I need to say that I totally get where you're coming from. I have personally never owned a car made after the 90s. The period that followed (00-10) was very lacking in comparison to what as available from the mid 80s to the mid 90s from Japanese brands. From everything I've read about the mid 80s-mid 90s period of Japanese cars, it seems like an incredible exception rather than a period that we could ever return to.
Right now, gas prices are way too low to really market from that angle at all. It's also really important to note that you are proposing that Honda of America bring over two vehicles that would be new territory for not just their brand, but their market period. Kei-cars in Japan are a well-established class of vehicle, with advantages in insurance and operating costs, while in Canada and the US few to none of these benefits would be realized. People here have exceptions regarding size, fuel economy, and power -- either of these cars would challenge those expectations due to being much smaller and slower than modern cars. Even then, people truly wanting the cheapest new runabout possible would continue to buy something like a Mitsubishi Mirage which would be cheaper and have more space.
Honda would essentially have to re-engineer the s660 into something like an s1000, which is frankly kind of an insane proposition considering how small the market would be.
