The Honda S2000 arrived on April 15, 1999 — Honda's 50th birthday, no less — carrying the torch of the 1960s S500, S600, and S800 roadsters. A front-mid engine, open-top sports car named for its two liters, it asked for nothing and gave everything: a naturally aspirated engine delivering roughly 124 horsepower per liter, the highest of any mass-production naturally aspirated car until 2010. People loved it because it was pure. No pretense, no padding. Just an open top, a revvy engine, and a name that meant "sports" the way it used to.
The S2000 evolved honestly over its decade — the launch AP1, then the facelifted AP2 with meaningful changes to the engine, gearbox, suspension, and interior. And then, on August 19, 2009, production ended quietly. No farewell tour, no victory lap. What was lost wasn't just a car; it was a particular kind of honesty that's getting harder to find. A machine that trusted you with revs, with a roof you could fold down, with the feeling that someone at Honda built this because they loved driving too.
So we're asking: bring the S2000 back. Even a limited run. Even a respectful revival that honors the two-liter spirit and the roadster lineage. The signatures below aren't nostalgia — they're proof of demand from people who remember what a ten-thousand-rpm apology for compromise sounded like. Honda, you built it once to celebrate fifty years. The crowd still wants a toast.
— filed by the fans of Honda S2000, at products.rip
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