Although the desire is there internally to do a second-generation S2000, the business case does not currently stack up for Honda.

Honda has an appetite to resurrect the S2000 nameplate following the release of the Prelude, but the business case for another low-volume, niche convertible might not stack up.

Speaking to Australian media on Honda’s 2025 Tokyo motor show stand, Chief Engineer of Prelude Tomoyuki Yamagami revealed there is a desire from the Japanese brand to bring back one of its most famous nameplates.

“Of course, everybody thinks so,” Yamagami-san said via an interpreter when asked by Drive if he wants the S2000 to return.

“Every Honda employee loves S2000, someday, I’d like to [build another one].”

The original and only generation of S2000 was in production from 1999 to

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