Honda S2000 News
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Earlier this month word of Honda's decision to cancel its Honda/Acura V8 program, the CR-Z convertible and the next-generation S2000 emerged, but today Honda has officially announced that the 2009 S2000 will be the last. Produced for a full decade, from 1999 (as a 2000 model year car) through 2009, the S2000 has finally reached the end of its road. Along the way it received minor suspension and appearance updates, a slightly larger engine and other refinements, but it lived that decade in largely the same form it was created. Honda hadn't originally intended the S2000 to extend much beyond...
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Report: Honda cancels next-gen S2000, V8 program and CR-Z convertibleTough times in terms of sales and profits are hitting the entire industry hard, but Honda appears to be taking it particularly badly if the latest report from Japan proves true. News of the cancellation of Honda's V8 program, its CR-Z convertible, and perhaps most lamentably, its next-gen S2000...
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Honda previews 2009 Tokyo Auto Salon concepts
While U.S. carmakers prepare for the 2009 Detroit Auto Show, Honda is readying a range of concepts to show off at the 2009 Tokyo Auto Salon, which celebrates Japan's modified vehicles. The headline concepts are a pair of Sports Modulo cars based on the S2000 and Fit (Jazz). Modulo is Honda's...
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New details on Honda’s next-generation S2000
For a company that spends hundreds of millions of dollars on its F1 program, Honda has been awfully quiet in the sports car scene. The S2000 was released nearly a decade ago and a replacement for the NSX isn’t due to arrive for another couple of years, and even then the car will be limited...
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Honda reveals NSX, CR-X, S2000 plans
Ten years ago the world was rich in Japanese sports cars. Skip forward today and the true Japanese sports car has become a rarity, with the Nissan GT-R being the most noteworthy example of late. Japanese automotive powerhouses Toyota and Honda have both been found lacking in this area, Honda having...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Honda S2000 Type S to bow in at Tokyo
Honda has revealed the look of its Japan-spec S2000 Type S ahead of the car’s local launch at tomorrow’s Tokyo Motor Show. The car is essentially the same package as the U.S. delivered S2000 CR but differs by the inclusion of the standard folding roof instead of the aluminum hardtop as...
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Honda has unveiled the S2000 CR concept, essentially a last-hurrah for the venerable roadster before production ends and Honda releases a replacement. The latest racer-inspired version, which is described by Honda as “aggressively-tuned,” will go on sale in the second half of the year and is aimed at enthusiasts after a stripped out racer engineered for track use. The factory-tuned roadster provides highly-aggressive suspension settings, increased body and chassis rigidity, overall weight reduction and an aerodynamic body kit dialed-in for reduced lift. An aluminum hardtop...
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Honda to unveil S2000 Club Racer in New York
Honda will use next month’s New York Auto Show to display a ready-to-race version of its aging S2000 Roadster in a final last hurrah before the introduction of an all new model due towards the end of next year. The latest racer-inspired version, which is described by Honda as...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Mugen S2000 Open-Top Pure Sports Concept
The Honda S2000 is at the end of its life but that hasn’t stopped Mugen, Honda’s performance division, from creating a one-off concept version labeled the Open-Top Pure Sports Concept. The car was developed as part of Mugen’s “Exciting 2007” promotion and will join...
Ralph Hanson -
Special edition Honda S2000 RJ
Honda’s S2000 may be coming to an end but that hasn’t stopped them from milking it for all its worth with a special F1-inspired RJ edition on sale in Italy, France, and Spain. The main claim to fame is that Honda has forced asked its two F1 drivers, Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran
