Those who love cars cannot help but love the Honda S2000. Forgive us the football-inspired paraphrase and forgive yourself if you disagree with this statement, because the S2000 embodies everything that a roofless sports car should be and also features one of the most spectacular engines ever to finish under the hood of a car. standard.

We are in the mid-nineties and in the headquarters of the Japanese company in Tokyo a way is being sought to worthily celebrate the half-century of the brand's history. The glories of Formula 1 have recently ended and their memory is still very much alive, while the crisis is still far away and you can spend money without too much anxiety. So the decision is to develop a two-seater spider starting from the classic white sheet and drawing directly from the experience in F1. There are two aspects that more than any other derive directly from the experience in the Circus: the digital instrumentation and the rev-hungry engine.

The former derives directly from that of the McLaren Honda MP4 / 6 that Ayrton Senna drove to victory in the 1992 World Championship, while the latter is a mechanical work of art and for years it has been the highest power naturally aspirated engine. everyone's specific. The engine of the Honda S2000 is a two-liter four-cylinder sixteen-valve, one of the most common splits in the world, but its particularity is the V-TEC system for valve timing and variable lift, which makes it work as if it were a 2 valve up to a certain number of revolutions and then makes it become a 4 beyond this limit, that is 5,850 revolutions. Translated into numbers it means that it is capable of running up to over 9,000 rpm, with maximum power reaching 8,300 and torque at 7,500. In short, almost a motorcycle engine,

You don't need an engineer to understand that the only way to go fast is “full gas”, but the satisfaction of hearing the 4-cylinder scream is priceless. But even if the strong piece of the Honda S2000 is its heart, the rest is also up to par, as in the best Japanese tradition and the engineer who was in charge of the design team - Mr. Shigeru Uehara - is the same one who he was in charge of the NSX project, the only Honda that is able to tarnish the star of the S2000.

Returning to the Honda S2000 spider and its technique, we find a 6-speed manual gearbox, dry and precise, a self-locking differential and wishbone suspension both front and rear. Traction, of course, is rear. 0-100 km / h is covered in about 6 seconds for a top speed of 240 km / h. Another technological gem, which is standard since there were no options for the Honda S2000, are the xenon headlights

To commemorate 42 years of Formula 1, Honda unveiled a special edition of the fun S2000 roadster, the RJ, at the Bologna Motor Show.

The abbreviation "RJ" stands for the initials of the two Honda F1 team drivers, Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button; available in white only, it had black leather interiors, a “limited edition” plate with a progressive production number, while as regards the extra equipment it included hard top and satellite navigator as standard.

Limited production of only 50 copies destined for Europe
Optional:

Registration 07/2007
Platinum White Pearly, two-tone Black Red interior
Odometer 2000 kilometers
One owner first paint
Service book and tool kit present