I Wanted to Test Drive the S660…

Previously, I wrote on my blog that I wanted to test drive a Roadster someday, and a reader kindly reached out saying, “If you’d like, you can try mine?” That gave me a truly valuable driving experience.

マツダ ロードスター（ND）に試乗。ボクスター乗りが運転するとどう感じるのか？

Then, just the other day, I casually mentioned on the blog that I’d love to test drive Honda’s kei sports car, the S660, someday… and once again, a reader contacted me asking, “Would you like to test drive it?”

Actually, a few years ago on TV, I saw the celebrity Becky driving an S660 with a manual transmission, and I thought, “It’s so cool that a woman can drive an S660.” Since then, I’d been curious about it.

So, to be able to test drive the S660 I’d been curious about for so long, I eagerly replied, “Absolutely yes!” and arranged to test drive it on the Royu Driveway a few days later.

Thank you so much to all my readers.

First Time with the S660 @ Royu

We had planned to meet “at the Royu Observatory on the afternoon of the 〇th,” but unfortunately, it rained that day… or rather, it rained as expected, so the schedule was changed. Sorry about that. On the eagerly awaited test drive day, our family set out in the Panamera and Boxster (lol),

and when we arrived at the observatory on time, there was an S660 in a color I’d never seen before…!

I was told this body color is a special color called Velvet Maroon Metallic. Until now, I’d only seen S660s in white or yellow, so I didn’t know there was such a mature brown color. It had a calm, chic vibe and was very beautiful.

This S660 is the Bruno Leather Edition, completely stock. It has a 6-speed manual transmission, all-black aluminum wheels, and a Jazz Brown interior, which is very stylish. Since we have small kids at home, “only black interiors are practical,” so I envy being able to have such a fashionable interior.

I couldn’t help but tell the owner how jealous I was, and he said, “Oh, by the way, you wrote on your blog that your daughter threw up inside the Panamera right after delivery…” Right, that kind of disaster is why only black interiors work for us (lol).

Seeing the S660 up close for the first time, I noticed from behind it has a design somewhat like the Boxster Spyder. Very cool.

Also, the owner came with his wife, and apparently “the husband loves manuals, so he got his wife to remove her AT license restriction, and now she’s training to drive a manual.” I was so happy to find such a rare couple just like us here (lol).

Since we had our two kids with us, my husband and I took turns test driving.

First, the roof was opened manually by folding the soft top and storing it in the front bonnet’s soft top storage box. Removing the top is easy, but from what I’ve read online, putting it back on can be a bit tricky.

The owner said,

“There is a storage box for the soft top, but since there’s no trunk, you can’t really load any luggage… When we go shopping, my wife ends up holding the bags on the passenger seat. Still, we’ve gone on overnight trips and had a great time!”

It’s wonderful to go on trips in an open sports car as a couple. For us, a hot spring trip for just the two of us might be a little further down the road.