I love Skylines but yeah the S2000 is an awesome car. Balanced, light and a screamer of an engine. Great driving pleasure both on track and the streets. Honda needs to revive this one, one more time with no turbos and/or hybrid systems.
I went to the Honda dealership to testdrive;b__ a manual S2000 back when they came out. Sitting in it, it felt like it had LESS room than a 90s Mazda Miata. A guy over 6ft tall & a bit heavy (230 lbs) put your left knee between the door card. Felt like I had to crawl in and out of that car. Made me sad because they were one of the best-looking cars of that eraI
@Torsion oh I don't doubt you. I'm nowhere near your height but on the heavy side and about a half foot shorter and I had a hard time doing it in a C4. Those s2000s were and still are lookers.
@@1Guason3 I also drove a few twin turbo 300zx cars. I liked them, but cracked my hand on the center console every time I hit 3rd gear. I ended up buying a 1987 Mazda RX7 and bore/stroked 383 from some guys wife. It was intended for a motor swap, but two weeks after buying the car + engine separately... My grandfather decided to sell his welding/Fab business and retire somewhere warm. The engine swap required a new subframe ... so now the car has been in storage long enough to be a "cool barnfind" and worth more than I paid for it! My toy vehicle ended up being a supercharged Nissan Frontier with an off road package.
I was going to say that. As much as mustangs have a bad rep, it would have been very interesting how Tran would’ve had his mustang in terms of styling and skill. That way it would be 2 cars in need for speed that would’ve been heavily inspired by 2 iconic cars such as the M3 GTR being the German son of the silver skyline and Tran’s mustang being the heavy inspiration for Razor’s mustang.
Personal opinion, SN95 Cobra R actually can be pretty cool Villain car, too bad the Terminator haven't out yet, that would've been better... On second thoughts they could use the 2000 SVT Cobra R that would've been cool too... I know it's about import tuner culture in the U.S, but adding a little modern domestic muscle to the mix wouldn't hurt that much, right?
@@gmain1977 well, they could just use a V6 and just throw Cobra R style body parts and no one would notice, of course they still need an authentic Cobra R for the Hero-1 car for the close up shots and engine sound recording, but I have to say Trans am is not a bad idea either...
I like your thinking. The S2000 just doesn't instill fear. A Cobra R, on the other hand, looked like it meant absolute business and was going to trounce anyone getting in the way. It would have been a seriously cool villain car. That said, you don't see many Asians driving muscle/pony cars, so an import seems more authentic to the character. Of all the Japanese cars, though, I think the Mitsubishi GTO/3000GT would have been a more menacing fit. Those were cool cars.
Kids like me in the late 90s looked up to RJ and the top guys of the culture. I remember when I bought that superstreet magazine. Wow. That just. Brought back nostalgia
I remember seeing Tony Fuchs at brotherhood raceway in Long Beach rip off an 11 second 1/4 with a built motor 150 shot NOS and side draft carbs, the muscle car guys gave him respect that day
The reason why fans love fast and furious because of this and song , location , character, car color, declas, sponsor, wheels, bodykit, and also the story
I'm so glad it was an S2000! Maybe an NSX would have worked as well, but the looks of that car were amazing. Mustangs have their place (usually in ditches 😂), but I'm glad this honda made the cut.
I think the Mustang would’ve been good. This was the peak of import versus domestic beef. Perfect bad guy car. Remember Maxx Boost comics in import tuner? Mustang villain.
So glad it wasn't a mustang to be honest!!! The s2000 was one of my favorite cars in the OG fast & furious. Also Jesse Jetta,the supra and the Eclipse. Which I have a photo of me with the eclipse but don't know actually if it was screen used car. It was located in Gatlinburg Tennessee at Hollywood star cars museum.
