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From: Burlington, VT
2001 
Originally the car was scheduled to be a 2 year run. The quick sell outs through 2001 inspired Honda to keep the S2000 around longer. The 2004 model was designed to appeal to a larger audience through a softer ride, more torque, and made it a little quieter while it still kept the guts to hang (and sometimes out-perform) with the older years.
The question of whether Honda is going to discontinue the S2000 has been going on since the day it came out. Plenty of people think the resale value of thier car will go up when Honda kills the car as a new model, so they ask this question before buying one to see if buying a S2000 is a worthwhile "car investment" (if there is such a thing). I'll cite the Prelude, Del Sol, Mark 1 & 2 MR2's, and the Supra as examples that once a car is discontinued an immediate jump in value typically doesn't happen - but may down the road
As long as the S2000 is in production this question will be asked twice a day and 3 times on Sunday. Honda is the most secretive manufacturer I've ever worked with (I am a dealer) - they go to great lengths to keep things quiet. We won't know the S2000 is coming to its end until it is very close......maybe as close as 6 months. Just to give you something to compare to: Toyota tells you 2 years in advance when a car is being cut from the line up.
Originally the car was scheduled to be a 2 year run. The quick sell outs through 2001 inspired Honda to keep the S2000 around longer. The 2004 model was designed to appeal to a larger audience through a softer ride, more torque, and made it a little quieter while it still kept the guts to hang (and sometimes out-perform) with the older years.
The question of whether Honda is going to discontinue the S2000 has been going on since the day it came out. Plenty of people think the resale value of thier car will go up when Honda kills the car as a new model, so they ask this question before buying one to see if buying a S2000 is a worthwhile "car investment" (if there is such a thing). I'll cite the Prelude, Del Sol, Mark 1 & 2 MR2's, and the Supra as examples that once a car is discontinued an immediate jump in value typically doesn't happen - but may down the road
As long as the S2000 is in production this question will be asked twice a day and 3 times on Sunday. Honda is the most secretive manufacturer I've ever worked with (I am a dealer) - they go to great lengths to keep things quiet. We won't know the S2000 is coming to its end until it is very close......maybe as close as 6 months. Just to give you something to compare to: Toyota tells you 2 years in advance when a car is being cut from the line up.
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From: Redondo Beach
There has never been any indication (other than from unscrupulous dealer salesmen and clueless owners) that Honda planned to stop production of the car after a certain number of years. In fact, quite the opposite -- the car's received regular "freshenings" and even a significant engine redesign, indicating to me at least that Honda intends to sell as many as they can, for as long as they can.
