Honda S2000
LOS ANGELES-Honda has not built a front-engine, rear-wheel drive car since the S500 roadster of the sixties. Today at the Los Angeles Auto Show, Honda introduced the spiritual descendant of the S500, and honored it, as well as the upcoming millennium, by naming it the S2000.
The S2000 is a 2.0-liter, four-cylinder roadster capable of making 240 horsepower at a dizzyingly fast 8300 rpm. As you might have guessed, the engine is in the front, and the drive wheels are in the back. This capable two-seater features a close-ratio, six-speed manual direct shift linkage gearbox with a torque-sensitive limited slip differential, vented front and rear disc brakes with antilock braking, 16-inch aluminum alloy wheels, and an in-wheel double wishbone front and rear suspension. This fantastic combination of components comes together in a package that is only 162 inches long and that weighs a mere 2756 pounds.
Performance was the chief concern of the Honda engineers responsible for the S2000's development, so there is little surprise that the car is at the top of its class in nearly every performance category. The S2000 can accelerate from a standstill to 60 mph in less than six seconds, has a top speed of 150 mph, and can out-accelerate a BMW Z3 2.8, Mercedes-Benz SLK and Porsche Boxster to 100 mph. A perfect 50/50-weight distribution and low-profile Bridgestone P205/55VR16 tires help the S2000 stay planted to the road.
The S2000 was developed by Shigeru Uehera, project leader for the Acura NSX, and will be built alongside the NSX at the Takanezawa plant in Tochigi, Japan. Honda plans to sell 5,000 S2000s annually in the United States after the car goes on sale here in 1999. The projected MSRP for the S2000 is projected to be near $30,000 and will include a power top, air conditioning, premium stereo with CD player, and high-intensity headlamps.
LOS ANGELES-Honda has not built a front-engine, rear-wheel drive car since the S500 roadster of the sixties. Today at the Los Angeles Auto Show, Honda introduced the spiritual descendant of the S500, and honored it, as well as the upcoming millennium, by naming it the S2000.
The S2000 is a 2.0-liter, four-cylinder roadster capable of making 240 horsepower at a dizzyingly fast 8300 rpm. As you might have guessed, the engine is in the front, and the drive wheels are in the back. This capable two-seater features a close-ratio, six-speed manual direct shift linkage gearbox with a torque-sensitive limited slip differential, vented front and rear disc brakes with antilock braking, 16-inch aluminum alloy wheels, and an in-wheel double wishbone front and rear suspension. This fantastic combination of components comes together in a package that is only 162 inches long and that weighs a mere 2756 pounds.
Performance was the chief concern of the Honda engineers responsible for the S2000's development, so there is little surprise that the car is at the top of its class in nearly every performance category. The S2000 can accelerate from a standstill to 60 mph in less than six seconds, has a top speed of 150 mph, and can out-accelerate a BMW Z3 2.8, Mercedes-Benz SLK and Porsche Boxster to 100 mph. A perfect 50/50-weight distribution and low-profile Bridgestone P205/55VR16 tires help the S2000 stay planted to the road.
The S2000 was developed by Shigeru Uehera, project leader for the Acura NSX, and will be built alongside the NSX at the Takanezawa plant in Tochigi, Japan. Honda plans to sell 5,000 S2000s annually in the United States after the car goes on sale here in 1999. The projected MSRP for the S2000 is projected to be near $30,000 and will include a power top, air conditioning, premium stereo with CD player, and high-intensity headlamps.
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