I had never seen these pictures before but thought it was really cool to see how our current automotive love looked before it was a production car...suprisingly, not MUCH different with the exception of the headlights and a few body lines. Anyways, i just found these looking for some pictures of the new Saturn Sky and Pontiac Solstice and figured some of yall might want to see them...enjoy! It was called the Honda SSM concept.




...and some old facts (to keep the "tech" in this thread.)

- SSM stood for Sports Study Model
- The SSM Concept first appeared in 1995 at the Tokyo Motor Show, but it continued to appear in auto shows for 2 more years, hinting that a production version was to come
- Aluminum body panels, like the ones used in the Acura NSX, were used
- The SSM Concept had perfect 50/50 weight distribution
- Like the production S2000, the SSM Concept had a push-button starter
- The SSM Concept also featured a central division between the driver and passenger which was supposed to improve the car's rigidity
- Car was to have a 5-Speed Sequential tranny

 

um, if im not mistaken, that was the OLD concept pictures BEFORE the AP1's came out... those are not the future concept pictures. that model is FUGly anyway

 

And if you go back and read my post, you'll see that what you just said is exactly what i said.

 

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youre right ding ding ding

 

I don't like it. They used the same body lines with uglier lights. Alfa Romeo was using the same type of designs for their concepts in the early 80s. But the again Alfa is Alfa.

Anyway I'd do choose one path, either completely different or mildly upgraded.

 

i have some more sketches and pics of the prototype models....ill have to see if i can upload them

 

ewww, glad they chnaged it before production.

 

i like our headlights better.....

love the rear end shot...... i like seeing the suspension components

and i remember seeing some ssm concepts a while back in a gunmetal grey color....

glad to see that the s2k kept most of the lines......

but, i must say that thing looks mean

and i would love to have a set of those rims........

 

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Deffinately man...i'd love to see more, i was shocked as i had never seen these before today.

 

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me too

 

lol the seats are pimp

 

i'll still take one.. just to have one hahahaha

 

since its a concept, that means it was built. i wonder where it is

 

probably in some honda factory/showcase thing in japan...

 

i like the wheels and only the wheels. The headlights and taillights makes me wanna vomit :X

 

anyone else see the front end resemblence with the IS300