2008 Honda S2000 Road Test Review

04/09/2008 18:08. Civic is a plausible guess, but that would be incorrect. Accord, perhaps? Guess again. No, the first production car that Honda ever made was actually a roadster, the S500.

Though intelligently designed passenger cars and utility vehicles are what Honda specializes in today, it was the S500 that demonstrated how closely Honda's first steps into the motoring world were linked to its motorcycles. The S500's engine, for instance, used thoroughbred motorcycle technology like dual overhead cams and four barrel carburetors. It also revved like a motorcycle; the 531 c.c. engine spun to a redline of 9,500 rpm. Lightweight and without frivolous... // Automobile.com