Japanese Honda S660 Sells Out, But to the “Wrong Crowd”
The S660, Honda’s adorable little mid-engine sports car, is a sales success in the automaker’s home country of Japan. After going on sale in the island nation this past April, the kei car has already sold out. After just four months, the first year’s entire production run of 8,600 units has been completely cleaned out. […]
New Honda S660 Roadster Convertible is Adorable
In America, Honda vehicles are primarily known for their practicality and reliability, rather than their cuteness. But, in much the same way that everything’s bigger in Texas, everything’s more adorable in Japan—including Hondas. In its home country, Honda has released tiny, kitschy, and totally adorable kei cars, kei campers, and now, a lightweight roadster. The Honda […]
Honda S660 Gets Green Light for Production
At last year’s Tokyo Motor Show, Honda unveiled the kind of car that, as a kid, would have made you wonder in awe—that ultra-cool, special car about which you can barely contain your excitement. “Wow, this is the future!” We know we used to feel that way about concept cars. Except that we didn’t understand […]
Honda May Bring S660 Roadster to America
After selling out in Japan just four months after going on sale, the pint-sized Honda S660 mid-engine sports car may be coming to the US market. “We’re looking at it intently for North America,” American Honda executive John Mendel said in a recent interview. “We want some spice in the lineup.” Priced at $16,000 in […]
Honda Finally Reveals the ‘Baby NSX’—Unfortunately, It’s Not Real
For years it was rumored Honda was working on a smaller, more affordable version of its NSX supercar (sold as the Acura NSX in the United States but known as a Honda everywhere else in the world)—a baby NSX, if you will. The Japanese automaker teased us with renders and patents, including one for the […]
660cc Honda S-Dream Streamliner Sets Land Speed Record
This past weekend in Utah, the S-Dream Streamliner hit 261.875 mph, the fastest speed ever recorded by a Honda vehicle. And it did so with an engine that’s smaller and less powerful than the V6 in a new Accord. But size and horsepower aren’t everything, as proven by the aerodynamic Honda S-Dream, which set a […]
Is a 70th Anniversary Honda S2000 in the Works for 2018?
American Honda devotees have been clamoring for a new sports car for quite some time, and it sounds like their prayers might soon be answered. There’s currently a rumor going around that Honda will celebrate its 70th anniversary in 2018 with the release of a new S2000 roadster. Now, we shouldn’t get our hopes up […]
Is Honda Conceiving a “Baby” Acura NSX?
The 2016 NSX is Acura’s long-awaited, 560-horsepower supercar—which would be at the top of your Christmas list right now if it wasn’t for the $150,000 MSRP. But what if Honda made an NSX-like sports car with a smaller body and a smaller price tag? A recent statement from American Honda executive vice president John Mendel […]
Rumor Has It: New Honda 1.0-Liter Engine
File this one under “rumors that sound altogether plausible but that will be taken with a grain of salt until we see something a bit more concrete.” It’s an easy enough department to find; it’s the shelf next to “rumors that have almost no possibility of realization but that we will nonetheless hope come to […]
2017 Acura NSX is $80,000 Cheaper in America than Japan
With its $156,000 price tag, the new 2017 Acura NSX is not exactly a budget car. However, if you’re one of the 21 people who bought an NSX in America last month, you can justify the purchase as downright frugal compared to what the Japanese are paying for the long-awaited supercar. Strangely enough, car customers […]