What should the next s2000 be like?

[TJ213]

What do you think the next s2000 should be like?

I think it should contine to be a 2 seater, rwd, 6-speed manual with clutch, but, I think good additions would be:

An adjustable steering wheel, so taller people can see the tach
A hardtop because it reduces drag, but only if it dosen't add to much weight
A 4 cylinder engine, NA, 2.4L, with VTEC (not i-VTEC) and a 10k redline, that has a similar power curve to the 2.2L, and maybe 260hp, and 200 ft-lbs of torque
As far as design, a cross between
this:

and this:

[boxcarracer0260]

a factory 10k redline would be nice but i don't think they would do that for saftey reasons plus insurrance would be even more on these as well. I do like the tilt and i think they should do away with the electronic controled throttle.

[AP1fun]

The S2000 is Hondas sports car. Can't have a hard top sports car. Honda and many other companies offer a HT. It would be very difficult to get a 2.4L to rev into the mid 8,000's with the compression S2000s make to I think a 10,000 redline is out. Why do you wanna rev that high anyways? Its hard to make power with that many RPMs and the internals would be very expensive to replace. I think if you cross a Lotus and a S it would be horrid ugly. They should change the bumpers again and maybe the wheels and remove the drive by wire and leave it.

[TJ213]

good, points, 8k is enough, and so is 2.2L, and although I think both the lotus and the S are beautiful cars, it would be hard to combine them. I've never driven a drive by wire s2k, but the accord is, and it seems very touchy, especially from a stop.

Anyways, if they do a hardtop convertable, not an all out hardtop, it might work.

Maybe they could build one with each wheel having a cbr1000rr engine