Autocar & S2000
12-17-2003, 06:15 AM
#4
Guest
Posts: n/a
Ok, ok, ok, enough with the interrogation!
Yes, Autocar is weekly so check out the one which came out last night - got a beautiful shot of Concorde on the front.
The title of the article as far as I recall is something along the lines of 'Why I love my S2000'...
Not the usual slagging that Autocar gives it. Maybe something to do with the time of year perhaps?
Yes, Autocar is weekly so check out the one which came out last night - got a beautiful shot of Concorde on the front.
The title of the article as far as I recall is something along the lines of 'Why I love my S2000'...
Not the usual slagging that Autocar gives it. Maybe something to do with the time of year perhaps?
12-17-2003, 08:08 AM
#5
Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: london
Posts: 1,121
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Just read it - was good - kind of?!
It stated all the negative aspects of the car for most of the article - and then concluded with "........but you'll love it" etc etc
Was refered to as "prozac for petrolheads"
It stated all the negative aspects of the car for most of the article - and then concluded with "........but you'll love it" etc etc
Was refered to as "prozac for petrolheads"
12-17-2003, 11:07 AM
#6
Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Ashford
Posts: 4,973
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Autocar have hated the S2000 for years, I'm sure there was something wrong with their press car (grey).
Of course, they raved about the red one they took to that years handling day but conveniently forget that article!!
Of course, they raved about the red one they took to that years handling day but conveniently forget that article!!
12-18-2003, 01:54 AM
#7
Guest
Posts: n/a
Think this is the article you were referring to back in Sept '99...
Makes you think that Honda must have changed the setup of the car for the launch?!?
Though none of us much liked the weight or feel of the S2000's over- light power steering, the rest of the car proved close to miraculous on the track. It felt every inch the quasi- touring car we
had so keenly anticipated. And the further and harder we drove it, the more delicious it felt. In the end it was the absolute favorite of more than one tester.
The outstanding things about the S2000 were its engine and gearbox, its brakes and its wonderful basic chassis balance on the limit, all of which came into their own on the track. We said in a road test earlier this year that we wanted the S2000 to behave more like a grown up MX-5, but at Oulton it went well beyond anything that the MX-5 manages.
For starters it is much better tied down at speed and a whole lot tauter than the Mazda over difficult surfaces. Yet at the same time it is more adjustable and more tolerant of mistakes through fast corners. Even the least experienced of our testers found they were able to drift the Honda through the slow corners, while the more able ones could get it to quite ridiculous angles on the throttle through the fast bends, without any risk of overstepping the mark.
And, crucially, it was if anything even more benign in the wet than it was in the dry - always the mark of a great. As with most of these cars, in the damp the nose would run wider a little sooner and the tail would wag under less throttle provocation, but what didn't change was the fabulous sense of balance.
The brakes were also especially impressive in the rain, hauling the S2000 down from big speeds over uneven cambers almost as if the surface were dry.
Makes you think that Honda must have changed the setup of the car for the launch?!?
Though none of us much liked the weight or feel of the S2000's over- light power steering, the rest of the car proved close to miraculous on the track. It felt every inch the quasi- touring car we
had so keenly anticipated. And the further and harder we drove it, the more delicious it felt. In the end it was the absolute favorite of more than one tester.
The outstanding things about the S2000 were its engine and gearbox, its brakes and its wonderful basic chassis balance on the limit, all of which came into their own on the track. We said in a road test earlier this year that we wanted the S2000 to behave more like a grown up MX-5, but at Oulton it went well beyond anything that the MX-5 manages.
For starters it is much better tied down at speed and a whole lot tauter than the Mazda over difficult surfaces. Yet at the same time it is more adjustable and more tolerant of mistakes through fast corners. Even the least experienced of our testers found they were able to drift the Honda through the slow corners, while the more able ones could get it to quite ridiculous angles on the throttle through the fast bends, without any risk of overstepping the mark.
And, crucially, it was if anything even more benign in the wet than it was in the dry - always the mark of a great. As with most of these cars, in the damp the nose would run wider a little sooner and the tail would wag under less throttle provocation, but what didn't change was the fabulous sense of balance.
The brakes were also especially impressive in the rain, hauling the S2000 down from big speeds over uneven cambers almost as if the surface were dry.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
svann
Texas - Central Texas S2000 Owners
2
01-06-2006 09:12 AM