Honda OSM news - OSM at the BSM - 2008

It might not have the sheer, erm, bigness of Detroit or Geneva, but the British Motor Show is lining up to be pretty damn cool.

We'll get a first look at the Ford Focus RS, the new Fiesta and the Seat Ibiza SC... and now this, a sportscar study from Honda.

Named the OSM - which we thought was some kind of driving school, but apparently stands for Open Study Model - it's described as a low-emission, lightweight sports study model, designed to show off Honda's design cred.

Essentially a two-seater roadster in the mould of the Honda S2000, the OSM takes a bunch of design cues from the CR-Z - Honda's dead-cool coupe that has recently been confirmed for production.

Anyone else getting a hint of (new) VW Scirocco about the nose and rear flank, too?

Sadly, Honda says that there are no plans for the OSM to enter production, but as a hint of what a future Honda roadster might look like, and we're impressed.

We'll get a better look at the OSM at the British Motor Show at the end of July.