The S2000 sold the following numbers from 2004 to 2007:

(US sales numbers)

2004 - 7,320
2005 - 7,780
2006 - 6,271
2007 - 4,302

(Before you ask - the international numbers are around 50% of the US sales total)

For the XF to have sold even 60,000 units, consider that for the period of time between 2004 and 2007, the XF needed to sell 15,000 a year - more than double S2000 sales - even including international sales!

Sources:

1. ^ American Honda Sets New All-Time Sales Record (HTML) (English). Honda Media Newsroom. Honda Motor Company (2005-01-04). Retrieved on 2008-04-04.
2. ^ American Honda Posts Ninth Consecutive Year of Record Sales in 2005 (HTML) (English). Honda Media Newsroom. Honda Motor Company (2006-01-04). Retrieved on 2008-04-04.
3. ^ American Honda Posts 10th Consecutive Year of Record Sales in 2006 (HTML) (English). Honda Media Newsroom. Honda Motor Company (2007-01-03). Retrieved on 2008-04-04.
4. ^ American Honda Posts 11th Consecutive Year of Record Sales in 2007 (HTML) (English). Honda Media Newsroom. Honda Motor Company (2008-01-03). Retrieved on 2008-04-04.

My thinking is that the variety of colors, interiors, and having both coupes and roadsters contributed to the XF's sales numbers.

Have some pride in your cars, people!