Production chronology1999–2009
Sourced production or model lifecycle range used by the main catalog timeline.
Wikipedia lead ↗11 years
← Honda
Honda / Model record
HondaS2000
Production1999–2009
Recorded originJapan
ClassTwo Seaters
Power247 hp
Built113,889 units
Background
The Honda S2000 is a front-mid engine open top sports car that was manufactured by Japanese automobile manufacturer Honda, from 1999 until 2009. First shown as a concept car called the SSM at the Tokyo Motor Show in 1995, the production version was launched on April 15, 1999, to celebrate the company's 50th anniversary. The S2000 is named for its engine displacement of two liters, while "S" stood for "sports" carrying on in the tradition of the S500, S600, and S800 roadsters of the 1960s.
Text adapted from “Honda S2000” on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ · retrieved 2026-07
Chronology ledger
Dates with their meaning intact
US EPA model years2000–2009
Model years represented in FuelEconomy.gov; a US-market observation, not a worldwide production range.
EPA FuelEconomy.gov ↗Observed bounds
Canadian NRCan model years2000–2009
Model years in Natural Resources Canada retail fuel-consumption data; Canadian-market evidence, not a worldwide production range.
Natural Resources Canada ↗10 years
Netherlands RDW first-admission observations1999–2010
First-admission years observed in Dutch vehicle registrations; this is market evidence, not a worldwide production range.
Netherlands RDW ↗12 years
Swiss TAS/TARGA approval observations1999–2005
Swiss type-approval years; approval dates are not production chronology.
Swiss ASTRA TAS/TARGA ↗7 years
Research notes
Two-seat front-mid-engine roadster built to mark Honda's 50th anniversary. Exceptionally high 9,000 rpm redline and ~120 hp/litre specific output, among the highest of any naturally aspirated production engine of its era.