Its been probably mentioned already... but the 2005 or 2006 will have 4- wheel drive, seating for 2 but a 25 cubic foot trunk. Convertible will be dropped in favor of small moonroof. Automatic trans will be standard, no more manual.

 

No changes for my 2005, no new colors....same as last year, already have 4 on order.... sept delivery.....

 

Bummer, no colors, eh Blair!?

 

Blair, will those be the 1st cars from the new Suzuka plant?

 

Anybody?

 

I really doubt it. If anything, I think that increased advertising might be accountable if there's been any volume change at all.

My understanding is that there was a significant wait for new cars once the Tochigi->Suzuka transition began. That could've affected volumes toward the negative.

Would be nice to see some facts.

 

From www.hondanews.com:

YTD June 2003 - 4,295
YTD June 2004 - 4,238
(2.0% decrease)

June 2003 sales - 732
June 2004 sales - 629
(17% decrease)

May 2003 - 998
May 2004 - 922
(4.1% decrease)

April 2003 - 837
April 2004 - 856
(2.3% increase)

March 2003 - 748
March 2004 - 758
(1.3% inrease)

February 2003 - 502
February 2003 - 591
(17.7% increase)

January 2003 - 478
January 2004 - 482
(3% decrease) <- Yeah, strange, but that's what Honda says. Must have something to do with how many selling days there were in each month...?

Of course, my understanding is that S2000 purchase rates have always been limited more by how many the factory decides to produce, rather than the number people are buying. So sales numbers aren't necesarily a good indication of popularity. A difference of 57 cars is nothing.

 

I agree. I think the fact that the cars are now available below MSRP, and the fact that no one is asking a premium on the car is a much greater indicator of the demand in the market.

Your YTD June numbers are approximately 4250 for each of the the two years. That would mean, projected over the 12 months, that there are now 8,500 S2000s being brought into the country each year. That is a significant increase over the number imported during the first two or three model years.

 

I'm not sure where Elistan got his info on hondanews.com, Rob, but the sales history in the US on S2000s looks like this (I assume these are calendar year, not MY, since there was no MY00 in the US). The data is here: http://www.hondanews.com/CatID1007?mid=200...938357&mime=asc Unfortunately, there isn't any more recent summary of US sales...

1999: 3400
2000: 6797
2001: 9682
2002: 9684
2003: 5875 (up to August).

p.s./ Does anyone know what the "EV plus" is?

 

Yes, all those numbers are based on calendar years, not model years.

The total for 2003 is 7,888. That's an 18.5% decrease from the 2002 sales totals.

Source: http://www.hondanews.com/CatID2000?mid=200...944909&mime=asc

I believe that the EV Plus is their electric vehicle prototype.

Interesting trivia: There were more S2000s sold in 2003 than Acura CLs (6,593). They also sold more S2000s than Acura RLs (6,829).