Keep in mind though that 70k cars over a 10 year production cycle is still VERY low/limited compared to your average car.

For Example:
The Honda Accord sales in the US for 2014 only was 360,089!
Or the Ford F Series truck sales in the US for 2014 was 753,851!

 

To look at your numbers on a daily basis--- Honda sells more Accords every 70 days in the US than they sold S2000s over the entire 10 year sales period..........and, every 35 days, Ford sells more F Serices trucks than all the S2000s ever sold in the country in the 10 years combined..........

I would consider that a pretty rare car--especially from a mainstream manufacturer---these aren't Ferrarris or Lambos...

 

Lets just put this into perspective.

40 years later, look at how hard it is to find a good/clean first generation Camaro. There were over 600,000 first generation (3 years) Camaros produced.

There were only ~70,000 S2000's produced over 10 years. This already makes the S2000 a very low production car. In another 30 years, think of how difficult it is going to be to get your hands on one of these in good condition.

 

Head over to the Facebook s2k pages. Majority on there seem to be under 10k. Then again majority on those pages are riced out and trashed/ salvaged s2k's.

 

One of the reasons I quit facebook. I cannot believe what people do to their cars. My 2004 GPW still looks like it just rolled off the showroom floor, even at 46k miles. Zero paintwork, zero curb rash, and maintenance is up to date. I have zero plans to sell it, but if I were to list it I would be asking mid 20's (inclusive of the OEM HT). Chances are no young kids will pay that

 

One of the reasons I quit facebook. I cannot believe what people do to their cars. My 2004 GPW still looks like it just rolled off the showroom floor, even at 46k miles. Zero paintwork, zero curb rash, and maintenance is up to date. I have zero plans to sell it, but if I were to list it I would be asking mid 20's (inclusive of the OEM HT). Chances are no young kids will pay that

 

One of the reasons I quit facebook. I cannot believe what people do to their cars. My 2004 GPW still looks like it just rolled off the showroom floor, even at 46k miles. Zero paintwork, zero curb rash, and maintenance is up to date. I have zero plans to sell it, but if I were to list it I would be asking mid 20's (inclusive of the OEM HT). Chances are no young kids will pay that with the intention to rice it out.

 

Boatloads? I think not, just ran a search on Autotrader for a 500 mile radius around my zip code there are only 48 S2000 for sale under 60k miles... only 28 under 45k miles only FOUR white no matter what the mileage.

 

Yes I think so.

Before this car went for sale it was already a special car. There was a lot of hype around it, limited years made, supposedly limited numbers to some extent. So right there within the first 3 years a strong majority I believe were garage queen status. Then truth be told, they make the car for 10 years, and over 100,000 (I think) for the world. Nearly 3/4 of that comes to the U.S. Almost 50/50 ap1 and ap2. And I believe many cars are still around in great condition no matter if they have 10k, 40k, or over 100k miles. And from here on out it doesn't matter if owners drive 1k, 3k, 15k a year on whatever they have. Because I think for the most part since it's an enthusiasts car, people will try to preserve what they have.

I know people may make comparisons to past highly sought after cars, but imo some of those aren't a apples to apples comparison. The s2000 was always just one specific car you could buy, aside from C/R, they aren't any trim levels. For the most part, people really knew and liked what they were buying. A old aged mustang or camaro might not have been so well preserved by enthusiasts until long after they were produced.

 

I also just ran a Autotrader check within 500 miles, for all years honda s2000.

Came up with 181 matches. Lowest miles were 11,000, and the highest was 156,000. Not bad imo.