I thoroughly enjoyed the Johnny Tran character and his cool S2000. He was a cool villain. 👍 Please check out my 1968 Barracuda fastback powered by a rowdy 512 stroker backed by an A833 4 speed manual. I think you'll approve. 👌
Mmmm 🤟🏼, i got a few Cuda's I'm working on also. A '66 fish factory Dark Turquoise Metallic "LL1 paint code) that's been in my family since 1992 I've coined as: Project HellFish (the car's been through hell & back, has put my family through hell, & has put me through hell fixing it), & a factory black exterior/ red interior'65 factory v8 4on the floor cuda that was an old cop car/ sheriff's car in the late 70's. Both cars have very low production line numbers. 🤟🏼 The black 65 cuda is: Project Fish Bonez- a ultra lightweight "zombie fish/ ratrod themed/ fishKill themed fun project" that'll be my future daily driver to troll these Hellcats, Camaros, mustangs & other local performance cars in my neck of the woods. 🤟🏼
Like the "Duck bill" spoiler on the the 70's E-bodies. My opinion: The only two types of spoilers look good on these A-bodies & E-body mopars, (all A-bodies) is this Duck Bill, & the spoiler the Duster 340's/ Demon 340's came with... I can't remember right now what those ones were called on the Dusters but both styles look great. On the 67-69 Fastbacks: the Duck bill (like yours) is the best. It blends the body lines really well on the Fastback roofs. On mine: the 1st gens: "GlassBack Cuda's 64-66": no spoiler looks good... any type of spoiler on the 64-66 Fastbacks/ GlassBacks clashes with that big rear window..
I got a very interesting build direction on both the black 65 & the Turquoise 66 Cudas'.... both are going the road course/ Trans-Am racing inspired direction. A lot of people don't realize these A-body fishes, the 63-70 darts, 60-69 Valiants were built & intended to compete against the road course cars like the European road race cars... the drag racing on these compact A-bodies really took off in late '67. My 66 cuda is taking styling ques off the 1970 AAR CUDA, & '70 T/A challenger... it ain't numbers matching engine/ drivetrain, but it's the next best thing. Its equivalent to: if you own a modern day Mopar & blew your engine up, you'd call Chrysler & they'd send u a Replacement performance engine- straight to your door. But from 1967 🤟🏼. I'll be making a project series of videos on the "66 HellFish" explaining everything. Along with the other project builds in my yard. A combination of things hinder me from uploading videos right now. (Things in life)- A full time job in the automotive collision industry, Not very computer savvy, trying to complete a cartoon-ish intro for all future videos, keeping things PG/ a ton of editing challenges, cold/ weather/ winter weather not cooperating, lack of funds/ "its all: building on a very tight budget". & a ton of it is nighttime building/ figuring out how to get better quality lighting. I don't like releasing low quality of anything. This making RUclips videos is new to me.
Am I the only one who's surprised Johnny Tran hasn't returned back in the F&F franchise as a Cyborg or whatever crazy shit that F&F has been doing now?? Lol😂
That would've been Cool if it was a Mustang 🐎😮😮😮 but race wars had Early 1990s Cars so it made sense. Then Fast 7 had finally a mix of variety of Cars after Letty made that Audi Break it's Transmission 😂
All right, now after almost 25 years all of us would like to know: who are these asians? Some people say, that Johnny and Lance are vietnamese. Because Lance is somehow had a vietnamese last name - Nguyen. But in the credits he's just Lance. Some people say, that asian brothers are chinese. I'm not sure why, but is it because of chinatown scene? Mr. Lieberman, can you make it clear, because you're definitely read the script
Not gonna lie a terminator would’ve been way cooler than an s2000 and being From Houston it’s very believable for a viet gangster to drive an sn95 mustang
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S2000 needs more respect. Dope car 👍👍
I love Skylines but yeah the S2000 is an awesome car. Balanced, light and a screamer of an engine. Great driving pleasure both on track and the streets. Honda needs to revive this one, one more time with no turbos and/or hybrid systems.
I went to the Honda dealership to testdrive;b__ a manual S2000 back when they came out. Sitting in it, it felt like it had LESS room than a 90s Mazda Miata. A guy over 6ft tall & a bit heavy (230 lbs) put your left knee between the door card. Felt like I had to crawl in and out of that car. Made me sad because they were one of the best-looking cars of that eraI
It does..look at the prices
@Torsion oh I don't doubt you. I'm nowhere near your height but on the heavy side and about a half foot shorter and I had a hard time doing it in a C4. Those s2000s were and still are lookers.
