FCGuy

A selection of 2002 sales of sports cars in the US for you (calendar year-to-date, through October, from Automotive News):

Honda S2000 8481 (up 13 from last year after a little catch up last 2 mths)
Boxster 8665 (down 2000)
Z3 6462 (down 6000)
Z4 734 (1 month, compare to S2000's 682)
SLK 6950 (down 3050)
Miata 13372 (down 1050)
MR2 4176 (down 1270)
TT 7958 (down 2900)
350Z 6384 (in three months, 2737 in October)
911 9678 (up about 800)
Corvette 27533 (down 1500)

for you Honda fans,
RSX 25978
NSX 212 (well, up from 151)
Compare to:
455 Z8's, 900 Ferraris, 412 Aston Martins, 90 Lotus', 30 (!) Lamborghinis.

CG

It's pretty sad to see overall sales down like that. It's also no wonder that S2000's seem to be everywhere I look.

What's the story on your name -- the FC part?

EvoVII

They do? I am lucky to see one every two weeks, and I think others can vouch for me when I say that it's a pretty rare car, maybe not as rare as a lambo, but very uncommon nonetheless..

drew2002

Curious that with the exception of the newly released cars, only the 911--the most expensive one listed--has actually increased in sales. This is consistent with an article I read which said that 911 sales were up b/c these buyers weren't as affected by soft economy (at least when it comes to a car purchase) as the less wealthy Boxster buyers.

EvoVII - perhaps CG meant that he saw a lot of S2000's at the dealer's lots.

-Andrew

s2kpdx01

kinda something you would expect with the economy and stock market in the shape it is in.
I just hope all the car companies don't put their heads up their repsective asses and think this means americans don't want sports cars/coupes/verts/etc. That happened for a while and it sucked.

Lee355

27533 Corvettes, good god.

b0mbrman

Well it's nice to know my car is rarer than a 911

PLYRS 3

the Z3 is just getting raped.............

rai

looks like the 350Z will pass the corvette sales mark. Thank god


I don't think the S2000 is all that common, it's like 1 car for every 1800 new cars and trucks sold. Or take the entire population of cars in the US (300 million vs 20,000 S2000's) and it's like one out of every 15,000 cars, or 1-2 cars per average size town.

CG

I mean that I see S2000's very often on the street and on dealers (used) lots. Some days I may not see any on the street and other days I'll see 8 or 10.