Honda: S2000 News
02-03-2009 | 10:02 PM
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02-05-2009 | 01:55 AM
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lol I guess the s2k is not designed to suit everyone's taste, and I find that it occupies, or occupied a very unique market. When the market was full of 6-cylinder roadsters with around 3L of displacement, such as the Boxster, Z4, and 350Z, having a 2L high revving engine + lightweight is quite different. I think this is the Honda spirit that every Honda enthusiast wants to see. Hopefully they can make something as interesting as the S2k again in the future.
02-05-2009 | 09:28 PM
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Originally Posted by myron
I still want an s2k with a supercharger or a nice turbo. 300whp is all I would want out of that car.
02-06-2009 | 02:17 PM
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02-09-2009 | 07:15 PM
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02-10-2009 | 05:16 PM
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How many times must it die in order to be a legend... 2, 3 or 4 times ???
Once is enough... they should come up with another S car... and soon...
02-12-2009 | 01:42 PM
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i still dont get how honda couldnt made a decent nsx after building a car like the s2k.
just throw 2 f22c1 engines together and your engine is done.
the s2k is a brilliant car and they need to create an s3000 soon to keep their name high.
w/e happened to the concepts?
just throw 2 f22c1 engines together and your engine is done.
the s2k is a brilliant car and they need to create an s3000 soon to keep their name high.
w/e happened to the concepts?
02-12-2009 | 04:57 PM
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but having driven the AP1 (which admittedly has less torque than the AP2), I can say that it seems to have the pull of a Civic (pre-R18/K20Z3) in the non-VTEC portion of the powerband. Honda should have at least introduced cam phasing (i.e.: K-series <--- best NA inline four on the market bar none) to make it more liveable.
07-15-2009 | 10:03 PM
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This would suck
from:http://www.egmcartech.com/2009/07/15...hybrid-system/
A little while back Japan’s Best Car Magazine reported that Honda is working on an AWD (Honda’s Super Handling All-Wheel-Drive system) successor to the S2000 that will be powered by a powerful 4-cylinder engine mated to a hybrid system similar to the one found on the Honda Insight.
In its latest report, Best Car says that the S2000 successor will be offered with a front-wheel-drive option only and a hybrid driveline. The model will be a step above the upcoming Honda CR-Z hybrid due out next year and will feature a retractable hardtop.
Look out for the S2000 successor sometime in early 2012.
Until we have other solid details, we’re going to have to file this under rumors.
In its latest report, Best Car says that the S2000 successor will be offered with a front-wheel-drive option only and a hybrid driveline. The model will be a step above the upcoming Honda CR-Z hybrid due out next year and will feature a retractable hardtop.
Look out for the S2000 successor sometime in early 2012.
Until we have other solid details, we’re going to have to file this under rumors.
07-15-2009 | 11:34 PM
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Is Honda on its way to becoming the next Toyota? Soon they'll start coming out with more and more trucks and crossovers. With such a huge aftermarket following that the S2000 had, I don't see why in the hell they would switch to a hybrid powertrain and FWD. Hopefully its just a false rumor.
07-16-2009 | 12:30 PM
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Is Honda on its way to becoming the next Toyota? Soon they'll start coming out with more and more trucks and crossovers. With such a huge aftermarket following that the S2000 had, I don't see why in the hell they would switch to a hybrid powertrain and FWD. Hopefully its just a false rumor.
07-17-2009 | 12:58 AM
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I'd say small, high revving engine in a lightweight roadster with a solid chasis and perfect balance beats a heavier roadster with a bigger engine...
Part of the fun from a s2k is the simplicity, and being able to do what it's not supposed to be able to do (i.e. revving to 9k and a high output I4, 120-125hp per litre, etc)...
putting in a v6 or a hybrid system just destroys this philosophy imo.. while I think Honda (or probably Acura) needs a more luxurious roadster with a v6, the s2k is a totally different animal and they shouldn't temper with the philosophy (or build a new roadster that doesn't folow this philosphy and call it a successor to the s2k). Money aside, the same people who would choose a s2k over a z4 are the same type of crowd that will chose a Elise over a 911, for example..
Part of the fun from a s2k is the simplicity, and being able to do what it's not supposed to be able to do (i.e. revving to 9k and a high output I4, 120-125hp per litre, etc)...
putting in a v6 or a hybrid system just destroys this philosophy imo.. while I think Honda (or probably Acura) needs a more luxurious roadster with a v6, the s2k is a totally different animal and they shouldn't temper with the philosophy (or build a new roadster that doesn't folow this philosphy and call it a successor to the s2k). Money aside, the same people who would choose a s2k over a z4 are the same type of crowd that will chose a Elise over a 911, for example..
