No Manual option?
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Finally, it’s not all that roomy in there. The rear seat is a tight fit for adults. I’d know, because I used the car for a bachelor party, in which I taxied three of my homies. And all of them complained about the rear seat. Read more

I still have and daily drive my 02. She needs a new clutch, struts and new AC but other than that, she's still a peach. Never once let me down. Read more

I’m not kidding. One guy walked up to the car as I was standing next to it, scissor doors opened, chatting with a friend. He walked right past me like I was a ghost or something, and stuck his entire head in the car, fiddling with things and all. I had to interrupt his fact-finding mission with a polite “Um,… Read more

Why limited to 217 miles?
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You raved about the compliant suspension. What would you compare it to? Like what every day car or even luxury would you say is closest in comparison? Read more

A 217 mile limit? Over 3 days? I would have maxed it out on day one. Beautiful car. I got to ride shotgun in a 570s for 50 or so miles. That is as close as i will ever get to one. I’m good with that. My house cost less than that car! Read more

Test drove a “used” manual 2017 HR-V today (base trim) with 758 miles...legit (was an unused fleet car). Read more

This... is not the S600 I asked for. Read more

Every time I get a chance to talk about old man Soichiro, I go for it. Read more

Having recently fallen in love with Honda’s CB350F, I kind of want to see what a 750F motor swapped into one of these would do...
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The last time I was traveling in the Bay Area a decade ago I would see a red S600 parked in the street up in the Russian hill neighborhood. You figure that the West coast has far more of these around. Read more

The full story of honda’s start in car building is even odder than mentioned here.
At the time Japan’s all-powerful MITI didnt want honda making cars. There were already two large car makers (toyota,nissan) and MITI thought that three would be ideal for japan’s economy, so they encouraged the smaller builders to merge.
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i heard that we didn’t get this in the states because they took one to San Francisco and it couldn’t make it up some of those streets Read more

Great article!  I have a LHD 1966 S600, as well as a 2002 S2000 and a ‘97 NSX-T. About as different as you can get, considering they are all red RWD 2 Seat Hondas. I fit in the S600, I’m 6'2" and 240 lbs., and going down the road I look like a bear in a circus car.  A real hit at Cars & Coffee. The S600 is technically… Read more

how jaded we’ve become. I remember seeing one of these while I was driving an old Austin healy sprite.  we forget the handling, the ‘power’.  all I really remember is how tiny it was... Read more

From what I read way back when, the S600 was going to be exported to America. Just before Honda committed, they road tested one in San Francisco. The poor thing couldn’t make it up any of the hills. Read more

how lilliputian it actually is Read more

111 examples built in one year is hardly ‘mass production’, but it probably explains the quality. I bet these were hand assembled by obsessive craftsman. Any owner should check to see if the engine is signed by the person who built it. You could almost imagine an assembly line worker committing seppuku at the first… Read more

In this photo, you look like every golf pro at my local muni. Read more