Honda's readying new S2000 kit to celebrate the sports car's 20th anniversary

[The Wind Breezes]

Originally Posted by Red Bread

Meh. Give me more revs and more oversteer. I've driven both extensively and vastly prefer the AP1. The AP2 probably makes a vastly better daily driver, but that's the last thing I'd actually want to do with an S2k.

The AP2's balance can be significantly modified with as little as an alignment, which you would probably know if you had the driving experience implied. Anyway, if you want a thrilling chassis and double the revs of an AP1 you should look into the motorcycle world. M-cars, Ferraris, and even the S2000 will look like buses made for grandmas after that.

[Socal_R8]

This wouldn't be bad for the 2021 MY

Or this one....

[Viffermike]

Please, please, PLEASE don't Type R-ify an S2000, even in a Gen-2.0 artist rendering like the one above.

Doing so sullies the greatness of that car in all regards.

[Mizh]

owned x2 AP1s and an AP2, still my fav car I've owned, but just not practical for my age anymore.

Wonder if theyre gonna release a new OEM hardtop

[Salty Dog]

Originally Posted by Mizh

owned x2 AP1s and an AP2, still my fav car I've owned, but just not practical for my age anymore.

Wonder if theyre gonna release a new OEM hardtop

There's never anything practical about a car like that regardless of your age. It's about fun.

[Red Bread]

Originally Posted by Salty Dog

There's never anything practical about a car like that regardless of your age. It's about fun.

Yeah, but it's still a beating. I went from a Miata to an M Coupe. Just being able to go to the grocery store and not have to put grocery bags around the folding top and on my (ex) wife was a huge benefit.

It's not like a Z3 MC was a wildly practical car, but it didn't require you to pack into the trunk without a suitcase for a weekend trip and had the luxury of sound deadening in the fender wells, so rain didn't sound like a German invasion.

[PoorLurker]

For some reason I was just never an s2000 person.

Would be nice if they replaced an S2000 with a smaller NSX knock off though and charged base price M3 money for it.

[IllSic_Design]

If only the s2000 wasn't a convertible. Would totally get one if they made a coupe.

[henrylee]

I actually daily both my M3 and Ap2 S2000. Best of both worlds.

[eluded]

Originally Posted by henrylee

I actually daily both my M3 and Ap2 S2000. Best of both worlds.

#SaveTheManuals.

[Lucky1]

Needs 8 way directional power seats and telescopic steering wheel. After that I'm on board. It was simultaneously one of the most fun AND uncomfortable cars I've ever driven.

[FuriouslyFast]

Originally Posted by IllSic_Design

If only the s2000 wasn't a convertible. Would totally get one if they made a coupe.

Top down FTW

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by Viffermike

Please, please, PLEASE don't Type R-ify an S2000, even in a Gen-2.0 artist rendering like the one above.

Doing so sullies the greatness of that car in all regards.

Type R'ing it would bring on the dreaded 'boy racer' tag on it that would kill it's exclusive reputation.

[//steve\\]

As a former S2000 owner (I had 4 of them over the last 10+ years) I hope they don't re-make the car as anything modern. Unless they try to compete directly with the Miata and product something small and light it won't touch the original.

It's a fantastic car for driving enjoyment and it's a car that very much rewards a good driver. Bad drivers will pay for mistakes in one.

At this point in my life I look fondly back at my time in them but don't really have a desire to ever own another one. Tons of fun miles, lots of great friends but it's something I didn't want to invest any more time/money in and I had been wanting to make the change to a M car for several years.

Good shocks + Square wheel setup + Front Sway bar and you've got a great S2000.

[chino101]

Originally Posted by //steve\\

As a former S2000 owner (I had 4 of them over the last 10+ years) I hope they don't re-make the car as anything modern. Unless they try to compete directly with the Miata and product something small and light it won't touch the original.

Agreed! I owned a AP2 for nearly ten years. Visited the Tail of The Dragon a few times and meet fantastic fellow S2k owners along the way. In this climate of truck and SUV's overtaking car sales, I'd be shock to see Honda devote resources to a 2nd gen S2k. I even wonder if Mazda will develop a 5th Gen MX-5; their current halo car.

[Kolyan2k]

Loved my AP2. People asked me if it's some brand new car that was just released when it was already 10+ years old lol

[5.M0NSTER]

Looking forward to what this looks like. A few of my coworkers I do track days with have S2000s and outside of huge plumes of white smoke in high G corners those cars are damn near bullet proof and pretty quick.

[racerbruce]

Loved my 2002 S2000 with 18 in OZ Superleggera rims and Comptech performance exhaust; there are few sounds on the planet better than shifting just before the 9,250 RPM rev limiter....