[QUOTE]Originally posted by lucid
[B]I doubt that Honda will totally redesign the S for 04.

 

Hmmm...How could they say that it is going to be in 2004?! In less than 2 years

Are they going to modify this model created for the 50 anniversary?! Hmm..something is strange!!:mono:

 

In the end, the only real S2000 is one that didn't have a clock. The YM2000 S2000, like mine.

 

Some of the changes that are just now leaking-out will include enlarging the wheels to 24", lowering the car to 1/4" ground clearance, extending the rollbars for 7' drivers, putting hundreds of louvers in the slab side body, installing a whale tail as standard equipment, blocking off all opens in the front and pushing the engine envelope by stuffing a flat 12 cylinder engine in the car (thus the original reason for the long hood). Oh, did I mention you'll be able paint it yourself in the color of your choice from your home computer. And finally for those seaking limited production the new chassis will be made out of steel using the original formula perfected by Honda's on its original Civics, thus ensuring only the garaged will survive the next five years.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by SilverFog

I don't think the i-VTEC implementation waters-down anything -- just gives more grunt in the bottom, and a more even increase in power across the band.
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Oh, I thought that I-vtec offered a more gradual increase in power and doesn't provide the same spike as vtec.

 

The spike in vtec is not really a good thing. That is torque dropping off just before x-over. With i-vtec, it is more of a linear transition. It wouldn't feel like it but the linear transition is better.

 

BigWave has been right before, like it or not...

I would love to see 17" wheels, 2.2L engine with a little more power, and, oh please, an F1 style paddle-shift sequential 6-speed. Keep the stick as an option. This is one of the few technical innovations Honda could easily produce, but isn't on a production car yet. Is the NSX to have a sequential? Just a thought...

 

Based on this article http://www.vtec.net:80/news/news-item?news...s_item_id=26450 I decided to snoop around at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office website.

Their search engines aren't the best, but I found that Honda applied for the S2000 trademark in March 1998. While I saw some interesting names, I didn't see S2200 or anything similar. I didn't see S2000 TYPE R either while I did see INTEGRA TYPE R.

 

About a month ago I had a similar post on the MY2004 S2000. Here are the details that I had:

- Same basic body styling as the S2000
- 2.2 liter engine (4 cylinders)
- 280 hp
- upgraded intake and exhaust
- bigger wheels and tires
- updated interior

I think he even said that it would get a new name like the S2200 maybe (to match new displacement). I got this info beacuse my brother was talking to a Honda engineer and he said that a new S2000 model is in the works. He couldn't give an exact timeframe for the release, but mentioned that it would probably be for MY04. This engineer was from American Honda and, for those of you who say that AHM doesn't know anything about the new models, AHM designs the interior for the North American version of the S2000.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by MajorHavoc
[B]Does anybody else think that it is odd that Honda
would release info on the 2004 before they release the