01 June 2009 - 09:00
S2000: off the Grid
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After 10 years of production, Honda is killing off the S2000 this summer. Boo.
With plans for a successor looking dodgier than an MP's floating duck island expenses claim, it's left to the good citizens of the interweb to dream up what a new Honda S2000 might look like.
And they don't come much more goodly or citizenly than Lars Martensson, the
computer game renderer who goes by the name of 'Grid'. Last week, we showed you
Mr Martensson's most excellent Subaru STI coupe-thing, and now here's his take
on an S2000 for the 21st-and-a-bit century.
What do you reckon? We're guessing that, like the Subaru, this one will divide
you firmly into the ‘lovers' and ‘deeply vitriolic haters' camp - we like that
Lancer-style nose and the rear end, but those side-blade things are a bit much
for our liking. Overall, though, surely there's enough here to get the guys at
Honda thinking, "Hmm, y'know... there's something in this..."
Martensson hasn't speculated on what might be found under the bonnet, so we'll
leave it up to you to decide. Would you prefer the same mad, high-revving VTEC
approach as the outgoing S2000, or some sort of techy turbo-supercharged
arrangement?
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agreed with Lloydy, it's a Nissan GTR at the front, S2000 at the back, And a touch of SLR McLaren with those side gills.
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AshHorne took the words from my mouth. Exactly the same thoughts :D
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Looks like a group of people couldn't agree on an idea, and all sneaked an idea in by the back door.
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That looks ugly.
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Actually rather nice but a little too 'bitty' in side profile. If he can make the profile flow better he's onto something.
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Nice. I love the S2000 and think it's a real shame that Honda are going to let it fall by the wayside. On another note - does anyone else see echoes of Nissan's new GTR in that front end?
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Sinful combination of SLR McLaren, Nissan GTR and a little bit of Lancer.. I forgot how it rear end looks like... Anyway, other than just copying competition, this Honda is short. Just look at it from the side and imagine 2m (6 feet?) tall man behind the steering wheel. He just wouldn't fit there :D
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A Frankenstein-ispired work that hasn't quite worked out as well as it could have. Under the bonnet we'll probably find a V6 (GTR) force-fed by an enormous turbo (Lancer) and a supercharger (McLaren) to top it all. To get at least one new idea into the design, the thing should be rear-wheel drive. Left-rear-wheel drive.
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ewww its terrible!!!!!!! nothing compared to the old 1
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This thing is truly hideous. What on earth are those trapezoidal vents at the rear? I don't understand the front end, or how it's supposed to look anything like the outgoing S2000. Those wheels are a poor choice too. Too much 'street tuner,' not enough 'club racer.' And it's too outlandish a look for Honda to ever build. Their look is usually understated, with clean elegant lines and certainly without giant vents all over the front and rear. This design is something I'd expect to see doing burnouts down the streets at night, with lights underneath and an audio system to raise the dead. Did we also forget that the S2000 is a convertible? Come on now. He just slapped together some bits from other cars and called it a Honda. This guy's not even trying.
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YES YES i want it. i loved the old S2000 so if this is the new one then sweet hope its not expensive
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Make it, that looks fantastic! Was never much of a fan of the real S2000, or Jap cars in general, but that just looks great!
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Make it, that looks fantastic! Was never much of a fan of the real S2000, or Jap cars in general, but that just looks great!
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I have always found that in pictures, the S2000 looks plain and boring, and like it has a mile of clearance under there. But when you see one in the flesh, damn it looks good. So these digital renderings would hardly be enough to know if it works or not. But from the renderings, I'd have to say that it is a bit too wild. I know Honda loves crazy concepts, but their actual cars are all about practicality (how much practicality there is in a two seater convertible remains to be seen). The stance is true to the original, and that I like. Take out the GTR design and those side blades, and i think we are looking good. As for the engine, high revving little 4 pot. Stay true to tradition. Either that or a small 6 of sorts.
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I have always found that in pictures, the S2000 looks plain and boring, and like it has a mile of clearance under there. But when you see one in the flesh, damn it looks good. So these digital renderings would hardly be enough to know if it works or not. But from the renderings, I'd have to say that it is a bit too wild. I know Honda loves crazy concepts, but their actual cars are all about practicality (how much practicality there is in a two seater convertible remains to be seen). The stance is true to the original, and that I like. Take out the GTR design and those side blades, and i think we are looking good. As for the engine, high revving little 4 pot. Stay true to tradition. Either that or a small 6 of sorts.
