fin man

Honda executives in Japan have stunned the automotive community with the declaration that 2006 will be the last year for the current S2000.
Dated March 31 2006

read on:
https://www.s2ki.com/Home/content/view/252/6/

xviper

Are you really ready for yet another one of these?

https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?showt...0&#entry7358217

The US boys have beat this thing to death over several threads already.

All kinds of "Honda insiders" have been preaching the "last year" for the S for years:
https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.ph...T&f=1&t=335110

Until it actually happens, you really want to start believing this stuff now?

BTW, what date was it yesterday?

fin man

Discontinuing it in its current form should have already happened. It's exceeded Honda's usual 5 year body redesign protocol and compared to cars, that it competes with, it has not kept up with the hp wars. The M class roadster from BMW, the Porsche Boxster for example. The new Miata is even getting too close in performance. With the redesigned NSX,( it's about time), due out within the next couple of years, or sooner, I would have liked to have seen the S2000 keep up to pace.
Don't get me wrong, I love my S2000 but I can now buy a Civic Si with a 200 hp,(197), VTEC engine and a 8000 rpm red line. All for less than $30,000.00. That means there will be too many ricer Civics on the road for my liking.
Flame me if you like, I just wanted to vent.

MOTU

^Yes

Tugz_S2K

BuAhaAHAHAHA...Funny, funny.....Definatly an April Fools on the XGA....
There are no plans to make the current S2k a hardtop coupe.

The next generation sports car will look similar to this



The S2000 IS definatly going to be Axed after this year...im not joking about that one.

j5669

I would love to see Honda stop production but it doesn't make sense to make changes to only one model year and then discontinue it.

xviper

You may not remember the 1988 Pontiac Fiero, but up till that year, the Fiero was a hodge-podge of various other GM car parts. Then, in 1988, they gave the Fiero its own suspension (major upgrade) and better drivetrain components. That was the car's last year.
Sometimes, it's really hard to know what motivates a car company to do what they do.

j5669

[QUOTE=xviper,Apr 2 2006, 03:38 PM]You may not remember the 1988 Pontiac Fiero, but up till that year, the Fiero was a hodge-podge of various other GM car parts.

xviper

Oh, I already tried the old crystal ball. The f'kin thing came back and said, "If I told ya, I'd have to kill ya". So I turned it into a bowling ball.

Really, I don't know. Honda may be one of the top auto makers in the world, but they are still driven by bean counters, company philosophy and tradition that's tempered with modern day business pressures, not to mention pressures from within. Like any big corporation, I'm sure there are competing elements within the company that duke it out all the time, but in the more "civilized" Japanese model. We, the consumer, will never really know for sure until time passes. And to add to the drama, I don't doubt that there are entities in Honda that read all the crap we post up here to use as a thermometer of what they ought to do.

Tugz_S2K

It makes really good sense to cut off production if sales are slow, regardless if new changes are applied......and for the past few years the S2k hasn't made Honda any money.