Sad to see a 10 year old car race against brand new cars made within the past 3 or so years...


but... since this is the last year of the S2000 good to see how it stacks up against the competition a decade later

 

If you watch the final times, youll see the 911 get the best laptime. It started in 5th so it had lots of ground to catch up for such a short race

 

That's quite a magnanimous way of saying Honda is isn't competitive in sports cars anymore.

 

Fwiw, he was wide to let the faster traffic by - racing etiquette 101.

 

The S2000 driver also kept saying understeering though.

 

the Cayman S is down, what, 40+ hp relative to the 911? something isn't right here...

the 370Z is still hideous

 

from the looks of the video the guy driving the S wasnt that agressive and wasnt tryin his best to hug those corners... i think the S could have finished faster only with a dedicated driver

 

First, I would say the fact that they EVEN are putting the S2k up against cars that are out of it's class says a ton about the S2k. The fact that it even hung with these cars says even more. I personally would have expected it to beat out the 135, but the difference of the two could have just been driver. Sometimes I too think these things are fixed to make the car they want to do well, do well. Never the less the 370z is pretty impressive for the price, performance wise I would argue one of the best bang for the buck. But for that $ you get a car that is less raw than the S2k, not nearly as nice looking, no top down fun, has a horrible interior IMO, and it is not a Honda. I for one would not trade my S2k for a 370Z

 

Your expectations are reasonable, it seems. The Honda's fastest lap was faster than the BMW's fastest lap. The 135i simply had an easy time passing the S2000 because of its acceleration advantage - the S2000's handling and corner speed advantage allowed for a faster overall lap time, but these sorts of track battles don't allow for passing in the corner much since avoiding contact is of primary importance.