@@1Guason3 I also drove a few twin turbo 300zx cars. I liked them, but cracked my hand on the center console every time I hit 3rd gear. I ended up buying a 1987 Mazda RX7 and bore/stroked 383 from some guys wife. It was intended for a motor swap, but two weeks after buying the car + engine separately... My grandfather decided to sell his welding/Fab business and retire somewhere warm. The engine swap required a new subframe ... so now the car has been in storage long enough to be a "cool barnfind" and worth more than I paid for it! My toy vehicle ended up being a supercharged Nissan Frontier with an off road package.
"Damn that guy is fast"
All The hero cars from the 1st film & Paul’s cars in 2F2F are still among my absolute favorites of all time to this day!!
Lmfao “this fools running a ford mustang” -Jesse imagine that lol😂
It was a newish car at the time too, so it fit the “rich guy” look. Plus the “$100k” under the hood lol
That s2000 was sick. Definitely up there with Sukis
They made 3 replicas for the black s2000 and repainted them for sukis car.
It's the same car.
I love all these behind the scenes and development details.
Perfect car for the perfect role
"Too soon Junior"
If Johnny tran drive a mustang with the s2000 livery it looks like the NFSM razor mustang
Ah yes, Need for Speed Most
That would’ve been a neat coincidence
I was going to say that. As much as mustangs have a bad rep, it would have been very interesting how Tran would’ve had his mustang in terms of styling and skill. That way it would be 2 cars in need for speed that would’ve been heavily inspired by 2 iconic cars such as the M3 GTR being the German son of the silver skyline and Tran’s mustang being the heavy inspiration for Razor’s mustang.
@@trevorshark16 I loved the Most Pursuit series, very underrated
@@matthew_natividador inspiration provided they got the right body kit for it
Since dom brother had a foxbody, it could have worked, I could see Johnny Tran in one. If they used a Foxbody, or they could have used a 95 351 R.
03 cobra would of worked.
@@dnegel9546 no it wouldnt 2001
Personal opinion, SN95 Cobra R actually can be pretty cool Villain car, too bad the Terminator haven't out yet, that would've been better... On second thoughts they could use the 2000 SVT Cobra R that would've been cool too... I know it's about import tuner culture in the U.S, but adding a little modern domestic muscle to the mix wouldn't hurt that much, right?
Cobra R was rareonly 300 made. Trans Am should of been used
@@gmain1977 well, they could just use a V6 and just throw Cobra R style body parts and no one would notice, of course they still need an authentic Cobra R for the Hero-1 car for the close up shots and engine sound recording, but I have to say Trans am is not a bad idea either...
Definitely a great addition to the imports vs muscle battle
I like your thinking. The S2000 just doesn't instill fear. A Cobra R, on the other hand, looked like it meant absolute business and was going to trounce anyone getting in the way. It would have been a seriously cool villain car.
That said, you don't see many Asians driving muscle/pony cars, so an import seems more authentic to the character. Of all the Japanese cars, though, I think the Mitsubishi GTO/3000GT would have been a more menacing fit. Those were cool cars.
Kids like me in the late 90s looked up to RJ and the top guys of the culture. I remember when I bought that superstreet magazine. Wow. That just. Brought back nostalgia
I remember seeing Tony Fuchs at brotherhood raceway in Long Beach rip off an 11 second 1/4 with a built motor 150 shot NOS and side draft carbs, the muscle car guys gave him respect that day
Mustang....oh heck no
A foxbody notch back would have been sick though.
thank god it wasnt a mustang.
The reason why fans love fast and furious because of this and song , location , character, car color, declas, sponsor, wheels, bodykit, and also the story
Is this the dude that's responsible for the motec exhaust and danger to manifold?!
I'm so glad it was an S2000! Maybe an NSX would have worked as well, but the looks of that car were amazing. Mustangs have their place (usually in ditches 😂), but I'm glad this honda made the cut.
Love the S2000, Miata, MG etc... I cant ride in them though cause I'm 6'3 so all fun fast small cars are out.
