ˆ Rumored and Rendered Speculation: Honda S3000

tags : honda osm , honda osm concept , honda s2000 , honda s3000 , honda sports car , hondaosm , hondaosmconcept , hondas2000 , hondas3000 , hondasportscar

Honda's S2000 may not be the newest thing on the market, but that doesn't mean it'll be easy to improve upon. The balance is sublime, the driving environment is nearly perfect, and it really comes alive after 6,000 rpm. Fashion probably drives the automotive landscape more than technical superiority, so Honda's been working on a replacement for its S2000. While the Open Study Model that broke cover in London is officially a design study, conjecture holds that it may portend the direction of Honda design language, even though Honda insists that the OSM is not the successor to the S2000. Road and Track has whipped up a rendering that doesn't look any better than the current S2000's purity of line, but seems a credible stab at how an S3000 may appear. There's a bit too much Acura TL in the lines for our tastes, and the thought of a V6 from the same car thrumming under the coupe's hood doesn't set our enthusiast hearts a-beating. Much of the fun in an S2000 is keeping the high-output four cylinder on boil. A wealth of low-end torque would drastically change the car's character, likely not for the better. Since it's all conjecture anyway, we'll also throw out the chatter about possible hybrid powertrain for this model, too. While reality will answer all of this speculation eventually, we're just going to have to spend the ensuing days getting as much seat time as we can in the S2000.

posted : 10/15/2008 @9:36:02 PM

ˆ Vin Diesel damages S2000 on set of F&F4

tags : fast and furious 4 , fast and furious four , fast and furious four vin diesel , fastandfurious4 , fastandfuriousfour , fastandfuriousfourvindiesel , honda s2000 , honda s2000 vin diesel , hondas2000 , hondas2000vindiesel , s2000 , vin diesel , vindiesel

While filming the latest installment of everyone's favorite overly dramatized street racing flick, Vin Diesel extended his rage from a character in the movie onto the right front bumper of an S2000. The Honda, owned by Ben from Bespoke Ventures and being used as an automotive extra in The Fast and Furious 4, sustained a fair amount of damage to the bumper, right fender and headlamp. There's no word on when Universal is going to be settling its tab for the damages done by Mr. D, but Ben has already got a "Vin Diesel Broke My Car" t-shirt for sale, which should ease the financial burden. That, along with the "Don't tune your GT-R" tee, should complete your summer fashion collection.

posted : 4/6/2008 @12:46:03 PM

ˆ Japanese/American hybrid: S2000 + LS1

tags : hboy7777 , honda s2000 , honda s2000 ls1 , hondas2000 , hondas2000ls1 , ls1 , ls1 transplant , ls1transplant , s2000 , s2000 ls1 , s2000ls1

Roadster S2000 Honda has putting ions of the fans, which are very lucky with its balanced mixture of the achievement and the treatment. Then there are those, which cannot be fulfilled straight. One of those energy-hungry owners S2000 admits forums in forums S2000 and in LS1 as hboy7777, and he combines both those worlds between the framework rails of Honda. That is an good-old American general of engine LS1 iron, which bends down into this Japanese machine bay, also, which hboy estimations could be much, as HP 500 before the salpeterhaltigen is added. In a car, which weighs only 2,800, zerstösst, that will be a handful of Honda. more ...

posted : 9/10/2007 @11:03:43 PM

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