I've got an excerpt from my local autocross/track club here in NC from a member's contribution about the possibility of a lighter Type R S2000 being released soon most likely on foreign soil (hence the usage of kg. vs. lbs.). I've got a pretty good feeling that this topic has been discussed but I just wanted to shed a little light on the details I've found.

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The Last S2000 and the S to come
The last S2000 offering will be the "lightweight package" and it will follow the Type R
proposal's target of 100kg weight reduction, bringing the car from
1250kg to 1150kg, changing the power to weight ratio from 5.16kg/ps
to 4.75kg/ps. This should provide performance at turbo levels but
with the direct feel of natural aspiration.

-target of 100kg weight reduction
-balanced engine internals (Type R treatment)
-Type R exclusive interior
-air conditioning becomes a factory option
-SRS air bag becomes a factory option
-sound deadening material deleted
-front tire: 205/55R16 to 205/45R17 (implemented on AP2)
-rear tire: 225/50R16 to 245/40R17 (implemented on AP2)
-Type R exclusive suspension tuning
-Type R exclusive uprated brakes
-Type R exclusive body color(s)
-spare tire deleted
-mechanical LSD
-power soft top deleted
-lightweight carbon hard top
-audio becomes factory option

The S2000 is expected to be discontinued before March 2008, so the
lightweight package should be sold sometime between now and then.

After the 2008 year, the S car will move to the Acura line as a SLK Competitor. The new version will have four seats and shift upmarket toward a more affluent SLK-type audience.

While the S2000 has had its fans, and that brilliant 2.0-liter screamer of a four-cylinder is almost worth the price of admission alone, overall it’s been too raw and hardcore of a package to deliver the kind of sales that Honda originally hoped for.

So now it’s rethink time, and a new mock-up is underway according to a source familiar with the program. The new sportster is at least two to three years away. This gibes with earlier reports that peg the car’s successor as not coming to market before 2009.

While it’s still in the car’s very early days, our source says we can expect: A) rear-wheel drive B) an altogether less raucous mechanical package than today’s S2000 and C) a car that looks totally different than the current model. </TD></TR></TABLE>

 

no. its not real.

 

sounded more of a description to a Zanardi NSX.

 

hahaah well there is a LIMITED EDITION S2000 but we will never see it.. and it isnt anything that guy listed.... the S2K is already on the "R" plate with teh OEM red valve cover.. DUHHHHHH

 

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yes they are..i saw one parked next to the XGA

 

oh if only they would......

 

any info on price? most of the weight reduction is just removing shyt, which can be done by anyone who has basic mechanical know how for free.

 

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Yea and? Are you saying the BMW M3 CSL doesn't exist then?

 

read that again... he never said it wasnt real...