (approx.)

1991 75,000 km 3,000 cc FA

Starting price (approx.)

1991 109,000 km 3,000 cc FA

Starting price (approx.)

122,463 zł

From our database

Honda NSX in numbers

100% of the 166 Honda NSX lots in our database are right-hand drive, so the registration question has to be settled before the bid, not after.

Supply is growing: 50 new Honda NSX lots in the last 30 days, 46 in the 30 before. A good moment to compare several cars instead of taking the first.

Model years 1990, 1991 and 1992 make up 82% of the 166 Honda NSX lots in our database with a known model year, so in practice one generation dominates the auctions.

The median Honda NSX starting price in our database is 7.6M JPY, from 159 priced auctions; it is the opening price, not the sale price, and the starting point for the cost breakdown in the questions below.

Honda NSX from Japanese auctions — starting prices

Auction price guide

Median starting price

186,400 zł

Lots in our data

159 (6 live now)

Model years

1990–2024

Median mileage

69,000 km

Steering

LHD 0 · RHD 159

Year	Lots	Median start	Typical range
2018	8	449,769 zł	392,964 zł – 461,819 zł
2017	7	430,342 zł	409,440 zł – 438,949 zł
1992	14	240,992 zł	191,441 zł – 270,009 zł
1991	105	171,645 zł	147,054 zł – 196,728 zł
1990	12	196,728 zł	196,728 zł – 210,868 zł

13 lots in low-sample years are not listed.

These are starting (auction opening) prices in Japan, not sale prices. The typical range covers the middle 50% of prices (quartiles).

Versions

Three codes in the catalogue

NA1: 87 listings

The 3.0 VTEC V6, rated by Honda for Japan at 280 PS with the five-speed manual and 265 PS with the four-speed automatic. The NA1 makes up the clear majority of the 101 listings collected since June 2026 (as of 15 September 2026; the page's overall counter also includes older data). The automatic accounts for 49 of the 87 NA1 listings. The same cars are often relisted at later auctions, so the 87 listings represent about 45 different cars, and two listings carry the Type R badge.

NA2: 1 listing

From February 1997 the manual gained the 3.2 engine and a six-speed gearbox, with output unchanged at 280 PS. From December 2001 both NA1 and NA2 have fixed headlights instead of pop-ups. The catalogue holds a single car, a 2000 Type S Zero.

NC1: 13 listings

The second generation pairs a 3.5 twin-turbo V6 with an electric motor at the gearbox, two more on the front axle and a nine-speed dual-clutch transmission. Deliveries in Japan began on 27 February 2017, and production ended in December 2022 with the Type S, limited to 350 cars, 30 of them for Japan. The catalogue holds 2017 and 2018 cars, around 8 different examples.

What to watch

Six things that decide an NSX's price

The five-speed manual on early NA1 cars. In some gearboxes from the 1991 and 1992 model years the snap ring retaining the countershaft bearing breaks. The affected gearboxes are numbered J4A4-1003542 to J4A4-1005978, read off the casing, as the VIN does not tell you. The typical symptom is a gear lever that rocks back and forth in first or second gear when pulling away (as described by NSX FAQ and Honda bulletin 93-010), but an owner describing the failure on the NSX Prime forum notes that this symptom does not always appear and the fault cannot be detected before it happens. What settles a given car is therefore the gearbox number, not a test drive. Automatics are not affected.
An R or RA grade on the auction sheet. It marks a car with repaired bodywork, and 22 of the 101 NSX listings in the catalogue carry it (as of 15 September 2026), all of them NA1. On an aluminium body what matters is which part was repaired, and that shows on the damage diagram and in the sheet's notes.
ABS on cars up to 1999. NSX specialists MITA Motorsports and Torque GT describe the early system as failure-prone: the high-pressure hose degrades from the inside, the system cannot build pressure and the pump starts chirping. A record of that hose being replaced says more about the brakes than the mileage does.
Electric power steering on automatics. Honda fitted EPS to the automatic from launch in 1990, while the first manual cars had no assistance. The typical symptom is a failed control unit: assistance cuts out and the EPS light flashes code 22 (as described by the ScienceofSpeed workshop). More than half of the NA1 listings in the catalogue are automatics, so this applies to most of them.
Capacitors in the instrument cluster. The electrolytic capacitors in 1991 to 2005 clusters leak with age and eat into the circuit board. The first signs are an inaccurate speedometer or a brake-light warning that stays on although the bulbs work (as described by the ScienceofSpeed workshop). A cluster rebuild in the service history is good news rather than bad.
The fuel pump recall on the NC1. On 28 May 2026 Japan's transport ministry published recall 外-4194 covering 290 NC1 cars built between 18 January 2018 and 24 October 2022: a cracked impeller in the low-pressure fuel pump can stall the engine while driving. The fix is a replacement pump module. Whether a car was covered and repaired is established from its chassis number; cars built earlier fall outside the recall.

