S500 The Classics Roadster From Honda

If we always think about car which only can take us to go every where easily is very common because it’s been along time, many companies produce several super cars that have many gorgeous features, great designs, adorable facilities, etc. It’s called roadster car. Not only enjoying the trip while we drive to go somewhere but also we can use all those super features from a roadster car. Now, keep reading this article to know more deeply about a roadster from Honda, one of the biggest manufactures in the world.

Honda S500 - Credit Image to devianART, GraphicDream

Honda started to produce roadster in about 1960. The first Honda’s roadster was named Honda S500. It was released in 1963. It was a larger displacement variant than the roadster Honda S360, as the additional information, Honda had ever informed S360 before releasing S500. Although S360 was developed to plan for sale in 1962, but finally it was never produced.

The S500 used a high-tech engine which was developed from Honda's motorcycle expertise. Wow, it was such as getting ready to create a fabulous super car from Honda at that time. It had a double overhead cam straight-4 with four carburetors and 9,500 rpm redline. Actually, Honda wanted to build this car about 492 cc, but when the car was having process of production, 531 cc version was final decision to produce and it had 44 hp at 8000 rpm. The weight was only 1500 pounds (680 kg), it’s quite small S500 but it could reach 80 mph (129 km / h). It was really powerful as its era.
Double Overhead Cam Straight-4(DOCH)

The Super Car S500 1963 – 1964 also used a 4-speed manual transmission with chain drive at the rear wheels. A four-wheel independent suspension was a new high-tech from Honda, with a torsion bar in the front and diagonal coilover shock absorbers at the rear. The interior and exterior were also comfortable and quite powerful. It was totally attractive design with the soft seat. It made a driver getting pleasant.

Honda S500 is classified as sport car and having two doors of roadster as body style, it’s very exotic . The layout was FR (Front Engine) style where the engine was located in the front of car. The dimensions of car were having wheelbase 2,000 mm, lenght 3,300 mm, width 1,430 mm, height 1,200 mm. This car was priced at $ 1,275 in 1963 and an optional fiberglass hardtop was also available. The S500 produced from October 1963 to September 1964 and in about one year of production, Honda had been produced 1363 cars (136 in 1963, and 1227 in 1964) in the world wide. Then, Honda continued to produce the larger engine named S600.

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