Honda has officially taken the wraps off a new concept at the London Motor Show. Dubbed the OSM – which stands for Open Study Model – the concept is a light-weight, two seat drop top designed with maximum efficiency in mind.
Although the OSM looks like an S2000 replacement at first glance, Honda officials say that the show car is not the successor to Honda’s popular sports car.
Moreover, the OSM is little more than a clay model with no current plans for production. “At present the OSM is just a design study, a clay model,” Honda spokesman Steve Kirk told Automotive News. “It is definitely not confirmed for production at the moment.”
Although not directly related to Honda’s CR-Z project, Kirk did say the OSM was designed as a “low-emission, lightweight sports car”, the same concepts that will find their way into the 2009 production version of the CR-Z. However, since the OSM is a clay model, there is no powertrain to speak of.
The interior of the OSM follows the two-tier dash design of the current Honda Civic.
While the OSM itself is not heading for production, look for some of its design cues to find their way onto future Honda models.
