Nissan chops the roof off the Armada to build the Jungle Patrol concept

Long-travel suspension and 37-inch tyres

The Jungle Patrol rides on prototype 18-inch NISMO wheels wrapped in 37-inch Yokohama Geolandar G003 M/T tyres. The suspension is a custom long-travel setup from CJD Racing using high-performance adjustable coil-overs with remote reservoirs and bypass, and the concept runs a wider track than the standard Armada.

Nissan has also fitted custom steel bumpers and fender flares, with NISMO off-road lights mounted on the bumper and roof. A scrawled "Jungle Patrol" livery with claw-mark graphics down the rear doors completes the look.

The wider track and long-travel coil-overs are the parts that would matter most on a rough trail, since they address wheel travel and stability rather than appearance. On a concept, though, they mainly signal what Nissan's engineers and NISMO parts arm could offer customers later.

Standard 425-hp V-6 under the cage

The engine is the Armada's standard 425-hp twin-turbo 3.5-litre V-6, left untouched apart from a custom NISMO cat-back exhaust.

Nissan has not said whether the Jungle Patrol will reach showrooms. Car and Driver expects it will stay a concept given how extreme its mission is, though it notes features such as the prototype wheels and custom bumpers could one day be sold as official NISMO aftermarket parts. That is an expectation rather than a Nissan announcement.

Why SEMA concepts matter beyond the show floor

SEMA is where automakers test ideas on production vehicles in front of aftermarket buyers and enthusiasts, and Nissan has used the event repeatedly for Armada, Frontier and Pathfinder concepts. For buyers, the practical value sits in the accessories: a concept that never gets built can still preview parts that later appear in a NISMO catalogue.

Fabrizio Giugiaro, the designer behind the Calà concept that the Lamborghini Gallardo evolved from, has partnered with CAVËN Atelier on a limited-run restomod of the supercar. The Hommage 26 was unveiled at the Concours at Wynn Las Vegas as the opening chapter of the company's Designer Series.

It is CAVËN Atelier's first restomod, and it starts with a Gallardo donor vehicle before gaining a redesigned carbon fiber exterior, small interior changes, a revised suspension setup and an upgraded naturally aspirated V10 hooked to a manual gearbox.

A 2003 supercar with 2026 engineering underneath

The Gallardo went on sale in 2003, though its development began in the 1990s, and its design grew out of the 1995 Calà concept penned by Italdesign. Giugiaro also produced an early version of the Gallardo in 1998 that reportedly changed little on the way to production. The Hommage 26 gives that designer access to modern engineering, materials and technology he did not have the first time around.

Most of the body panels are new and made from carbon fiber, though the car remains instantly recognizable as a Gallardo. The most striking change is a link between the headlights and the front bumper intakes, a connection that was not technically feasible when the original was designed. The build also brings pop-down headlight units, 20-inch alloy wheels, redesigned taillights with modern LED graphics, dual active rear spoilers and twin exhaust pipes sitting above a body-colored diffuser.

Inside, the layout stays close to the donor car, with additions including Alcantara on the dashboard, a rear window that opens to sharpen the engine note and a hexagon motif on the door cards with red stitching.

The Hommage 26 wears Giugiaro's original Gallardo lines with 2026 engineering beneath the orange skin, Image: Carscoops

Two V10 outputs, one manual option

CAVËN Atelier will offer the naturally aspirated V10 in two states of tune, at 540 hp and 560 hp, according to Classic Driver. Both figures comfortably beat the 493 hp of the standard Gallardo, though they sit well below the 907 hp of the electrified Temerario.

The more consequential detail for drivers is the transmission: the engine is paired with a six-speed manual, a gearbox the Gallardo's successors do not offer. That alone gives the Hommage 26 a character no Huracan or Temerario can match, and it is the kind of choice a restomod exists to make.

Price, production and what comes next

CAVËN Atelier plans to build 25 examples, with a starting price of €900,000 ($1,008,800) excluding the donor vehicle. Gallardo donors currently trade from roughly $75,000 to more than $500,000 depending on condition, so a completed Hommage 26 could reach about $1.5 million.

The company has confirmed that similar projects are already in the works, with original designers revisiting models from the late 1990s and early 2000s. It has not named which models those will be, so the next subjects of the Designer Series have not been announced.

The steep price and 25-car cap point these conversions at collectors, but CAVËN Atelier insists the cars are meant to be driven rather than stored in climate-controlled garages. The Hommage 26 is also not the first Gallardo restomod: the Etna from Tedson Motors arrived in 2025 with modern design features and suspension components taken from the Super Trofeo racecar.