[QUOTE]Originally posted by Honda Racer
[B] the S (to my knolledge) has better handling than a miata.

 

newsflash: This just in...car dealers lie.

 

Z06 -- Ferrari F360 etc.

The S2000 does not have 50/50 weight distribution -- close but not perfect -- and 2 extra cylinders does not equate to hundreds of pounds. (as a for instance off the top of my head Mazda 13B rotarys and Ford 302 V8's are pretty damn close in terms of weight).

Should the S2000 have an inline 6? In my opinion yes -- this opinion was furthered on Friday when I drove my S2000 to the Seattle airport, parked it, got on my flight to Denver and drove my M coupe home from the Denver airport. I was on the highway at about 65 in fifth gear and wanted to pass some cars in front of me -- I reached for the shifter then realized...hey wait a minute I don't have to drop two gears to produce any power -- just mash the gas.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by MiataPilot
[B]As for The M roadster & Boxster I believe they utilize Mcpherson struts.... The one thing that I find soo impressive about the s2k is its ability to compete with the aforementioned cars. In many ways believe it to be a superior performer. Straight-line performance is over-rated and should not be the deciding factor. In the real world the roads do have bends.

 

The M was released long before the S2000 -- way back in 1998. Porsche had plans to build the S version long before Honda released the S2000 as well. Responses? No.

Value? Completely subjective. I am sure there are people with worked over (insert car of choice here) cars that cost a fraction of the S2000 who laugh at us for spending so much to go slower.

 

You may be right about the 240hp M being built 1998. I read an article back in summer of 1999 which lead me to believe the M was new for that year. And it was intended to compete with the upcoming new Honda. The article also said that Porsche would respond to the release of the S2000 with a new car also, called the Boxster S. But, the new S would not be ready until 2000.

I know that the release of the Boxster S upset some of the 911 owners, with its 911 front end and simular performace for less money. Porsche responded this year by changing the front of the 911 so that know there is a visual difference between the 2 Boxsters and the 911s. This was on Motorweek just a couple of weekends ago.