As a long-time Honda fanatic, I skidded to a cease (figuratively, anyway) with my mouse scrolling after I got here throughout a list for a Honda S2000. It’s a automobile so particular that I’ve one in my own collection.
The Pick of the Day is a 2000 Honda S2000 roadster listed on the market on ClassicCars.com by a personal vendor in Warren, Ohio. (Click the link to view the listing)
“Super clean, super fun,” the itemizing begins. “Here’s your opportunity to own a piece of automotive history and get behind the wheel of an ultra-clean 2000 Honda S2000 with only 68,900 miles.”
The vendor goes on to explain the situation: “This sporty roadster is in superb, excellent condition inside and out. Extremely well-maintained. No mods, all original. Average of 3,000 miles driven per year. Always garaged!”
The S2000 was a high-revving two-seat sports activities automobile produced between 2000 and 2009 for the United States market. Available solely with a six-speed handbook transmission, it used an inline-four motor and was developed on a light-weight, nimble platform with optimum 50/50 stability. To today, it stays fascinating amongst collectors, however the platform was additionally fashionable in the import tuning tradition, so many S2000s have been modified or wrecked in the almost 15 years because it went out of manufacturing.
There have been two iterations for the S2000, beginning with the “AP1” from 2000 by way of 2003 adopted by the “AP2” from 2004 by way of 2009. There have been noteworthy variations between them together with modifications to the entrance and rear fascias, engine output, and expertise. This garage-kept “S2K” comes from the first mannequin yr and seems to be extremely authentic. It has been garage-kept as proven in the pictures that accompany the itemizing, and it even comes with a fitted manufacturing facility automobile cowl.
Power for this automobile got here from an F20C 2.0-liter “VTEC” four-cylinder with 240 horsepower and a sky-high 8,800-rpm redline. Honda touted this engine to have the highest output of a naturally-aspirated manufacturing automobile engine in the world at the time of its launch. A Torsen limited-slip differential helped preserve the automobile in management below numerous acceleration and dealing with circumstances.
The cabin of the S2000 was all about driver-centric simplicity. The vendor notes that the power-operated convertible high is in like-new situation, and “the black leather interior doesn’t have a single blemish.”
“These extremely well-engineered Japanese sports cars are in high demand,” the itemizing states. “Don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity to own a piece of automotive history.”
The asking value is $31,750 or finest provide.
To view this itemizing on ClassicCars.com, see Pick of the Day.