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I have always found that in pictures, the S2000 looks plain and boring, and like it has a mile of clearance under there. But when you see one in the flesh, damn it looks good. So these digital renderings would hardly be enough to know if it works or not. But from the renderings, I'd have to say that it is a bit too wild. I know Honda loves crazy concepts, but their actual cars are all about practicality (how much practicality there is in a two seater convertible remains to be seen). The stance is true to the original, and that I like. Take out the GTR design and those side blades, and i think we are looking good. As for the engine, high revving little 4 pot. Stay true to tradition. Either that or a small 6 of sorts.
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Sorry for the multiple comments. It didn't seem to be working!
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what the hell? why does it look so like the one-77??? GOOD NEWS!!! I JUST BOOKED MY TOP GEAR LIVE TICKETS!!!
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Turbo charged bike Vtech engine.
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Looks alot like the BMW Z4 with a skyline nose.
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i hate the colour. and the front looks exactly the same as gtrs
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The gills are a bit much... but if the color matched the rest of the car i could deal with them. Other than that, slot in a 3.0L straight six and a six speed sequential and I'd buy it in a heartbeat.
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Yeah I love how he simultaneously ripped off both the Nissan GT-R AND the Mitsubishi Evo X at the front. That or the Mercedes SLS, it's hard to tell. From the door mirrors backwards, it looks pretty cool though. But how come the only styling cue carried over from the proper S2000 is the window shape?
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I agree with Pininfarinaidea. All 3 times.
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This game renderer has skills, another masterpiece that should go into production!
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From the front, that's just like an ugly version of a Nissan GTR; from the back, that's just an ugly version of an old BMW Z4. Well, I won't buy it.
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Mr Game Renderer - computer says "NO"! Dont like it...there's no real originality here, just a GT-R (from the front), SLR (from the side), even a BMW Z8 (from the back) & put in a blender. This game renderer must've been a bit on the f**ked up side, trying to mix up a bunch of cars & call it a concept, the same way he was mixing up a whole bunch of alcoholic beverages & calling it a cocktail!!
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it's a milkshake of different cars smushed together, sort of dead-metal flavour. Actually, imagine what that would taste like.
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Honda is paying attention indeed, especially if a lot of people, an entire market, remember and still naively waiting for Fulvia from Lancia, Giulia/Giulietta from Alfa Romeo and that Alpine from Renault or MB next gen A and B class.
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I completely agree with Lloydy & AshHorne, there is a hint of the GTR in the front end with the SLRish fender. If u look at it from the side it also resembles the older skyline R33, with a shortened wheel base. it the picture of the rear three-quater one can see the roof is definately similar to BMW's Z4, so does the trunk lid. the brake lights are a hybrid between an S2000 and BMW Z8. The design is not too bad, but its not an orignal Honda design. They have come up with excellent redesigns in the past 3 years but this will not be the iconic S2000 we know. I would agree with Lloydy other observation about a bigger engine, they can definately have an option 6 cylinder. A 3.2 straight six VTEC reving up to 9000 rpm, my god it'll blow awy the competition. If I see that in an S2000 I might not even glance at a 370Z again.
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S200 IS DEAD! WHOSE NEXT, watch out, Miata..............
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bye bye s2000. i like the concept though
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Wonder.. why isn't t so bizarre that all this fuuristic speculation is just turning to Photo shop-land?I mean, first we had the photo-shop GTX viper twix, then this.Obviously this are even worse than concepts.It's just disheartening to see good(completely working) cars that can't make it to production for some reason or the other such as the BMW CS etc..then you see some people toying around with visual software all in the name of "how it will look like".I mean that viper thing possibly has to be a joke with all the light arrangement and 'organised' shadows of an inexistent object.Then unto this madly conspicuous GTR front end..already said a million times
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It looks like the red headed step child of a GT-R and a Merc SL. The Original S2K was so great because it had the "classic" sports car look, in 20 years it will look as good as it did 10 years ago.
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Lloydy commented on this article
01 June 2009
Looks like a nissan gtr at the front. Not that thats a bad thing, because it looks lovely. The colour scheme looks immense, with the darker graphite wheels. But what Honda need to do if they ever make a new S2000 is not waste so much space under the bonnet, because theres loads! and they put something that could have been much more powerful in there. C'mon honda! I want to see a 3.2 in this thing!
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