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2012 Honda S3000

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A typhoon of rumors has been swirling around Honda's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, about the company's next generation of sports cars. While we have already seen spy photos of the future NSX, we have not seen anything about the next-generation S2000. A source close to the company revealed that Honda is indeed in the process of building such a car, but wouldn't disclose specific details.

The OSM (Open Study Model) concept car definitely raised some eyebrows recently at the London show, but that car was just a convertible version of the CR-Z hybrid sports car shown at the Tokyo Motor Show last year. The OSM was penned by Honda's European design team, and our people tell us that the real S2000 successor will have much more influence and input from Japan. Also, the CR-Z and OSM have been engineered as front-engine/front-wheel-drive models, and the S2000 successor will no doubt be a rear-wheel-drive car. So apparently the OSM has nothing to do with the S2000 successor. Or does it...?

There's the possibility that the OSM may very well be a design study of the next S2000, wearing the veil of an open-top CR-Z to throw us off. There was also a sighting of a mysterious prototype sports car near Honda's R&D headquarters in Japan that seemed to share the OSM's proportions, yet looked completely different. Could this be another design study of the S2000? We think so, so we took pieces of that car, melded it with the OSM and came up with this image, a handsome car with an Audi R8-esque face, a long hood and a profile reminiscent of the current S2000.

As for what will go under the hood is still unclear. There have been rumors that Honda may equip the car with a V-6, perhaps a new 3.0-liter or the 3.5-liter in the Acura TL, thus the name S3000. In the U.S., this makes sense because it would give the car much more low-end torque (something we Americans love), not to mention improved smoothness and quietness for freeway driving.

With such an engine, you can expect power to be in the 280- to 300-bhp vicinity, enabling a 0–60 run in the sub-5-second range. The more probable choice is a 2.2- to 2.5-liter inline-4. Honda, which has traditionally shied away from big-displacement powerplants, may feel that a 4-cylinder engine makes more marketing sense in this age of high gasoline prices. There's also talk of a simple hybrid system.

Only those directly involved with the next-generation S2000 project know for sure what the car will be like. We'll know for sure in 2011, after Honda releases the NSX and CR-Z

http://www.the370z.com/images/370Z%2...ior/s3000.jpeg

http://www.the370z.com/images/370Z%2...or/s30002.jpeg

No replies here and it was posted in October 2008? Haha. I forgot this is a Nissan forum!

Anyway, I just saw this in a magazine. I think it looks sharp. Hopefully Honda gets back on the ball with this and their new NSX, even if it is really late.

^ nsx project was cancelled last I heard.

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Originally Posted by frost (Post 95408)

^ nsx project was cancelled last I heard.

...Nooooooo!

Well, that's a shame. Boo to you, Honda. :ugh2:

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Originally Posted by Silhouette (Post 95411)

...Nooooooo!

Well, that's a shame. Boo to you, Honda. :ugh2:

Yep I read it in a magazine!
I think it was motor trend?
Too bad for the NSX, theres a blue one around this area looks good.

S2000 is on the skids too right?

That car looks awesome, kind of luxury-like more than sports car though. It doesn't look Japanese anymore, more Audi-esque if you will.

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Originally Posted by edeeZee (Post 95426)

That car looks awesome, kind of luxury-like more than sports car though. It doesn't look Japanese anymore, more Audi-esque if you will.

This must be the concept, not quite as breath-taking.

http://www.speedclub.gr/wp-content/u...2/s3000hon.jpg

Damn but the S2000 is such a nice ride!
Stupid economy!

I'm a big Honda guy but the S2000 is just too weak and this actual concept just does nothing for me.

WTH Honda.... s2k is over this year, no prelude (2001), no integra (2006), no more nsx, acura looks like batmobiles.... and on top of that america doesnt even get type-r

yeah i'm not a fan yet of the s3k concept, it looks like it weighs a ton and the look is similiar to their acura 09 trash (trash compared to previous years, only in my opinion)

Sounds like it would be faster than the Z. Once it comes out, if it does anyway they'll have all sorts of mods that would make it a very fast car.

The concept became to bubbly. It needs to be more angular to really catch some eyes, me thinks.

I'll always have a soft spot in my heart for the S2000. If Honda had only updated it instead of letting it "die on the vine" I would probably have one of those instead of the Z.

Hopefully if Honda does re-release the S it will be similar in mission to the S2000: lightweight with a screaming 4-cylinder. Honda's V6s are great for passenger cars but I don't think they'd be very good in a sports car.