Has anyone seen the review of the S2000 here?

http://www.thecarplace.com/s2000.htm

In particular, there is one line that reads:

"And it's 0-to-60 time can't even keep up with a Ford Lightning truck."

Is this true or just some sort of reviewer's particular beef against the S2k?

 

Pretty much the same 0-60 times and quarter mile times for both vehicles.

0-60 for a lightning according to Ford is 5.8sec and 13.9 1/4 mile

 

I thought the overall review was pretty good. Although his reason for not liking the three-spoke steering wheel is rather lame (it doesn't allow him to rest his hand at the bottom of the wheel real "jaunty-like" ) I personally thing the three point steering wheels look much better (and sportier) than the clunky 4 spoke ones.

He also accurately predicted that it would come with a glass rear window in its third year...

 

Well first of all, the S2000 numbers that were posted in that review were rather slow. The S2000 is capable of doing 0-60 in under 6 seconds and 1/4 mile in under 14 seconds if driven/launched AGGRESSIVELY.

However, I'm pretty sure the Lightning would still win in straight-line acceleration whether it's 1/4 mile or 0-60. This is because the Lightning has a beast of an engine under its hood, supercharged and all. As the speeds increases, I would favor the S2000 to gain the advantage ... so in a high speed race the S2000 would pull and eventually win because of its faster top-end and aerodynamics. From a dead stop I think the newer Lightnings just have too much raw power although it has the dimensions of a boat. The Lightning is probably easier to launch too, but I can see the S2000 COULD win too ... just depends on the drivers and conditions. For sure a Lightning with a few mods could hand it to a stock S2000 in a drag race.

We're comparing apples to oranges here ... put in 1 corkscrew turn in any of this and the Lightning would be off in a different zipcode.

 

Put a SC on the S2000 (like the Ford has) and you're getting closer to oranges and oranges. At that, with half the cylinders and CI, the S comes out ahead.

Not to put down the Ford - it's fast and a cool vehicle. I have a truck - but it's a REAL truck ;-) Ford diesel, turbo, 4X....Now that's a truck. And when it comes to sports vehicle, the S....Now that's a sports vehicle!

 

Quite true given equal drivers. (the best stock 1/4 time I've SEEN for and S2000 was 13.79, the best for a stock L 13.36) This was discussed exhuastively in this thread
https://www.s2ki.com/forums/showthread.php?...&threadid=21453

 

Boy, do I have the wrong job! This guy gets paid for garbage like this review? It was very obvious that he doesn't know much about cars...did you listen to the sound clip? It was no wonder that he was missing shifts, he doesn't know what he's doing.

Then he complains about the fact that he can't get the rear tires to spin. He should see what mine can do, smoke galore and pretty black stripes down the road.

How do I get a job like this?

 

And a Ferrari 360 isn't as fast as Top Fuel dragster either, but I'd still take the Ferrari. Why do so many reviewers/people value a car based on a single category? It's the full package that counts.

 

My s2000 beats any ford lightning..and i video taped it...

 

Motor Trend tested the Lightning when it had 360 hp and did 0-60 in 5.6 seconds. Now it has 380 hp so I'm sure 0-60 times are in the low 5s.

This gives the S2000 an advantage:

The Daily Auto Insider
Ford Recalls F-150 Lightning Pickups
November 8, 2001

Ford is recalling 8,966 F-150 Lightning pickup trucks because of an engine problem.

Ford says that F-150 Lightnings built between December 1998 and August 2000 at the company's Ontario Truck Assembly plant may have a potential internal coolant leak in a component of the engine's supercharger which may result in loss of engine performance at full throttle.

Ford said it is not a safety recall but a no-charge customer satisfaction program.