Imagine how much cheaper they would be if this were the case 😂
He’s got 10k under that hood!
Uh huh
100 grand
"Jesse, don't do it. I bet he has more than a hundred grand under the hood of that car!"
- fixed
It was probably true..all the fab work in that time to mod it and paying someone that year to do the work@@petrolhead.corner
@@Holmessontypical Fast and furious concept. Take a $10-$15k car and put $100k into it..😅
Johnny's car also acted a very ominous presence and appearance with menacing approach just like the 71' GTX from Fast 8.
That was a great decision.
He won't let go
You are king. Respect.
From what it sounds like all the original plans for the fast and furious movies were absolutely terrible
S2k was the perfect fit for Johnny Tran
I think the Mustang would’ve been good. This was the peak of import versus domestic beef. Perfect bad guy car.
Remember Maxx Boost comics in import tuner? Mustang villain.
Kneeee
RJ is the O.G. HAN character from Tokyo drift who sacrificed his Silvia👨🏿🏫
A Mustang would’ve been a good bad guy car or a WS6 trans am but the S2K fit perfectly
Ik that dude wasn’t gonna win the race after he crashed into the wall on that game
I used to be an adventurer like you until i took an arrow to the mustang
He almost turned into ASIAN RAZOR
Being that it was destined to lose I don’t mind you changing the script for an import car 😂
That car is rad as hell!
The Saleen in the next movie looked rad, even if it was only a dressed up V6. A black Saleen, Roush or Cobra would've been a great choice.
That is something I did not knee 🤣💀
2023 HonDa NsX Type-S should be in Fast and furious
So glad it wasn't a mustang to be honest!!! The s2000 was one of my favorite cars in the OG fast & furious. Also Jesse Jetta,the supra and the Eclipse. Which I have a photo of me with the eclipse but don't know actually if it was screen used car. It was located in Gatlinburg Tennessee at Hollywood star cars museum.
"that fool is running a new edge mustang"
“Since Tran was a bad guy his car would have to be black”
‘looks at skin’
😢
Now my question, how many clutches did the S2000 need before the movie was over?
And he wasnt wrong
I thoroughly enjoyed the Johnny Tran character and his cool S2000. He was a cool villain. 👍 Please check out my 1968 Barracuda fastback powered by a rowdy 512 stroker backed by an A833 4 speed manual. I think you'll approve. 👌
Mmmm 🤟🏼, i got a few Cuda's I'm working on also. A '66 fish factory Dark Turquoise Metallic "LL1 paint code) that's been in my family since 1992 I've coined as: Project HellFish (the car's been through hell & back, has put my family through hell, & has put me through hell fixing it), & a factory black exterior/ red interior'65 factory v8 4on the floor cuda that was an old cop car/ sheriff's car in the late 70's. Both cars have very low production line numbers. 🤟🏼
The black 65 cuda is: Project Fish Bonez- a ultra lightweight "zombie fish/ ratrod themed/ fishKill themed fun project" that'll be my future daily driver to troll these Hellcats, Camaros, mustangs & other local performance cars in my neck of the woods. 🤟🏼
@@BackyardClunkers77 Those all sound super cool!!! Tell me your thoughts on the spoiler on my 1968 Barracuda.
Like the "Duck bill" spoiler on the the 70's E-bodies. My opinion:
The only two types of spoilers look good on these A-bodies & E-body mopars, (all A-bodies) is this Duck Bill, & the spoiler the Duster 340's/ Demon 340's came with... I can't remember right now what those ones were called on the Dusters but both styles look great. On the 67-69 Fastbacks: the Duck bill (like yours) is the best. It blends the body lines really well on the Fastback roofs.
On mine: the 1st gens: "GlassBack Cuda's 64-66": no spoiler looks good... any type of spoiler on the 64-66 Fastbacks/ GlassBacks clashes with that big rear window..
@@BackyardClunkers77 Well stated. I concur! 👍
I got a very interesting build direction on both the black 65 & the Turquoise 66 Cudas'.... both are going the road course/ Trans-Am racing inspired direction.
