http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_S2000

found this on wikipedia a while ago but since its relevant look on the right under the pic

 

When I was at a tour of the Tochigi factory, we saw the cars being put on a roller dyno type affair. Just low speeds. I have no idea if they do any sort of high speed track test or whatnot.

 

Didn't they show us on their factory tour intro video that they to pick a few random cars for test drives on the track? I believe these are the cars that come with ~50 miles on the odometer brand new (and I believe I have one of these, though the dealership may have put in those 50 odd miles).

 

So how does someone get a job like this?

 

At the BMW plant in South Carolina the Z4s were roller tested too. It was pretty cool to watch. They drove them into a booth, hooked up hoses to the tail pipes and made a few runs through the gears.

A LOT- if not all - of car companys do some kind of break in test like this. I know some kind of break in period exists for all new cars, but they usually are put through the ringer before you ever get it. I highly doubt that includes track for for the Honda S2000 - as that would be very time consuming and could result in paint damage, etc... but its not unfeasible that they do a startup/run through gears..

 

Nepitism

 

Not sure if they still do this, but used to be BMW ///M motors were dyno'd prior to installing in the car. In '95 the top 10% hp motors of each batch were put aside for install in the LTW M3.

 

Nepotism?

 

So not through passing a spelling test?