With the new Miata, Sky, Solstice on the way, when does Honda plan to replace the S2000? Honda usually seems to totally re-do or significantly update a model every 6 years or so and next year the S2000 will be 6 years old. Is there any news or spy pics for the replacement? Or is Honda going to continue the car for a long time with minimal updates like they have done with the NSX.

I realize the S2000 is a price class above the aforementioned models, but their general class (affordable sporty convertible) seems to be on its way back in popularity with the general public. The next 2 years would seem to be a great time to show off a new model.

 

hope not..GM needs a hit with the Sky and Slostice

 

The S2000 costs 10K more though. Is it worth 10K more? To me it isn't. Other people might feel differently though.

I also saw a pic of the new Mazda Miata. It looks almost exactly like the old Miata(the one with the exposed headlights). Since style is the #1 thing driving the covertible market, I predict it will fail, or at best sell at its expectations.

Now the Solstice and Sky are beautiful cars IMO, and GM will make a killing with these cars IMO. Expect to see the plant working overtime and sales being way above projections.

 

Yeah but mazada is comming out with an all new miata based on the rx8 platform in one year... my question is, is it only a matter of a single year before the all new solstice that was ramjetted through GM wil be old news and uncompetitive?

 

well.. Sky and Solstice do 0-60 in low 7's right?
while the new S2000 can do 0-60 in mid to low 5's right?

Dunno about interior quality, fit and finish, handling, but lets just say they are both comparable.

So you got $10k to mod a Solstice to do low 5's.. Couple thousand to add forced induction, couple thousand to beef up drivetrain, and a thousand or two for labor.. and you basically have now voided your factory warrenty.... so its a tough call, IMO...

 

Factory SC ecotec will take care of that, probably for not more than 4K.

 

Had to correct that for yah.