Honda does not build many cars like the Honda S800: a 2-door roadster / 2-door coupe with 791 , built from 1966 to 1970 in the decade that gave the world the pony car and the mid-engined supercar.
Where it came from
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.
Under the skin
Under the skin sits 791 . Kerb weight is 782 kg. The gearbox is a 4 speed manual all-synchromesh. The layout matters: a front engine drives the rear wheels, the classic proportion — long bonnet, cabin set back — that most people picture when they picture a sports saloon or a grand tourer. The wheelbase is 2000 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
In context
Where it sits in Honda's history is not in doubt: the Honda S600 came before it; the Honda Beat followed it; it was built at Suzuka Plant, Suzuka, Mie, Japan. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Alfa Romeo Spider, the Toyota Corolla, the Dodge Charger. Nearby in the Honda catalogue sit the Honda Envix and the Honda Crider.
The money
MotorJury scores cars on the United States complaint and recall record, and the Honda S800 has none: too old, too rare, or never sold there. Its value today is a collector's question, decided by provenance and condition rather than by a class average.