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05-14-2014, 02:01 AM
<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/coupes/" rel="tag">Coupe</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/sports/" rel="tag">Performance</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/acura/" rel="tag">Acura</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/honda/" rel="tag">Honda</a></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/acura-nsx-concept-1/"><img alt="Acura NSX Concept" data-caption="Honda" data-credit="Wieck" data-mep="252388" src="http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/f53ee9724a5e0db2297b0118dc17dc56/200106271/nsx-concept1.jpg" /></a><br />
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Nine years separated the arrival of the original <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/acura+nsx/">Acura NSX</a> and the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/honda/s2000/">Honda S2000</a>. By that time, the NSX was closer to the end of its fifteen-year production cycle than it was to its beginning. The latest word has it that not only is <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/honda/">Honda</a> planning a successor to the S2000, but it's not about to wait that long after the new NSX arrives before it's rolled out.<br />
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While the S2000 was a front-mid-engined roadster, its successor will, according to the latest from <em>Auto Express</em> (which we are taking with a grain of salt), be a mid-engined coupe - closer, in other words, to the NSX than the S2000. Power would come from a more potent version of the 2.0-liter turbo four developed for the upcoming new <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/honda+civic+type+r/">Civic Type R</a>, possibly as part of a hybrid system derived from Honda's upcoming <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/f1/">Formula One</a> powertain to develop over 400 horsepower.<br />
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Whether the new sports car would revive the S2000 nameplate, and whether it would wear the Honda or Acura badge in the United States, remain to be seen. As does its potential production site: while the previous S2000 was built at the same Takanezawa plant in Tochigi as the original NSX, the new NSX will be built at the new Performance Manufacturing Center in Marysville, Ohio. The new <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/honda+s660+concept/">S660</a> roadster, meanwhile, is <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/05/06/honda-s660-yokkaichi-production-2015-report/">set to be assembled</a> at the same Yachiyo plant in Yokkaichi as the original <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/honda+beat/">Honda Beat</a>.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/05/13/honda-planning-sub-nsx-s2000-successor/">Honda planning sub-NSX S2000 successor</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Tue, 13 May 2014 09:29:00 EST. Please see our <a href="/rss-term-of-use/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/05/13/honda-planning-sub-nsx-s2000-successor/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/20883771/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2014/05/13/honda-planning-sub-nsx-s2000-successor/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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