Honda S2000 - Everything You Need to Know | Up to Speed
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- The Honda S2000 is one of the most sought after roadsters on the market today. The 9000 RPM redline, balanced chassis, and refined looks made the S2000 an instant classic. But it didn’t come out of nowhere. Honda has a proud history of rear wheel drive roadsters, including the Honda S360, S500, and S800. Join James Pumphrey as he explores what makes the S2000 such a cult classic.
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S2000!!!! 20 years later, the Z3s, Miatas, and Boxters of the early 2000's look quite aged. The simple S2000 design still looks great!
Engineering Explained Yessss, this man is an engineer. I believe him. S2000s ftw!
it's a instant classic and the 10 year run makes it even more precious... not to mention how good the car actually is :D
But you wouldn't be biased for any reason, would you? 😉😉
90s NA Miata still looks great
Agree with you m8. Plus the z3 was the shitest bmw ever with the expectation of the z3M
You forgot to mention
This was the last production car Soichiro Honda saw before he passed away
And he said he loved it ( ;-; )
For some reason it makes me so happy to hear this
@@benis4958same.
No that was the Honda beat.
@@benis4958 false tho
He went to heaven in a s2000
Not sure about anybody else but I’m glad the S2000 didn’t look like the original concept car.
One of the few times I feel the same.
The production model has a perfect blend of serious fascia and beauty to it.
Ap1 looks the best
The concept car was cool too
@@ggthewhale only the rear looks cool, front bumper looks hella weird
Don't let this distract you from the fact that Hector is gonna be running 3 Honda Civic's with spoon engines. On top of that he just came into Harry's and ordered 3 t66 turbo's with NOS's and a Motec System Exhaust.
Cleo Sarrosa don’t do it Jessie he’s probably got over 100k in that engine bay
Yeah whatever. Go fetch my car
Tell us something we don’t know Brian
Cleo Sarrosa what are you saying Brian?
@@ethanwilliams2445 he's a cop!!!
Long live the S2000... Still hoping to own one someday.
When the time is right... do it. Its now August 2018 and I just found a 2003 with just 14K miles!
I got mine in February because the price is starting to rise. So much fun driving up the coast from LA to SF, I love that car.
BabyFetus ☭? - Ain't she a ball for slingin' 'round the twisties?!! Frickin' road legal go-karts with VTEC baby! :D
I waited 18 years to FINALLY score one. Trust me.... It's worth it! Get an AP1!
Wow, good for you! As years go by, they will likely become harder and harder to find, but the good news is so many people bought them to baby and use only in good weather, so I think there are still a good number of well-preserved ones. I just got one and have been chatting with two people who did the same recently. Prices going up, but still around and worth every penny!
you forgot to mention that the s2000 was assembled exclusively in by the dedicated employees at only one location at the Takanezawa factory in Tochigi prefecture, Japan. The s2000, like the ITR had hand polished cylinder walls and 50/50 weight distribution due to its longitudinal engine. Whats even more crazy is that Honda knowingly lost money on every s2000 that they sold but they did it purely for the passion of engineering and delivering out a true drivers car. In such an industrialized era, I doubt we will see an s2000 successor with such attention to detail. The s2000 will remain as Honda's icon car.
Sepehr
S2k are amazing cars but im gonna disagree and say that the Honda’s R cars are their true icons. They lost money on every single R they built - all civic and Integra type R’s and of course the insanely amazing NSX-R.
@sepher idk about some of what you said. I know for a fact my 08 was made at the suzuka plant in Japan
okay... - 'til 2003 they were produced at Takanezawa; 2004 and after they were assembled at the Suzuka plant. You're both correct.* I have a 2002, owned since January of the same year. I've got less than 70k and as far as I know mechanically perfect, nary a problem (excepting window regulator in first year).
*en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_S2000
The AP1 was manufactured up to 2003 at Honda's Takanezawa plant, alongside the Honda NSX and Honda Insight hybrid.[8]
@@ohd00bley good info. 👍 Just turned 80k miles this year on mine. No problems except a few flat tires due to my bad luck.
