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If you have a clean Honda S2000 in your possession or know someone who does, now might be the time to sell. Yet another one went for big bucks, this time auctioning at Amelia Island for a whopping $95,200. That’s enough to get anyone with one of these cars plotting. However, there are some special conditions around the little Honda that helped boost its value to that lofty height.
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For starters, the original owner showed incredible restraint and foresight, logging a mere 42 miles on the odometer. In other words, in the last quarter century (the age of the S2000) the owner pretty much kept it garaged and clean, but didn’t spend time behind the wheel.
This conflicts with a principle we and many other enthusiasts share, that cars were made to be driven, not parked in a preservation bubble and admired like some sort of metal sculpture. Sure, they’re things of beauty, and Honda knocked it out of the park on the S2000’s aesthetics, but driving one is a real treat.
Many are claiming this is the most factory fresh Honda S2000 to ever be brought to market. While the Silverstone Metallic paint and black leather upholstery look flawless, as Broad Arrow Auctions notes in the lot listing, it’s far from the record of the highest-valued in existence.
Almost $100,000 is a large chunk of cash, but a 2009 Honda S2000 CR with 123 miles sold for over twice that amount, $205,000, on Bring A Trailer back in April 2022.
In February 2022 another S2000 CR, a 2008 example with 5,500 miles sold for $127,500. Yes, 2022 was a great year for Honda S2000s and collector cars in general. In other words, we might not see a new record for a while as the whole collector car market has deflated some from those crazy times.
Still, $95,200 is nothing to sneeze at, showing the Honda S2000 is definitely a serious collector car.
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