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The latest reports coming in from Australian media suggest that Honda is working on another S2000 or at least a spiritual successor. Adding electric motors to sportscars is all the rage right now, so the next Japanese sportscar will have not one but two of these. We don't know how we feel about an AWD S2000, but the project is in its infancy, so there's room for change.
Citing an unnamed print magazine from Japan, Motoring reports that the next S2000 might be architecturally similar to NSX. A 2-liter turbo, like the one used by the Civic Type R, is being considered. That engine arrives ready-tuned to 300 horsepower and recently set a lap record of 7:50 at the Nurburgring in Germany.
Development of the car has already been confirmed. The work should be ready by 2017, by which time we could see an affordable mid-engine Porsche Cayman rival with about 350 horsepower, not a front-engined VTEC screamer.
Also being considered for the project is a new 1.5-liter four-cylinder turbo, which will make its debut next year on the American Civic sedan, offering better fuel consumption than both the 2-liter and 2.5-liter models.
The end of the road for the S2000 came when production of the 2009 model year ended. By that time, over 65,000 S2000 models were sold in the US since the introduction of the roadster in 1999, plus another 45,000 in other markets worldwide. The last examples were built in the Honda S2000 Ultimate Edition configuration you see above, with white paint, a removable fiberglass roof and red seats.
"The S2000 is a sports car designed by enthusiasts for enthusiasts," Honda exec John Mendel said in a company release at the time. "It raised the bar for all future roadsters, and it's already considered a classic by many Honda fans."
Development of the car has already been confirmed. The work should be ready by 2017, by which time we could see an affordable mid-engine Porsche Cayman rival with about 350 horsepower, not a front-engined VTEC screamer.
Also being considered for the project is a new 1.5-liter four-cylinder turbo, which will make its debut next year on the American Civic sedan, offering better fuel consumption than both the 2-liter and 2.5-liter models.
The end of the road for the S2000 came when production of the 2009 model year ended. By that time, over 65,000 S2000 models were sold in the US since the introduction of the roadster in 1999, plus another 45,000 in other markets worldwide. The last examples were built in the Honda S2000 Ultimate Edition configuration you see above, with white paint, a removable fiberglass roof and red seats.
"The S2000 is a sports car designed by enthusiasts for enthusiasts," Honda exec John Mendel said in a company release at the time. "It raised the bar for all future roadsters, and it's already considered a classic by many Honda fans."
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