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FAQ

NSX — FAQ

What is the difference between the NA1 and NA2?

The first-generation code follows the drivetrain, not the build year. The NA1 has the 3.0 engine: with a five-speed manual or an automatic until February 1997, and afterwards only with the four-speed automatic. The NA2 is the 3.2 with a six-speed manual, introduced in 1997. Honda sold both side by side until 2005, so a 2003 NSX can carry the NA1 code.

Are the Honda NSX and the Acura NSX the same car?

Yes. According to Honda, the NSX debuted at the Chicago Auto Show in February 1989 as an Acura, Honda's sales channel in the United States, while in Japan it went on sale as a Honda from September 1990. The name comes from the NS-X project code, whose letters stood for a new sportscar and an “unknown world”.

Automatic or manual: which is more common among the NSX cars in the catalogue?

Of the 87 NA1 listings collected since June 2026, 49 are automatics (as of 15 September 2026). According to Honda the automatic produced 265 PS against the manual's 280 PS and had electric power steering from launch. It is not affected by the snap ring fault of the early five-speed gearboxes, but it is exposed to the EPS control unit failure described in the section above.

What does a Honda NSX from Japan cost landed in Poland?

Take a car from the middle of our database: a Honda NSX with a 7.6M JPY starting price and a 3000 cm3 engine. After 10% duty, Polish excise of 18.6% and 21% VAT on clearance in Rotterdam, with typical RoRo shipping (350k JPY), it comes to about 12.5M JPY, before our fee and port charges. The figure assumes a petrol engine of that size; a hybrid falls into a lower excise band, 1.55% up to 2000 cc and 9.3% above. That is the starting price, not the sale price; the winning bid is often higher. Step by step: How much a car import from Japan costs.

All Honda NSX in our database with a known steering side are right-hand drive. What does that mean for registering such a car in Poland?

100% of the Honda NSX in our database with a known steering side are right-hand drive. The Polish technical-conditions regulation bans that layout in § 9(2); the exception in § 9(2a) covers a passenger car that is either new with EU type approval or was previously registered in an EU member state, with right-traffic headlamps and a left mirror giving the required field of view, and § 9(3) excludes vehicles first registered before 1985. A car bought at a Japanese auction and shipped straight to Poland meets none of the § 9(2a) conditions, so the real paths are prior registration in an EU state, first registration before 1985, or converting the steering to the left side, and that call is best made before bidding on such a car, not after. Full guide: right-hand drive and registration.

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Honda NSX. The first all-aluminium body.

Honda NSX in numbers

Auction price guide

Three codes in the catalogue

NA1: 87 listings

NA2: 1 listing

NC1: 13 listings

Six things that decide an NSX's price

More Honda models

NSX — FAQ

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NSX available this week

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NSX from our archive

Honda NSX in numbers

Auction price guide

Three codes in the catalogue

NA1: 87 listings

NA2: 1 listing

NC1: 13 listings

Six things that decide an NSX's price

More Honda models

NSX — FAQ

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NSX available this week

Auctions from the last 24 hours

NSX from our archive

Honda NSX.
The first all-aluminium body.