Posts from ‘December, 2008’

A successful meeting was held by the Vancouver BC S2000 Owners with an impressive turnout of more than 50 S2KI members. Passion, love and enthusiasm by all members of the community brought them together with their beloved rides. Check the photos and the excellent PACNW Meet Video, am sure you will love it as we [...]

As Honda Motor Co Ltd is set to invest in hybrid technologies, a basic aggreement with GS Yuasa Corporation is close to establish a joint venture company which will manufacture, high-performance lithium-ion batteries for applications with a central focus on hybrid vehicles. The ratio of capital investment will be 51% by GS Yuasa and 49% [...]

The summary of the 2008 Year-End Ce0-Speech was announced today by Honda, with major changes and cutbacks that will be implemented within the year 2009. Among this changes, investment in R&D is affected and the development of the NSX successor model equipped with V10 engine will be cancelled.

The automotive industry could get even worse. Yet another huge production cut by Honda was announced for the first quarter of the year 2009. Its not only General Motors having trouble sorting things out but other car manufacturers are trying to find a solution in this economical worldwide crisis. Nothing can be predicted anymore and [...]

Honda and Acura have been considering for some time now, to bring diesel engines to the U.S. However rumors  in late October are spreading over and the diesel engines will probably be delayed. One of the reasons is the high price of diesel over the gasoline in the U.S. Diesel cost 40 to 50 percent [...]

There is much debate about WTF happened to the US auto industry and who is responsible for it. Some blame the workers, some the union, some the legislators and some the companies. I’d like to take a few minutes of your time to offer my own thoughts on this calamity and who’s responsible for it. [...]

According to J.D. Power and Associates 2008 Customer Study, Honda is the leading manufacturer in the automotive industry by retaining the highest percentage of new-vehicle customers. The study is based on the percentage of new buyers who replace their previous vehicle with a new car from the same brand. Honda has almost increase by two [...]

The US Senate rejected the $14B auto-maker bailout bill approved earlier in the week by Congress. Republicans and Democrats failed to agree to end debate on the bill over union compensation, which the Republicans insisted be lowered to that of those working at Japanese auto makers with plants in the US.

A non-profit organization, Ocean Alliance has named Honda Marine as Donor of the Month. Both of them joined forces and a Honda 40 horsepower outboard engine was fitted to the tender of Ocean Alliance’s research vessel named R.V.Odysee. The R.V.Odyssee is equipped with state of the art research and communication equipment and she has served [...]

Once again the Honda S2000 stars in another movie. We have seen the S2000 in The Fast & the Furious movies and also in the movie Heartbreakers. This time you may see the Honda S2000 in the movie High School Musical 3: Senior Year in pink. Check this video

In a report posted by Autoblog today, the S2000 ranked as the 10th most stolen car for 2008 in the United States according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The IIHS uses insurance claim data and the number of insured vehicles to tabulate a Most Stolen Vehicle List based on the number of vehicles [...]

The Oklahoma S2000 Community is having their 2nd annual Christmas party on December 13 in Yukon, OK. If you are interested in attending or getting more info there is a thread in the forums to RSVP. Oklahoma S2000 Christmas Party Signup Thread

Is it back from the future or just sits around the corner? Well, actually it stands on a single twin wheel axis and is here already. Canadian 18 year old Ben Gulak invented the UNO, and by the looks and the fact that this is an environmental friendly invention, we won’t be surprised if it [...]

Do you feel its time to change the looks of your S2000 key? An interesting write-up by kamui157 with instructions for a retractable key installation can be found to the link below. “Installation was easy. I did it in about 20 minutes from start to finish” S2000 Forums -> Retractable Key Installation

It is not good news for racing fans. Following Honda’s official statement and withdraw from Formula One activities, here comes Audi and will no longer have a works team in the LeMans Series in 2009. Yet again, one of the reasons for the nine consecutive LMP1 championships winner, is the current economic conditions that Audi’s [...]