Honda · S600
Honda S600 (AS285/AS285C)
- Years
- 1964–1966
- Chassis
- AS285/AS285C
- Drivetrain
- FR
Image: Sicnag / CC BY 2.0
Story
Announced as the successor to the S500. It had an ultra-high-revving engine with DOHC and four carburetors, rare in a Japanese car of the time.
Chassis
Front
Double wishbone
Rear
Trailing arm
- Curb weight
- 695-715kg
Production plants
- Production moved in 1964
US import eligibility
- Earliest cars
- Eligible since March 198925 years after sales began in March 1964
- Last cars
- Eligible since 199125 years after sales ended in 1966 (month not recorded)
Eligibility depends on each car's month of manufacture on its build plate, not on the sale dates shown here (NHTSA).
Engineers
Hometown: Okayama Prefecture
Development leader of the first-generation Civic and the first-generation Prelude. Former senior managing director of Honda R&D.