Honda S2000 Rendering Reminds Us Just How Much We Miss This Car
Digital artist offers a clean, yet aggressive, Honda S2000 rendering. We love it, but we yearn for the next generation of the real thing.
Japan’s “Lost Decade” was the result of a massive slowdown in the Japanese economy. This lost decade occurred from about 1991 to 2001. Fans of the amazing Honda S2000 are in the middle of another lost decade of their own. In 2009 the last Honda S2000 rolled off the assembly line, and we have been denied a replacement ever since. The new Civic Type R is astounding. The latest NSX remains an everyday supercar to take on the big boys. However, we still yearn for an AP3 generation Honda S2000. If you ever drove an S2000, we don’t have to tell you why. While we patiently wait for a new generation, we can drool over this latest S2000 rendering.
Digital artist Elio Anzora created the S2000 rendering you see here. The design here is not so much a guess as to what a future S2000 may look like. What we have here is a more aggressive design of the previous generation S2000. And there is nothing wrong with that at all. In fact, even if the next generation car did look just like this, we would be happy. Especially if Honda were to offer it in this sweet light green color.
The S2000 rendering is slammed and sits on a set of Artisa ArtFormed Elder wheels. Up front you will find a Mugen kit carbon fiber lip. This lip sits well below a more aggressive nose. There is also a radiator opening that appears to be smiling as it devours the road ahead. The car is also fitted with a hard top which will come in handy on those track days. Speaking of track days, the Recaro seats should hold you firmly in place as you attempt to set a new personal best. Out back you see a sizeable diffuser below a pair of extended chrome exhaust tips. What you don’t see out back is any type or spoiler or wing.
Seeing this S2000 rendering reminds us of why we loved this car so much. It was a handsome design from the factory, but it didn’t take much to really spice up the looks. And that doesn’t even begin to touch on how these cars drove. That sweetheart of an engine connected to what remains today one of the best feeling manual shifters ever made. If you never had the chance to drive one of these beauties, you are missing out. Racing towards the nearly 9,000-rpm redline with the top down and that sweet shifter in your hand. That is one of the best and most pure driving experiences you can ever hope to have. Hopefully some day soon Honda will bless us with a new generation S2000. In the meantime, try to get your hands on an older one. If you can’t do that, then enjoy this digital version.
Photos: Instagram.com/jdmcarrenders
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