I imagine £35k wouldn't actually be $60k in the US, due to different taxes and import costs. I wouldn't be surprised if it ends up much cheaper than the actual conversion here.
I imagine £35k wouldn't actually be $60k in the US, due to different taxes and import costs. I wouldn't be surprised if it ends up much cheaper than the actual conversion here.
Yeah, I think US dollar prices are usually only slightly higher numbers than when listed in pounds, when it comes to the imports for both. Certainly nowhere near the currency conversion rate.
Anyway, a $50k or $60k does seem a bit odd for Honda if they are in fact bringing back the NSX (is that for real happening yet?). Certainly would need to match the S2000 in performance and fun, but add a bunch of luxury, or outperform it quite a bit and keep it stripped down to justify that price.
A new S2000 should start at $30-35k, I would think.
Last edited by Freude am Fahren; May 13th, 2014 at 05:16 PM.
Edit - this is in reply to KillerB's post. Mid engine etc.
Like that? But bigger
honda-beat-01.jpg
Yeah, I'm thinking something like the Beat but upsized just a tad to better fit Western drivers.
Maybe not in the land of the cheap car, but here it was easy.
You mean like the S2000!!
Hmm - looks at price of a 2005 model on a trade site, asking $34k
Brand new - 70+k
http://www.drive.com.au/used-car-rev...506-2j2vk.html
Dont ask what the price of the NSX was (back in 1990 it was the first Jap car here to crack 100k and did it easily, the Nissan GTR was the budget car at 110k)
New S2000 will be priced as a supercar in Australia then!
In the land of the cheap, the most luxurious elite version of Honda's Van tops out at $45k. The most expensive Honda Pilot SUV tops out at $42k... then the Accord plug-in hybrid at about $40k. I'm pretty sure all of those vehicles sold very little in #s. Perhaps the Acura MDX sold outside the States as Hondas hence the heftier price tag? But Mexico should have Acura, right? It's weird Honda would sell cars more expensive in Mexico. Either Mexican govt over taxing or perhaps Mexico just doesn't have the volume necessary to push price down?
Last edited by Crazed_Insanity; May 14th, 2014 at 12:44 PM.
Honda's peak was in the late 80s/ early 90s.
Since the mid nineties they've done nothing but make their fleet less enjoyable, less outstanding, more plebian, more banal, and since then they've only expanded their lineup by adding more minivans and SUVs. At least Toyota revolutionised economy with the Prius.
... and didn't stop improving their trucks.