I wonder what the cost of fuel for the car would be in 40 years time

 

Based on everything I've been reading, there won't be fuel (as we know it today) in 40 years time. So while the S may be an antique/classic/collectible, it will be mainly used as a really, really nice paperweight.

 

While there is always a nitch market for just about anything ever made, crap is crap and doesn't really go up in value in relationship to anything good - no matter how old, how scarce, or condition.

What you see on BJ Auctions is old farts who had a wish car when they were young. So, now that it's become "fashionable" to fullfill the dream, they over pay and look like total fools on national TV. Will we see that happen to Japanese cars in 40 years? Why not. There wasn't any desireable Japanese cars 40 years ago except a few S-series cars (Honda & Toyota), Honda's F1 cars, and Toyota's fancy GT who's name escapes me. But in the past few years they have produced a number of desireable cars that today's youth would love to have and can't afford.

With worldwide production approaching 100,000 cars the S2000 will never be rare but it will always have a nitch market and I would guess the early rev'g 9000 rpm models would be the one most sought after (at least as things stand now). But none of that should matter now -- just drive and enjoy the car as it was intended.