Honda S2000 gets bizarre custom European widebody conversion
Custom widebody Honda S2000 – Click above for image gallery
This European Honda S2000 roadster has been subjected to a rather controversial-looking widebody conversion that replaces the Japanese design's crisp lines with an amalgam of shapes and ideas. The front end receives headlamps that may or may not have been borrowed from a Mercedes-Benz SLK and the car's entire aesthetic has been radically altered – even the closer-to-stock rear end has a bigger bumper and spoiler.
It isn't clear if this is a one-off job or if it's a kit that we haven't seen before, but our part, we'll stick with Honda's design, thank you very much. However, should you live in Belgium and feel differently, it's up for sale online for 25,000 euros, or about $36k in American greenbacks. The party continues in the gallery below.
Gallery: Custom widebody Honda S2000
[Source: Vlanauto.be via The Real JDM]
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m 2:34PM (8/31/2009)
In my opinion it's horrible. But if that's the look he wanted, great job I guess. Somebody probably likes it. I sure don't think I'd put all that work into changing the look of my car and then leave a Honda badge on it.
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geo.stewart 3:51PM (8/31/2009)
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Dear Diary,
I was sitting around in the garage today and looking at my totally awesome S2000 and thought, "What could I do to personalize it?"
custom wheels, ehhh
fuzzy dice, ehh
custom paint color,ehhh
take a sports car known to be nimble and fun and spend a crapload of money to add a ton of weight and put some amorphous front end on it that makes someone think, hey that could have been a ferrari, mcclaren, That's the Winner.
Arkz 5:02PM (8/31/2009)
I don't know. Looks like a freak mutant offspring of an s2000 and a peugeot 607 to me. Not very appealing, if you ask me.
Tyler 5:10PM (8/31/2009)
The made it to resemble some late 90's-early 00's sports car.
Chris O 7:22PM (8/31/2009)
The S2000 was never one of my favorites, but I think the original styling is vastly superior to this... uh, attempt.
The exhaust cutouts, in particular, are hideous.
click.kas 5:05AM (9/01/2009)
s2000 is the best convertible sports car , the original sytling was just perfect. the new styling is making me sick!
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junkart 2:43PM (8/31/2009)
aaahhh!!! my eyes!!!!
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MemphisNET 2:42PM (8/31/2009)
Well... it appears to be put together very well. But .. meh.
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Patrick 2:45PM (8/31/2009)
Looks like a frog.
Or...some kind of amphibious boatcar thing.
But either way, looks like an amphibian. Yuck.
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Taylor. Yes, Taylor. 3:08PM (8/31/2009)
Too bad it's not a Toyota, it could be the next toybota!
-Taylor
Soccer Mom 2:45PM (8/31/2009)
I bustard child of a drunk MB SLK and Honda 2000.
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CDave 2:47PM (8/31/2009)
Looks like somebody misses the early 90's
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TimO 3:10PM (8/31/2009)
Maybe they never saw the sign...
pedro 2:51PM (8/31/2009)
Could this be due to European passenger impact regs if it's in fact factory done?
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RowFive 2:52PM (8/31/2009)
Even if this somehow cost "negative Euros", it was still a bad idea. What the hell was wrong with the S2000 styling to begin with? That car might be worth about $15K in stock form, but as-is I might take it off their hands for $5K. It'll take serious cash to undo the damage they've done.
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Dude 2:58PM (8/31/2009)
Still has the ricer rear wing.
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dukeisduke 3:02PM (8/31/2009)
Not a very good fit between the hood and the front fenders/bumper.
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Yan 3:09PM (8/31/2009)
the back is just ricey, but the front... not really sure what words to use to describe it. Did someone just like corvettes, Mercs, and Porsches too much and couldnt decide between them? I can't call it completely fugly, cuz its not, but its so far from good looking it might as well be fugly.
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Jeff Johnson 3:11PM (8/31/2009)
yeah... beacuse a 2.2 liter engine really needs dual 5" exhaust tips.
I'm sure a lot of hard work went into it - but they really assed it up.
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lineardrag 3:14PM (8/31/2009)
the front looks like a mixture between the miata and an old-school porsche
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