06-18-2010 | 10:15 AM
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New S2000 info that is on motortrend.com
Originally Posted by Small, Rear-Drive, Mid-Engine Roadster on the Drawing Board
June 17, 2010 / By Peter Lyon
Read more:
The Honda S2000 was recently killed and the Honda Beat 660cc minicar of 1991 all but forgotten, but in a strange comeback story, they both may live again -- fused into the one car. We have just caught word from a source close to Honda that the company is busy at work 'molding' the two together in a radical new project that is taking shape inside the halls of Tochigi's R&D Centre just north of Tokyo. Dropped onto a modified Fit (Jazz) platform, the new roadster will apparently employ a rear mid-engined layout. An illustration of what the new car could become is depicted.
It's an intriguing new sports car plan from a company that doesn't really have much left in that genre short of the Civic Si and the hybrid CR-Z (the Civic Type R will cease production in August). We did some background research and discovered that Honda has lodged a patent pending in Japan to build a roadster using a subframe and parts from current cars but adding technology to lower curb weight and reduce production costs. The patent actually refers to the "engine being fitted to a center frame" which translates from Japanese to mid-engined and rear-wheel drive. So it will no doubt be lightweight and have good front-rear weight distribution at the same time.
But whether that "mid-engine" refers to a hybrid, fully electric or fuel cell is still unclear. In recent years, Honda has dabbled in all three alternative forms of propulsion, so it's anyone's guess which way they will lean. It's unlikely the automaker will build the car with a gasoline engine option as that would restrict its international application. And if there's anything the company wants, it's to make this car a global success. Don't expect to see this car on the road before 2014.
In other rear-wheel drive compact coupe news, as we've reported, Toyota too is in the process of developing a vehicle, but it will be a gas-powered, 1.5-liter two-door based on the hot hatch concept from GRMN that it debuted at last January's Tokyo Auto Salon. For those who haven't been paying attention to the company's racing exploits at Nurburgring recently, GRMN stands for Gazoo Racing - Meister of Nurburgring. Called a mini-FT-86 in Japan, the new compact coupe is expected in showrooms by early 2013.
Read more:
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June 17, 2010 / By Peter Lyon
Read more:
The Honda S2000 was recently killed and the Honda Beat 660cc minicar of 1991 all but forgotten, but in a strange comeback story, they both may live again -- fused into the one car. We have just caught word from a source close to Honda that the company is busy at work 'molding' the two together in a radical new project that is taking shape inside the halls of Tochigi's R&D Centre just north of Tokyo. Dropped onto a modified Fit (Jazz) platform, the new roadster will apparently employ a rear mid-engined layout. An illustration of what the new car could become is depicted.
It's an intriguing new sports car plan from a company that doesn't really have much left in that genre short of the Civic Si and the hybrid CR-Z (the Civic Type R will cease production in August). We did some background research and discovered that Honda has lodged a patent pending in Japan to build a roadster using a subframe and parts from current cars but adding technology to lower curb weight and reduce production costs. The patent actually refers to the "engine being fitted to a center frame" which translates from Japanese to mid-engined and rear-wheel drive. So it will no doubt be lightweight and have good front-rear weight distribution at the same time.
But whether that "mid-engine" refers to a hybrid, fully electric or fuel cell is still unclear. In recent years, Honda has dabbled in all three alternative forms of propulsion, so it's anyone's guess which way they will lean. It's unlikely the automaker will build the car with a gasoline engine option as that would restrict its international application. And if there's anything the company wants, it's to make this car a global success. Don't expect to see this car on the road before 2014.
In other rear-wheel drive compact coupe news, as we've reported, Toyota too is in the process of developing a vehicle, but it will be a gas-powered, 1.5-liter two-door based on the hot hatch concept from GRMN that it debuted at last January's Tokyo Auto Salon. For those who haven't been paying attention to the company's racing exploits at Nurburgring recently, GRMN stands for Gazoo Racing - Meister of Nurburgring. Called a mini-FT-86 in Japan, the new compact coupe is expected in showrooms by early 2013.
Read more:
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Honda....swing and a miss for years now.
06-18-2010 | 03:05 PM
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It's unlikely the automaker will build the car with a gasoline engine option as that would restrict its international application.
Sorry, I had to say it after reading that part.