A lot of people don't realize these A-body fishes, the 63-70 darts, 60-69 Valiants were built & intended to compete against the road course cars like the European road race cars... the drag racing on these compact A-bodies really took off in late '67. My 66 cuda is taking styling ques off the 1970 AAR CUDA, & '70 T/A challenger... it ain't numbers matching engine/ drivetrain, but it's the next best thing. Its equivalent to: if you own a modern day Mopar & blew your engine up, you'd call Chrysler & they'd send u a Replacement performance engine- straight to your door. But from 1967 🤟🏼. I'll be making a project series of videos on the "66 HellFish" explaining everything. Along with the other project builds in my yard.
A combination of things hinder me from uploading videos right now. (Things in life)-
A full time job in the automotive collision industry,
Not very computer savvy, trying to complete a cartoon-ish intro for all future videos, keeping things PG/ a ton of editing challenges, cold/ weather/ winter weather not cooperating, lack of funds/ "its all: building on a very tight budget". & a ton of it is nighttime building/ figuring out how to get better quality lighting. I don't like releasing low quality of anything. This making RUclips videos is new to me.
We coming back☺️🫡
Back when fast and furious was about cars
U look like paul McCartney lol
Thats f31Roger in the driver seat
To soon Jr!
Forget everything you knee about this car? 🤔🤨
I'm still laughing they put a jetta against an S2000 lol guess the comedy head to come in somewhere
Best choice ever.. how is RJ
What the name of the cover girl on the magazine?
Did they have hardtops for the S2000 in the early days. Werent they pricey, did the company pay for that or was it makeshift
Am I the only one who's surprised Johnny Tran hasn't returned back in the F&F franchise as a Cyborg or whatever crazy shit that F&F has been doing now?? Lol😂
I knee nothing!
Mustang would have been a travesty
Sooo instead they decided to use the Mustang in Tokyo Drift with the engine swap...
I knee Nothing 😅😅
That would've been Cool if it was a Mustang 🐎😮😮😮 but race wars had Early 1990s Cars so it made sense. Then Fast 7 had finally a mix of variety of Cars after Letty made that Audi Break it's Transmission 😂
Question for RJ de Vera: did he purposely crash playing gran turismo?
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Sweet...
That would of fit his character perfectly as we all know mustang guys think they are superior
He was in a civic? I thought it was an integra
An svt cobra mustang yes
anyone else think the thumbnail looked like "MxR"?
I was 17 years old in 2014 when I realized that J.Tran wasnt DK from tokyo drift😂
Which then turned into suki’s car in 2f2f
Lol a mustang that would of been hilarious
Wasn't it a white Integra?
In Jesus christ name I remember amen ❤❤❤
Honda 2000
Everything you 🦵
Bad = Black. Got it!.
I do wonder why the frase "Honda two thousand" was let through editing etc 😄
Can we talk about how they ruined a bunch of bmw e34s for this horrendous movie 🙃
JDM best!!
All right, now after almost 25 years all of us would like to know: who are these asians? Some people say, that Johnny and Lance are vietnamese. Because Lance is somehow had a vietnamese last name - Nguyen. But in the credits he's just Lance. Some people say, that asian brothers are chinese. I'm not sure why, but is it because of chinatown scene? Mr. Lieberman, can you make it clear, because you're definitely read the script
Tran was a BAD guy so the car would have to be BLACK😳😐
If the 1st film was made today, He would be named Johnny Misgendered.
A mustang? Nah. Sorry I don't think so.
Азиат на мустанге 😄
Hilariously An Asian street racer in LA ij the 90s/2000s would make much more sense in a Mustang with a 100k under the hood 😂
Not gonna lie a terminator would’ve been way cooler than an s2000 and being From Houston it’s very believable for a viet gangster to drive an sn95 mustang
@@MidwestRainstorms idc, im not old like you. a fox body would’ve been cool too
The Mustang would have been better, an Saleen or Cobra version obviously
mustang is not a villian car
Didn't the other guy drive a white integra and not a civic?
@@MidwestRainstorms yea you're right I just watched it. Ja Rule had a red Integra I guess that's what messed me up
This is not true