50/50 weight distribution is that with a full tank of gas, an empty tank, or somewhere in between. Btw I have an ap2. I just wish I could unlock the passenger door without reaching over and a tad bit wider rear rims so I could put a 275/35/r17
My grandma had an s500 from 1979 to 2007. It was my favourite thing about visiting my grandparents
What did your grandparents knew about vintage jdm cars? Those people are extremely rare.
5-Cylinder V-TECH
Oh boy, can you imagine that sound?
BAAAAAAA
@DFB58 he means the concept car with the 5 cylinder...
It would sound like a mini viper
@@mateopopich5022 That was a thing!? Weird I thought the car makers figured out odd number cylinder engines have issues?
@@clutchbleach2057 5 cylinders need more balancing mechanics compared to a 4 cylinder I believe, they are just harder to produce but yeah the S2K concept car had a 5 cylinder VTEC engine, it's mentioned in the video
One day lil Honda was walking home 😂 *and the vtec kicked in
That's honda engines' puberty, exept that it's reversable.
BHAAA
yo
Lmfao
Jimmy Neutron you mean *_BRRAPPPP_*
As an s2000 owner this brought a tear to my eye. Love my s2000 and anyone who ever drives one will fall in love too
I agree. It's now my weekend car, It once was my daily driver in my youth. I've had one since 2007 and I love her more today than the first time I got to drive her. Going back to drive it, you really appreciate the connection with the road. What a feeling! Thank you Donut Media for putting the spotlight on the S2000.
You are correct, ave had my ap1 since March this year and I love everything about it! I honestly just want to get an ap2 as well to just have both versions
Sometimes I consider selling my S. That would be stupid. Stock AP1
I will own one one day. Your comment is something I’ll eventually relate when I get the chance since I’ve only experienced fwd Hondas so I can only imagine what it’s like when they make rwd.
Do any of you guys have one I could drive so I can fall in love too?
I burst out laughing "watch out dad, baby's got molybdenum" hahahaha
This guy is officially my favorite CZcams. He used....BIG BOSS as a funny cut scene! This channel...ITS PERECT!
Nanomachines Son
PERFECT. Your spelling ain't 😝
You’re pretty good
All u need to know is Vtec kicked in yo !!!
*BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA*
BWHAAAAAA!!!!!!!
4:24
in Russia you kick Vtec
Akim Kerimov Lol
S2000 will always be my dream car.
Jack Russelle engine swap is possible
@@deanwinchester9036 or add a sticker on ur car for extra 50whp
@Jack Russelle ok? Who cares if its a 4 cylinder?
@@FirasLaallam Or paint the brake pads red. That also helps
Jack Russelle wtf is wrong with the 4 cylinder it’s one of the best sounding 4 cylinders of all time
Alright, I finally get it. I never understood the S2000 cult that people like Engineering Explained and many others were a part of, but this video elaborates on what was completely mysterious to me. I now have a liking to the S2000, so much so I'm going to look on the 2nd hand market right now XD
You ever buy one or have a chance to drive one? They’re incredible and make you feel like a superhero behind the wheel.
Best car I’ve ever owned.
This video was posted on Apr.12 2018. I watched several times few days after and decided to buy myself a s2000. Then in Apr.22, 2018. I got mine. I have to thanks James and Donut for making this video about s2k. I hope he could be more successful and keep making good contents. And the most critical, staying healthy.
"VTECH BWAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH:"
:'( true
and...VTEC! *WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!*
*WAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHTEC*
VTEC*
Vtec...
VTEC just kicked in YOOOOO just like my dad!!
King Whispa AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
VTEC can kick in on my dad's Pilot lol
Great video. The S2000 is one of the most underrated sports cars ever in my opinion. I owned a 2003 that the first owner supercharged and added suspension and other upgrades. It handled like a go-cart and 6,000-8,400 rpms was absolutely wicked. It felt like driving an Indy car with a license plate.
