Sales and Production
In the United States, the largest market for the S2000 worldwide, the suggested retail price of the base 2009 Honda S2000 was $34,995. The CR trim's base price was $36,995 with a $1,000 option to add air-conditioning and stereo.
In the United Kingdom, the 2009 model was offered in two trims, Roadster and GT. The GT trim featured a removable hard-top and an outside temperature gauge. On-the-road prices of these trims were £27,300 and £27,850, respectively.
After several years of steady production, sales of the roadster began falling dramatically starting in 2006, and the trend accelerated during the 2008 U.S. recession. In 2008, only 2,538 units were sold in the U.S. - a 74% decline from the 2002 sales peak. In November of that year, for the first time since its launch, only 90 new S2000s were sold nationwide during a calendar month.
| Calendar Year | U.S.A. | Europe | Japan | Canada | Australia | New Zealand | MidEast/Africa | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 3,400 | 1,179 | 7,209 | 332 | 596 | 12,716 | ||
| 2000 | 6,797 | 3,955 | 3,422 | 412 | 521 | 15,107 | ||
| 2001 | 9,682 | 2,197 | 1,913 | 401 | 308 | 14,501 | ||
| 2002 | 9,684 | 2,537 | 1,471 | 336 | 164 | 10 | 14,202 | |
| 2003 | 7,888 | 2,095 | 961 | 238 | 79 | 11,261 | ||
| 2004 | 7,320 | 2,036 | 1,087 | 250 | 39 | 10,732 | ||
| 2005 | 7,780 | 1,795 | 981 | 212 | 40 | 8 | 10,816 | |
| 2006 | 6,271 | 1,474 | 1,225 | 146 | 30 | 3 | 9,149 | |
| 2007 | 4,302 | 1,116 | 997 | 123 | 26 | 6 | 126 | 6,696 |
| 2008 | 2,538 | 709 | 1,228 | 65 | 15 | 4 | 82 | 4,641 |
| 2009 | 795 | 680 | 1,122 | 49 | 2 | 2,648 | ||
| 2010* | 85 | 20** | 42 | 21 | 168 | |||
| 2011 | 5 | 5' | ||||||
| TOTAL | 66,547 | 19,793 | 21,658 | 2,585 | 1,818 | 33 | 208 | 112,636' |
*Note: No model-year 2010 cars were produced; sales represent clearance of residual new-vehicle inventory.
**Data through September 2010.
In its January 2009 announcement of the vehicle's production end, Honda reported that worldwide sales through the end of 2008 totaled 110,673 units.
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