S2000 discontinued after this MY and S800
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Okay, you do realize what this is a product of right? It's two things.
1) How many S2000's, especially when they first came out, could you find on the used car market with little to no miles on them? A pretty decent amount. WHY you ask? Because it's a niche vehicle. A bunch of C&D and R&T thumpers read the great reviews of the car, disregarded any and all warnings that driving the thing everyday isn't for the feint of heart.... bought it when it came out...and realized that the car wasn't for them. Why?.. Because unless you really really REALLY love to drive and get your jollies flogging the piss out of it....you're just not in the game. You didn't get it. If you want Dolby surround sound and peace and quiet....you didn't get it. There are plenty of people who like to eat steak "rare", but send the meat back if it comes out raw....and raw is what an S2000 is all about. This S900 is partially an answer to that. It's a kinder, gentler convertible that will more than likely sell to the more timid among us.
2) When the S first came out it blew the doors off of all of it's direct competitors in terms of performance value. That market is changing significantly though. Horsepower is increasing and prices for the equivalent power are dropping. I'm not surprised that the S2000 is bowing out...I just hope it's temporary. The next evolution of the car would have to be a completely new model with more juice at the same price point. Besides, I don't want the S2000 to become the NSX, where it's just perpetually tweaked well beyond it's impact. It'd become a nostalgia piece.
I hope Honda brings it back in a new form, but I also hope that maybe...just maybe they take a hard look at making a coupe variant. I think that, if they had made a coupe version of the S2000 that it would have flown out of dealerships before they were even off the transport truck....
....I know I would have bought one.
1) How many S2000's, especially when they first came out, could you find on the used car market with little to no miles on them? A pretty decent amount. WHY you ask? Because it's a niche vehicle. A bunch of C&D and R&T thumpers read the great reviews of the car, disregarded any and all warnings that driving the thing everyday isn't for the feint of heart.... bought it when it came out...and realized that the car wasn't for them. Why?.. Because unless you really really REALLY love to drive and get your jollies flogging the piss out of it....you're just not in the game. You didn't get it. If you want Dolby surround sound and peace and quiet....you didn't get it. There are plenty of people who like to eat steak "rare", but send the meat back if it comes out raw....and raw is what an S2000 is all about. This S900 is partially an answer to that. It's a kinder, gentler convertible that will more than likely sell to the more timid among us.
2) When the S first came out it blew the doors off of all of it's direct competitors in terms of performance value. That market is changing significantly though. Horsepower is increasing and prices for the equivalent power are dropping. I'm not surprised that the S2000 is bowing out...I just hope it's temporary. The next evolution of the car would have to be a completely new model with more juice at the same price point. Besides, I don't want the S2000 to become the NSX, where it's just perpetually tweaked well beyond it's impact. It'd become a nostalgia piece.
I hope Honda brings it back in a new form, but I also hope that maybe...just maybe they take a hard look at making a coupe variant. I think that, if they had made a coupe version of the S2000 that it would have flown out of dealerships before they were even off the transport truck....
....I know I would have bought one.
