ホンダ・S500
S500S500 (1963–1964)
V0028
- MAKER
- HONDA
- YEARS
- 1963–1964
- CODE
- S500 (1963–1964)
- TYPE
- SPORTS CAR / VINTAGE
- ORIGIN
- JAPAN
01 — Overview
Honda's first passenger car, released in 1963 months after the T360 truck. Its DOHC four with four carburettors and a 9,500 rpm redline drew directly on Honda's motorcycle engineering.
02 — Historical context
Historicalcontext.
- 01
The S500 was Honda's first passenger automobile, released in 1963 four months after the T360 truck entered production.
Source: Honda S500 — Wikipedia (English) - 02
Its engine was a DOHC inline-four with four Keihin carburettors and a 9,500 rpm redline, drawing on Honda's motorcycle engineering.
Source: Honda S500 — Wikipedia (English) - 03
At its introduction its dimensions and engine displacement exceeded Japan's kei car regulations of the time.
Source: Honda S500 — Wikipedia (English) - 04
It used four-wheel independent suspension, with chain-driven trailing arms at the rear.
Source: Honda S500 — Wikipedia (English)
03 — Engineering
Technicalspecifications.
- Manufacturer
- Honda
- Production
- 1963-10 – 1964-09
- Body styles
- 2-door roadster
- Layout
- Front-engine, rear-wheel drive
- Engine
- Inline-4 · 531 cc · Naturally aspirated44 hp @ 8,000 rpmNote: As stated by English Wikipedia (DOHC, four Keihin carburettors); gross/net not specified
- Transmission
- 4-speed manual
- Length × width × height
- 3,300 × 1,430 × 1,200 mm
- Wheelbase
- 2,000 mm
- Units built
- 1,363Note: Produced October 1963 through September 1964
Figures follow the sources listed below. Values vary by market, variant and year; anything we could not verify is omitted. Power is shown in the unit the source used (PS / hp / kW).
04 — Generations in the archive
05 — Gallery
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07 — Sources
- 01Honda S500 – WikipediaWikipedia · reference · accessed 2026-09-26
- 02ホンダ・S500 – Wikipedia (ja)Wikipedia · reference · accessed 2026-09-26
08 — Photo credits
Honda S500
Red 1964 Honda S500 roadster on museum display (Toyota Automobile Museum).
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