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I had 3 S2000s and they were really fun cars, the last one being a CR. I cant believe I sold it 4 or 5 years ago for 27k with under 30k miles. Would probably fetch another 10k today

[Verbiage]

Why doesn't Honda bring back the S2K again? Because they have a Type R now? :

[Z K]

Originally Posted by Verbiage

Why doesn't Honda bring back the S2K again? Because they have a Type R now? :

The S2000 never really made the company much money. Specialized sports cars are not profitable for the company... a one off RWD chassis with an engine that is made specifically for the car - it costs a lot of R&D to do that. They'd rather sell mass market Civics and CRVs.

[Verbiage]

Originally Posted by Z K

The S2000 never really made the company much money. Specialized sports cars are not profitable for the company... a one off RWD chassis with an engine that is made specifically for the car - it costs a lot of R&D to do that. They'd rather sell mass market Civics and CRVs.

Yeah, I can understand that. I'm sure they bring in more than enough revenue to invest in a car for the purist market, I bet they would make all their money back considering the cult following that car has developed.


Hell, even Toyota is attempting to bring the Supra back.

[Z K]

Originally Posted by Verbiage

Yeah, I can understand that. I'm sure they bring in more than enough revenue to invest in a car for the purist market, I bet they would make all their money back considering the cult following that car has developed.


Hell, even Toyota is attempting to bring the Supra back.

Yeah, except the Supra revival is based on a chassis from BMW and it won't be the supercar killer that the older one was. It'll be a Z4-like sports car. That's a lot of cost off of Toyota's table.

In the 90s and early 2000s, Japan was at the top of its game. Their economy was going nuts and demand for Japanese cars was high domestically and internationally. They pumped a ton of money building crazy cars that showcased their technology. They probably lost money on every single Supra/NSX/3000GT/RX7 they sold but they didn't care.

Today, Japan has been in a recession for 20 years. Domestic (Japanese) market demand for new cars is non existant. The overall demand for sports cars has been greatly reduced and all the companies just want to make profit, not take losses on halo cars.

I went to Super Autobacs a few months ago in Tokyo. They have a used car lot that sell some lightly modded clean cars... this time the whole lot was covered with BMWs and Mercedes. The JDM market is dead even in Japan.