Honda S2000

The next Hot Wheels is a Honda S2000.   I bought it at a toy store last month.  It's a part of 2013 Hot Wheels.  It made the debut at Hot Wheels as 2011 New Models, by Designer : Ryu Asada.

The Honda S2000 is a roadster that was manufactured by Japanese automaker Honda between 1999 and 2009. First shown as a concept car at the Tokyo Motor Show in 1995, the production version was launched in April 1999 to celebrate the company's 50th anniversary. The S2000 is named for its engine displacement of 2 liters, carrying on in the tradition of the S500, S600, and S800 roadsters of the 1960s.

It has the stuff sports-car fantasies are made of: a front-engine, rear-drive layout; a six-speed, close-ratio manual transmission; an unequal-length control-arm suspension all around; disc brakes; and supportive, firm bucket seats—in a package that weighs less than 2800 pounds. The S2000’s crown jewel, however, is a 2.0-liter naturally aspirated four-cylinder engine pumping out an incredible 240 horsepower at 8300 rpm and revving to an 8900-rpm redline. 

Only four volume-production roadsters on sale in the U.S. can top the feather­weight S2000's power-to-weight ratio: the Chevy Corvette, the Dodge Viper RT/10, the Ferrari F355 spider, and the Plymouth Prowler. Best news of all is the expected price: $30,000, or 10 to 124 grand less than those esteemed rivals.

Only one current naturally aspirated production engine comes close to equaling the S2000's "revability"—the 3.6-liter, 8500-rpm-redlined V-8 from the $170,000 Ferrari 360 Modena.

Car & Driver TEST RESULTS:
Zero to 60 mph: 6.8 sec
Zero to 100 mph: 16.4 sec
Zero to 130 mph: 32.7 sec
Rolling start, 5-60 mph: 7.3 sec
Top gear, 30-50 mph: 10.3 sec
Top gear, 50-70 mph: 10.2 sec
Standing ¼-mile: 15.1 sec @ 96 mph
Top speed (drag limited): 146 mph
Braking, 70-0 mph: 159 ft