I can finally say that I’m a proud owner of a Ap1 S2000💯 just got mine last Friday
Oh boy, been waiting for this one, the S2000!! My Ap1 S2000 is smiling today...
FlyinGato Gato Squad!!!!! 🖖🏽-TECH FTW!!!!!!
that's right!
My ap1 is smiling with yours
Same bro, ap1 gang
FlyinGato can I beg you a ride?
VTEC BAAAH
ZERO YT RAMCHARGEEERS
Nicholas Jimenez :)
5:02 thank me later....
Just bought a ap1 with 57k miles and oh my is it a lot of fun. Have no regrets buying it would recommend to anyone!!!
Your delivery is outstanding. Rarely do I laugh out loud during a technical lecture. I also loved the quick inserts.
Not even a full minute in yet already laughing my ass off 🤣🤣🤣
"Just like a summer fling, a mc pizza, my dad, it didn't stick around for long." 🤣🤣🤣
I am not a car guy, I do enjoy driving though. Your show has lit a fire in me, now all my suggested videos are about cars. Help me James.
there´s no turning back
Pls help me
One of us. One of us. One of us
Welcome to our life style :)
This is my 7th time watching this video .
I really want to get an S2K !!!
Ricky Deleon you should do it. Prices on these cars wont go down anytime soon and only to go up in time.
Did you get one
@@user-jj4ww4wn7e Naww :{ everytime i went to look at one they were SOLD..
Fun fact: The S2000 CR was called Type S in Japanese.
No, they're different things. The Type S has a specific suspension geometry that isn't shared with the CR, kept the thinner 245 tires, and kept the folding soft top as opposed to the hard top that the CR got.
Every time I try to "move on" from the S2000, it lures me back. I'm on my 3rd one in 3 years...
Zygrene don’t think I’ll ever be able to live without one. I just rebuilt the head on my f20c and absolutely love it. I will always have to own one. EVERY single former owner Of an s2000 said this was the best car they’ve ever driven for the price and wish they still have it. Amazing cars
I don't know if i should call you cool or stupid...
I've had two over the course of a decade. Brilliant cars.
I can always tell how much pumphrey likes the car he talks about based on how sweaty he is in the middle of it.
Love the content guys keep it up!
4:35 Man I really fellin you, never have I seen a man passionate for Honda cars crying while talking about them :'(
He cracked but kept his composure.
I think he's just sweating from a big meal from earlier
the editing is insane!---keep up the good work!
Audi UR Quattro/Sport Quattro!
Give the fire-breathing Group B monster an Up to Speed of it's own!
CarNutz if I remember correctly he already did one for the quattro lol
trev whit - Nope. He did Group B and briefly touched on the Quattro in it.
But he did not do one on the car itself.
Person: do yo know what VTEC is?
Pumphrey: BWAAAAAAAAAA
Honestly one of my favorite content creators! Awesome shit!
Great episode! I worked for a Honda dealership when this car came out, and it was awesome! I am not a Honda fan, but I have always loved this car.
*"Suki Suki now, girl when you going to let me open up that hood and work on that engine?"*
PAKTRA_PRODUCTIONS WATCH_DOGS did you know that the girl that played suki is Steve aoki real sister, *mind blown*
he was really talking about her lady parts. How daft.
PAKTRA_PRODUCTIONS WATCH_DOGS bruh his profile pic matches this
handalboy yeah
Rapidshot I have a fetish for all round yellow things.
Always loved the s2000. Its my dream car actually. As a Honda enthusiast, this car will make your skin craw from the sound of the high reving engine and peoples neck will break seeing a proper s2k rolling down the road
Love your channel! Keep up the good work!!
One of my very favorite cars ever. Incredible. Thank you so much for all of this story behind the car. Brilliant. Just brilliant.
UP TO SPEED FOR HONDA PRELUDE !
Joel Justo 😍
idk man i had a prelude myself, they're not that special. There are better Hondas to do an episode on like the CRX for example.
'92 (4th gen) I do miss the interior on that thing tho, it was funky as hell.
5th gen damn prelude .
