CarBuzz.com article

"Expected in 2017, the next-generation S2000 will feature a mid-engine layout, all-wheel drive and a hardtop. Expect the car to integrate some form of hybrid technology (developed in collaboration with McLaren Formula One), allowing it to produce a total of 350 horsepower from a 2.0-liter four-cylinder turbo engine, while still providing fuel economy of around 40mpg. The S2000 will fit in well under the soon-to-be-released $160,000 NSX, and is expected to cost approximately $60,000. We’ll have more details and photos as they emerge."

 

I don't know. I suppose it's possible but it sounds a bit too pricy and un Honda like to me.

 

Hardtop? No thanks. 60K? No can do.

 

Ditto. for that price I can buy a T top vette and eat that Honda for lunch.

 

Sounds like the "Baby NSX" that they have been talking about for almost two years. I wish they would drop the hybrid drive train and make it $15K cheaper.

 

This topic is being covered pretty extensively right now in Car Talk section of the site. As far as I'm concerned, it's vapor-ware (the term used to discuss software that hasn't been produced yet and might not ever be).

 

A friend sent this LINK to me tonight.

I responded that I will believe it when I see it.

 

If Honda couldn't sell enough S2000s at $32K to keep production going, how well is a $60K car going to sell?

 

Come on Bill, Value isn't about price. Perhaps they'll launch a supercar class capable vehicle and then it would be a steal.

 

Reminds me of UK's Autocar scoop about the S2000 in 1997......... it was just full of misinformation about the secret S2000 in the works. In 1998 R&T did the big cover spread on the SSX (what they thought it was going to be called). Speculation sells magazines even if its pie-the-sky stuff.