Model record
Honda S800
Background
The S800 is a sports car from Honda. Introduced at the 1965 Tokyo Motor Show, the S800 replaced the successful Honda S600 as the company's image car. With a redline of 8,500 rpm, it is one of the highest-revving sports cars produced for street use. The S800 competed with the Austin-Healey Sprite, MG Midget, Triumph Spitfire, Datsun Fairlady, and Fiat 850 Spider.
Text adapted from “Honda S800” on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ · retrieved 2026-07
Specification
- Dimensions
- 3,330 × 1,400 × 1,215 mm
Still on UK roads
69
licensed vehicles · 2025
2014 ▲ 33% since 2014 2025
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Sources
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Matched on body class, era and origin from register data — never hand-picked.
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