The Honda S660 concept that debuted at last year’s edition of the Tokyo Motor Show has reportedly been given the green light for production, and a new report gives us a better idea of what to expect from it.
The roadster will be built by Yachigo Industry Company, a small Honda-affiliated supplier that has assembled many of the automaker’s kei cars and trucks over the past couple of decades. Production is scheduled to kick off later this year, and the roadster will land in Honda showrooms across Japan in early 2015.
The S660 is an evolution of the all-electric EV-STER concept that Honda presented at the 2011 edition of the Tokyo show but it is powered by a gas-burning 660cc three-cylinder turbocharged engine borrowed from the firm’s kei car parts bin. The mill sends 63 horsepower to the roadster’s front wheels via either a continuously variable transmission (CVT) or a six-speed manual unit.
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