In 2005 Honda ceased production of the fantastic NSX super-car. In December 2008 the company announced that plans to produce a new generation NSX had been cancelled. In the same month Honda also announced it was leaving F1 racing.
This summer Honda ceased production of the S2000 sports car. This was another truly great sports car, and that’s not just my opinion, it was ranked number 1 three years in a row on the BBC’s Top Gear Survey (2004, 2005, 2006). Honda no longer make a true sports car. The company’s Japanese website still carries the above sketch of two Honda S-cars on the homepage, but it’s just a little sad that, when it comes to sports cars, nostalgia seems to be the only thing that remains.
TRAVEL 67 : Chris Willson Photography 
Toyota just announced they will be leaving F1.
The sports car isn’t very desirable any more. It used to be you built sports cars as symbols to help sell your normal cars. A fast, big-engined (and thirsty) sports car has likely lost that draw; it may even have the opposite effect.
I love the NSX and S2000… very sad indeed!