+MrLighteningjoe Well in terms of pure speed the Prelude is definitely faster thats for sure. But the CRX started off as a spin off from the civic with a mid-engine front wheel drive which was quite different, and it handles amazingly especially with its super light weight. Then we got the CRX Del Sol afterwards which was pretty much Honda's MX-5. I actually quite like the Prelude, but i just dont think there's too much to go off unlike the Integra and Civic which had quite a legacy. It kinda remained the same for the most part till it got killed off by the Accord coupe which was unfortunate. Really wish they made another prelude, it was a great car nonetheless.
Please do the Ford GT40/Ford GT next! Or the history of Bugatti, from pre-war to EB110 to Chiron. Or Yenko. Or Shelby. Or the Ferrari 250 Series. You pick 😉.
Fun fact: I think I heard this mentioned in a Petrolicious video, but Ferrari actually tricked the regulators or whomever that they had built more 250 GTOs than they had actually built. They only built 39 total.
Nimesh Chokshi they must do it to Bugatti vision gt
Amazing video it actually brought tears to my eyes 😢 that they discontinued this amazing machine. From a proud owner of a suzuka blue AP2.
Excellent video! Great info. Every time I see a video like this on the S2000 I love my '08 all the more!
Up to speed- the nsx
Up To Speed: Initial D
Because why the fuck not?
Alfa WF you already got your precious sideways Corolla. What more do you want?
Because It's not a car lol
Man from Nantucket Hmm... I dunno.
It's cool if it would happen, but I'm not expecting anything. We already got the UtS on the ae86, that's good enough for me.
Because you should watch the whole series and not have a bunch of bandwangoners reference the show from 2 episodes and memes
8:30, I felt that man. You really love these cars
BEST SERIES EVER!!!! KEEP THE VIDS COMIN'.
Man this was a good episode... great work guys.
90s = good looking cars in each class..
2010s = good looking cars only over 80k
2020s = automated ubers
God I hope not 😂
tommy d u b b s GT86 is only $25k
Ayrton Bondzanga man thats a wimpy ass lil car
Holdadolla i got a knife in my leg
tommy d u b b s you ain't wrong but it weights nothing and flys through the corners. Plus aftermarket support means you can tune this thing if you ever get bored
Love this video, amazing!
0:36 OMG the are you afraid of the dark campfire beginnings loool, what a throwback
🙌RAMCHARGERS🙌
🙌RAMCHARGERS🙌
Tennessee Outdoorsman 🙌RAMCHARGERS🙌
🙌RAMCHARGERS🙌
Your tri-star is crooked, dude.
WE NEED THE S3000!!!
Honda, since toyota brought the supra back, ehhh, ehhhhhh! Bring the S2000 back.
NO just NO , its a hybrid
And hybrids are bonkers powerful.
No, let it die a good car. The si, NSX and type r are no longer drivers cars and the s2000 would be just the same
@@bikecrew5892 agreed.
The new Supra is a**
I love the, “Are You Afraid Of The Dark” y’all added. LOL.
Woah. This was amazing. Have never watched this channel before. Got this recommended and instantly subbed after the video!
I always stick around for the "I love you" at the end. It brings a smile to my day.
My dad has been owning his since 2012 it’s been stock and left in the garage for decades not abandoned of course just chilling with its hood open
Very educational and well presented! I want one!
I wanna see Lexus IS300/Toyota Altezza next. Who's with me?
ChrisTheDewott fuck yeah !!! 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
Herman Quijano we got a S-chassis vid next, but I ain't even mad
Yesss. I love the IS300's
I see you AE86
Yes Please I've been waiting for this one ☝
Daddy Pumphrey 😍😭❤
5 Years later and still watching this as mine is chilling in the parking lot waiting to make my home commute a drive. Great vid, thanks!
A love this car so much. Like it has everything you want, high revs, amazing sound, RWD LSD, digital speedometer, FRICKIN VTEC, and ITS A ROADSTER. I challenge you to name one thing the S2000 does not have.
