Honda S2000 running with a Lotus Exige at Salzburgring

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1 thatnigga54 11.11.09 at 4:57 am

why he kept holding …
why he kept holding back

2 ajra94 11.11.09 at 4:57 am

To much money for …
To much money for an exige , Might as well stick with an s2000 and put at least $10,000 worth of mods and wipe that exige’s !

3 mc36155 11.11.09 at 4:57 am

why you not …
why you not overtake when you keep catching on the straight with plenty road to spare???????????????

4 LostChildOfTime 11.11.09 at 4:57 am

The Exige S240 will …
The Exige S240 will run figure 8s around anything Honda has ever put on the street on the track. I was considering an S2000 as my next ride, but after seeing it lose to the current Civic Type R stock vs stock on the track, Honda with me has finally dropped the ball on performance. They need a better RWD car that people want and can afford.

The best thing about the S2K is how it sounds. It sings to me! It used to be a great car 9 years ago but now it’s just mediocre.

5 hondachap 11.11.09 at 4:57 am

The point of heel …
The point of heel and toe is to match your engine speed to your transmission for a smooth downshift. It seems as though he is using the heel toe method for nothing by letting his RPM drop too much after blipping the throttle and riding his clutch after each downshift. Good driving though. my 2 cents.

6 tdroesch 11.11.09 at 4:57 am

polar moment of …
polar moment of inertia. it is not necessarily the distribution front to rear as much as where the weight is located. with mid engine the weight is close to the centerline and it is much easier to change direction. i own an s2000, which is basically front mid-engine and love it but i would definitely prefer an exige 240s. just my two cents…..

7 FakDomestics 11.11.09 at 4:57 am

The lotus would own …
The lotus would own the S2000 on any tight track… That’s what lotus is made for… .Handling, not much top end but they’ve got great acceleration to compliment their handling.

8 oldyota 11.11.09 at 4:57 am

the s2k has perfect …
the s2k has perfect 50:50 weight distribution so i dunno about that but for more than double the price i would hope the exige does handle better and as for losing it i lost it at slightly over 65 in an 01 s2k and it was prob the least forgiving car i’ve driven i hear the same about the lotus

9 moselyliver 11.11.09 at 4:57 am

sorry but with …
sorry but with closely matched cars, mid engine will always win out. The Exige has so much more balance. As for safety, losing it at 135 isn’t gonna be pretty in either car.

10 wcwashington 11.11.09 at 4:57 am

this is the best …
this is the best s2k video on youtube.. the engine sounds so freaking good!!

11 richardsthom 11.11.09 at 4:57 am

Actually, Top Gear …
Actually, Top Gear proved the standard boxster beat the S2000 around their track.. and they said the built quality was the best in the world and the handling was almost perfect

perhaps you should check the times again…

12 MujaRagHeadKillaUK 11.11.09 at 4:57 am

Porsche Boxter is …
Porsche Boxter is better equiped and more comfortable than S2000, every thing else you say is wrong. On both Best motoring and Top Gear the S2000 has beat the Porsche around a track.

13 richardsthom 11.11.09 at 4:57 am

They didnt get good …
They didnt get good reviews because you could go and buy a standard boxster and it would be quicker around a track, faster 0-60, better looking, better equipped, built to a higher standard and much more comfortable..

and thats just the standard car, not an S

14 drmrdan 11.11.09 at 4:57 am

s2k stronger on the …
s2k stronger on the straights, but lotus can pull some serious distance on the turns.

15 theinfinite101 11.11.09 at 4:57 am

I drove both and …
I drove both and bought an Elise (S2). Mid engine and RWD will always better the s2000. And it looks a whole lot nicer too.

As for safety, the tub that the Elise driver sits in IS very strong and WILL protect the driver moreso than the S2000.

16 4g63attack 11.11.09 at 4:57 am

I see why you are …
I see why you are so up tie with the lotus because your British.

comparing a car that’s 20yrs old to today it very smart. For one thing your Land Rover was build like a Tank and most likely use steel for its body meaning that rust will still develop and wouldn’t rust away as fast as aluminum.
All i know that the guys from top gear and 5th gear like the s2000 then the cars that they compare it to.
The only, I mean the only lotus car that I would get is the Super Se7en. it would own the Elise

17 Malc180s 11.11.09 at 4:57 am

well the s2000 has …
well the s2000 has an airbag, abs, and no doubt a load of traction nonsense – if I was gonna crash I’d want to be in it too.

Strongest in terms of durability, in that there is precisely all the rust. Sure, alloy can corrode a bit; my 20 y/o land rover has a bit of that, but meh.

The s2000 didn’t get one good review in the UK when new. It’s amazing; now that the scum can afford them they’re the most amazing machines on the planet……

18 4g63attack 11.11.09 at 4:57 am

Strongest body / …
Strongest body / chassis ??? your kidding right??? the whole body is a aluminum tub that is glue together with industrial strength glue and on top of that is surrounded by by a fiberglass shell. tell me how is that the STRONGEST BODY/CHASSIS AROUND?. If I was a betting man I will bet my life with the S2000 over the Elise in a crash.

19 Malc180s 11.11.09 at 4:57 am

What’s going to …
What’s going to fall apart? It can’t rust, it has one of the strongest body/chassis combos around, the interior is a bar of metal, and it has zero electronics to fail.

I you want ‘trunk’ space then you wouldn’t buy either. In driver appeal and outright speed the lotus is in a different league. The s2000 couldn’t even match it’s hairdresser car rivals, never mind a lotus track car.

20 4g63attack 11.11.09 at 4:57 am

Sure it can but …
Sure it can but which car will last the longest ?? the only thing that will last the longest on the lotus is the engine and everything else will just fall apart. On top of the the S2000 has a usable trunk space unlike the lotus. Lotus don’t have that drive it once had when Chapman was still round.

21 flagella1337 11.11.09 at 4:57 am

Apparently you can …
Apparently you can tell malc is a moron with no experience on track reading numbers off magazine day by day dreaming that he’ll afford at least a tercel in future.

22 kasdri 11.11.09 at 4:57 am

Too bad that you …
Too bad that you ca’nt see my point .

have a good day , and glad to see you are also into great cars.

23 vinclairemma 11.11.09 at 4:57 am

I can’t see your …
I can’t see your point.
I don’t know the S2000, I don’t intend to criticize it. I don’t know whether it is more efficient than an Exige or not, and frankly, I don’t care.
My only point, speaking as an experienced racecar driver, is that you just can’t establish comparisons between cars by looking at their speed when driven by different drivers. That’s a fact.

24 kasdri 11.11.09 at 4:57 am

Well it is not just …
Well it is not just the two drivers in the lotus’s , if you watch the video closely you can see that the two lotus’s are keeping up with the other exiges up ahead , that speaks volumes about the S2000 . It’s like saying all the exiges drivers are poor drivers and only the honda driver is any good.
I do respect the exige it is a light car with the toyota 190 hp engine with a very usable power band , but the S2000 has proven to be very competitive.

25 verboisj 11.11.09 at 4:57 am

The Exige weights …
The Exige weights 890 kg.

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