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The future of the S2000
05-13-2003 | 08:12 AM
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From: mount airy
If Honda was asking for your opinion on what to do next with the S2000 what would you suggest?
1) kill it now. I mean 2003 will be the last S2000. This will leave it an orphan, but like the last gen Supra or RX-7 it will be looked on with great respect as the years go by.
2) Keep it going as long as people are buying it. Like the NSX remained mostly unchanged for 10 years.
3) New model but 90% the same (like the second gen miata).
4) New from the ground up with a new name like the Z3-->Z4 or the 300ZX-->350Z, MR-2--->MR-2 spyder, or the Ferrari 355-->360.
1) kill it now. I mean 2003 will be the last S2000. This will leave it an orphan, but like the last gen Supra or RX-7 it will be looked on with great respect as the years go by.
2) Keep it going as long as people are buying it. Like the NSX remained mostly unchanged for 10 years.
3) New model but 90% the same (like the second gen miata).
4) New from the ground up with a new name like the Z3-->Z4 or the 300ZX-->350Z, MR-2--->MR-2 spyder, or the Ferrari 355-->360.
05-13-2003 | 08:47 AM
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From: Kuna Idaho
Kill it now!!!!!!! Don't over do a good thing. Granted the S2K is no Z8, but their run ends after only 6 years and those things are going to worth a fortune in the future. Of course they cost a small fortune now. I refer back to the early (64 1/2- 68) Mustangs and (53- 61) Corvettes in relation to our car and what I think their future value will be. Yes, they continued to produce both of those cars, but the early ones are nice to see and to many people, worth more. If they had stopped producing those models after 5 or 6 years, I think they would be even more valued in the collecting community. JMO.
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05-13-2003 | 09:17 AM
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There are not too many around now. I hardly ever see one!
Why not keep it going with only minor changes, like the Miata? Then all the people who think it doesn't have enough horsepower can go buy something else. Together with the attrition from crashes and lower volume production, the car will remain relatively "exclusive" but for different reasons. It doesn't have to be the "hot new thing" forever. That status has absolutely no relation to the pleasure I receive from driving the car.
Why not keep it going with only minor changes, like the Miata? Then all the people who think it doesn't have enough horsepower can go buy something else. Together with the attrition from crashes and lower volume production, the car will remain relatively "exclusive" but for different reasons. It doesn't have to be the "hot new thing" forever. That status has absolutely no relation to the pleasure I receive from driving the car.
05-13-2003 | 09:43 AM
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I'm sure Honda is taking a look at the statistics showing that through April, the sales this year are nearly 25% below those of last year. What is uncertain is HOW they will deal with (and interpret) those figures.