I finally got mines this year🙏🏻 and man does she drive so smooth
S2K is my fav jdm EVER
jdm car*
Jeffrey Liu mine is nsx for sure
The Supra is a God tho
So informative thanks
I love you too
Donut media is the best thing since cummins
After watching this it really makes me miss my S2000 so much!!! I had an original 2000 s2k ugh I need to get another one.
Love this car, it still looks so damn good in 2018, what an timeless design. Engine is solid AF too.
was 2018 really 6 years ago..?
I’m glad to say that once owned one and it was my pride and joy. Amazing and powerful piece of craftsmanship.
Bring on Honda s3000
Seeing this just in time picking up one tomorrow!
Hitting them with that "Are You Afraid of the Dark" from Nickelodeon Classic 😎👌. Now give me MITSUBISHI 3000GT!!!
'Mitsubishi 3000GT' is pronounced 'Fake Toyota Supra' ;) #Triggered
A man of culture I see. Was scrolling to see if anybody else caught that.
Wow this makes me appreciate my s2000 even more.
Watching this in 2021. I didn't realize how much of a ThiccBoi you were back then. So happy for your new health turn man. Really awesome to see you progressing in life. ❤️
Dayam.. that wad legit a great history on Honda and ine of the most iconic sports cars ever made.
Great Scot! Can you even imagine how a high reving 5 cylinder VTEC engine would have sounded?
*YES* Up to speed my favourite car !
Guten Tschüss favourite car but you got a Hachiroku in your profile pic
Guten Tschüss xIRG04x has a point
xIRG04x thats cuz he likes cars, anime and sick eurobeat mixtapes too. Amirite?
Incredible review this, I absolutely love my s2000 even more so than my modded fn2 civic type r
I just bought an AP1 today. I am so excited!
We have the GT86
We have the MX-5
Where's the new S2000?
Diogo Almeida Honda is too busy making the Type Rs ugly..and 4 doors 😡
and turbocharged
They sort of made a new S2000. But only for the Japanese market. And it looks more like a Miata with that new Honda face than an S2000.
Diogo Almeida the next s would b S2020 _see what I did there_
I heard they would release in 2020. Hope i git my shit together then so i could buy one.
in love with my s2000, aging perfectly!
I got an s2k as the first car that Ive owned out right thanks to very helpful parents and.....I will never get rid of it. 2 crashes later and 7 years later and 6 cross country trips at 190k miles this car is awesome. All I want is more s2ks so I can mod one without losing my own
That "Are you afraid of the dark" reference hahaha
This guy is so 90s makes me wonder if he's Canadian to
6:00 I find it ironic that there is a Ferrari in a Lamborghini dealership.
how the hell did you even notice that lol
Trade in? Happens a lot.
Hell if you want to buy a Lamborghini in Las Vegas you don’t even go to a Lamborghini dealer.
why is the music in the background so hypnotizing, it puts you into state of thinking or something. I even remember how it sounds after I watched a donut video.
Thanks man. I'm thinking about buying my buddies AP1 with the ap2 motor in it, and you just answered a lot of questions for me
Even here, on the cusp of 2023, I still love this car and owning one is on my bucket list.
8:30 I swear he was just about to start crying
Great vid! I really want an S2000
Get one! They are practically guilt-free! Mine has been cheaper to run and more reliable than any of my "practical" cars! That's over 12 years and 180 000km!
You’re a frickin awesome story teller james
"The fool is running a Honda 2000" RIP Jesse.
Rip too soon jessie :'(
ZERO YT ?
Illuminati 🤤
ZERO YT Jesse didn't die...
Kev27RS he did
Aronas Kairys what happend?
Just bought an s2000! Honda’s most iconic car and it’s a dream to drive. Love it to death.
Brother your shows are damn awesome!!!
Most awaited video
parvathi Mudundi literally
That "Are You Afraid of the Dark" intro - I'm dead.
AWESOMENESS!!!!
U deserve my like made my day
I used my s2000 for 12 years as a daily driver. Beat the crap out of it the whole time. Only ever needed a cv shaft in its 150000 miles. Fantastic car, no way I'll ever sell it.